Programme
Sunday 21 March
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15:30 - 20:00 |
Registration Desk open |
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17:30 - 19:30 |
Exhibition open |
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17:30 - 19:30 |
Welcome Function |
Monday 22nd March
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Registration Desk Open | ||
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Speakers Preparation Room Open | ||
| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | IDF and Mastitis - a General Review Walther Heeschen Chair: Eric Hillerton |
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| 09:30 - 09:45 | Bio break | ||
| 09:45 - 10:15 |
Contribution of New Technology to the Improvement of Milk Quality and Udder Health on Dairy Farms Ynte Schukken Chair: Joe Hogan |
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| 10:15 - 11:00 | Morning Tea Sponsored by  |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Variability of Dairy Cows in their Susceptibility to Intramammary Infection Sarne De Vliegher Chair: Elizabeth Berry |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Controlling Mastitis in Pasture-based Systems Scott McDougall Chair: Richard Tiddy |
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| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch | ||
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Dave Malcolm |
Conference Room Chair: Peter Mansell |
Hall A Chair: Bryce Buddle |
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| 13:15 - 13:32 | New Model to Detect Clinical Mastitis in Astronaut A3 Next Milking Robot Xiangyu Song |
Directions for National Mastitis Control Programmes Theo Lam |
Immune Evaluation of J5 Bacterins in Cows with Novel Immunomodulating Formulations Robert Yancey |
| 13:32 - 13:49 |
Preliminary Assessment of the Accuracy of On-farm Diagnosis of Clinical Mastitis using 3M Petrifilms Compared to Standard Microbiology Kimberley MacDonald |
EuroMilk Pilot Study - A Team-based Approach to Milk Quality and Mastitis Control in Ireland Finola McCoy |
Ability of Klebsiella Mastitis Isolates to Evade Host Immune Defences Ruth Zadoks |
| 13:49 - 14:06 |
Field Comparison of Real-time PCR and Bacterial Culturing in Bovine Mastitis Testing Mikko Koskinen |
The Core Research Platform for the Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network - A National and International Resource Kristen Reyher |
Towards a Vaccine Against Streptococcus uberis Mastitis: A Role for T Lymphocytes Neil Wedlock |
| 14:06 - 14:23 |
Determination of Somatic Cells in Buffalo Milk using the DeLaval Cell Counter DCC Baljinder Kumar Bansal |
Mastitis and Milk Quality in NZ - Beyond SAMM Jane Lacy-Hulbert |
Induction of an IgA response to Streptococcus uberis Protects against Direct Challenge in Dairy Cows. Liz Carpenter |
| 14:23 - 14:40 |
Does Somatic Cell Count Detect Intramammary Infections in Goats? Gerrit Koop |
Successes and Pitfalls of the Canadian Industry-Partnership Approach to Mastitis Research Daniel Scholl |
Characterisation of Streptococcus uberis Adhesion Molecule (SUAM) Stephen Oliver |
| 14:40 - 14:45 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 14:45 - 15:15 | Afternoon Tea | ||
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Trish McIntosh |
Conference Room Chair: Scott McDougall |
Hall A Chair: Jane Lacy Hulbert |
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| 15:15 - 15:32 |
Towards the Development of Integrated Microfluidic "Sample-in-answer-out" Devices for the Detection of Pathogens Associated with Mastitis Eoin Clancy |
Dairy Farmers can Change: Results of a 5-Year National Mastitis Control Programme in The Netherlands Jolanda Jansen |
Cyclic Diguanylate: A New Tool for the Control of Staphylococcus aureus Bovine Mastitis? Céline Ster |
| 15:32 - 15:49 |
Fast Mastitis Detection During Milking Process for Milk Quality Monitoring Sandra Rose-Meierhöfer |
Farmers' Reaction upon Receiving Economic Information in Controlling Somatic Cell Count Henk Hogeveen |
Immune Responses of Bovine Dendritic Cells and Lymphocytes to Staphylococcus aureus Isis Mullarky |
| 15:49 - 16:06 |
Use of Milk Lactose Concentration as an Indicator of Mastitis Following the Validation of a Novel In-Line Milk Analysis System Designed to Measure Milk Components Christina Petersson-Wolfe |
The Influence of Management Practices on Herd Somatic Cell Count: A Systematic Review Simon Dufour |
Prevention of Staphylococcal Mastitis in Dairy Cows by a Novel Vaccine Gabriel Leitner |
| 16:06 - 16:23 |
Point-of-care Microfluidic Sedimentation Cytometer for Determination of Somatic Cell Count and Fat Percentage Louise Barrett |
Effective Communication in Veterinary Advice: Interaction between Veterinarian and Dairy Farmer Jolanda Jansen |
Immune Paramaters in Milk as Potential Predictive Parameters for Mastitis Resistance Tosca Ploegaert |
| 16:23 - 16:40 |
Advances in the Automated Pre-emptive Detection of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle Iwona Janik |
Treatment Decisions and Use of Antibiotics for Mastitis Therapy in Danish New Herd Health Dairy Herds Torben Werner Bennedsgaard |
Phenotypic and Genetic Variation of Bovine Immune Responses in Cohort Dairy Herds across Canada Kathleen Thompson |
| 16:40 - 16:45 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | Bio Break | ||
| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Making Sense of New Sensing Systems for Cow-side Diagnosis of Mastitis |
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Tuesday 23rd March
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Registration Desk Open | ||
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Speakers Preparation Room Open | ||
| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Mastitis Costs Money: What's New? Henk Hogeveen Chair: Scott McDougall |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Mastitis and Pastoral Farming Chris Kelly Chair: Gwyn Verkerk |
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| 09:30 - 09:40 | Bio break | ||
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Gwyn Verkerk |
Hall A Chair: Richard Laven |
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| 09:40 - 09:57 |
Preliminary Evaluation of Clinical Mastitis Cure Rates Using a 3M Petrifilm-Based On-Farm Culture System with Selective Antibiotic Therapy in Holstein Cows Kimberley MacDonald |
Economics of Clinical Mastitis and its Control Options in Heifers in Pasture-Grazing Systems Chris Compton |
| 09:57 - 10:14 | Evaluation of the Utilisation of Composite Milk Samples to Predict Bovine Quarter Infection Status with Specific Mastitis Pathogens Kristen Reyher |
Economic Optimisation of Antibiotic Treatment of Clinical Mastitis Wilma Steeneveld |
| 10:14 - 10:30 |
Detection of Mastitis Pathogens by Real-Time PCR in Clinical and Subclinical Mastitis Samples Anja Rothkamp |
Economic Behaviour of Dairy Farmers Regarding Mastitis Management Kirsten Huijps |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Questions | Questions |
| 10:35 - 11:00 | Morning Tea Sponsored by Foodtech  |
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| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Milking Management Morten Rasmussen Chair: Richard Laven |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Improving Milk Quality in the Developing World Lior Yaron Chair: Henk Hogeveen |
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| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch and DCV AGM |
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Ruth Zadoks |
Conference Room Chair: Angus Campbell |
Hall A Chair: Ian Ohnstad |
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| 13:15 - 13:32 | Cross-Sectional Sampling of Dairy Heifers and Cows to Assess Genotypic Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in a Dairy Herd Päivi Rajala-Schultz |
Evaluation of Interactions Between Minor and Major Mastitis Pathogens Kristen Reyher |
Review of Milking Biomechanics Research Douglas Reinemann |
| 13:32 - 13:49 |
Epidemiological Studies of Staphylococcus aureus in Bovine Mastitis Karin Artursson |
New Mastitis Infection Rate Analysis in Australian Dairy Herds Utilising a Novel Individual Cow Cell Count Reporting System John Penry |
Liner Compression as a Tool for Trouble-shooting Teat-end Condition Problems on Farms Luis M Jiménez |
| 13:49 - 14:06 |
Risk Factors for Udder Health when Milking with an Automatic Milking System Wietske Dohmen |
Patterns, Seasonality and Antibiotic Resistance of Major Mastitis Pathogens in New Zealand Isobel Gibson |
Control of Peak Flow Rate of Milk from the Cow’s Teat Eric Hillerton |
| 14:06 - 14:23 |
Prevalence and Incidence of Intramammary Infections in Dairy Goats Scott McDougall |
Identification of Genes Expressed by Staphylococcus aureus during Bovine Mastitis for Vaccine and Drug Development Marianne Allard |
Individual Quarter Milking in a Conventional Milking Parlour Sandra Rose-Meierhöfer |
| 14:23 - 14:28 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Afternoon Tea | ||
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Ruth Zadoks |
Conference Room Chair: David Williams |
Hall A Chair: Eric Hillerton |
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| 15:00 - 15:17 | The Surveillance Programme of Streptococcus agalactiae in Danish Dairy Herds 1989 -2008 Jorgen Katholm |
Evaluation of Streptococcus uberis Mastitis Control Programme Eial Izak |
Impact of Automatic Teat Dipping and Cluster Flushing on the Milking Work Routine Ian Ohnstad |
| 15:17 - 15:34 | Risk Factors Associated with Presence of Staphylococcus aureus in Milk and on Hock Skin Ann Nyman |
A Validated Questionnaire for Measuring Udder Health Related Management Practices on Dairy Farms Simon Dufour |
Electronic Computerised Monitoring of Milking Efficiency and Milking Parlour throughput Ralph Ginsberg |
| 15:34 - 15:51 |
MRSA infections in Dutch Dairy Herds Richard Olde Riekerink |
Why Some Fresh Heifers are Infected with Either a Minor or a Major Pathogen and Others are Not… Sofie Piepers |
Does Reducing Cups-on time affect Milk Production, Clinical Mastitis, Somatic Cell Count or Teat Condition? Jennie-Lynn Burke |
| 15:51 - 15:56 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 15:56 - 16:15 | Bio break | ||
| 16:15 - 17:15 |
Infovet® - Information Management for Veterinarians |
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Wednesday 24 March
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Registration Desk Open | ||
| 07:30 - 17:30 | Speakers Preparation Room Open | ||
| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Environment: Biological, Physical and Chemical Interactions Affecting Mastitis Joe Hogan Chair: Mark Bryan |
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Kath Taylor |
Conference Room Chair: Pam Ruegg |
Hall A Chair: Elizabeth Berry |
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| 09:00 - 09:17 |
Effect of Pre-Partum Injectable Penicillin Administration on Heifer Mastitis in Early Lactation John Williamson |
Summary of Problems Identified During Milking Time Visits in 200 Milking Assessments from Mastitis Problem Herds during 2008 and 2009 in Two Regions of New Zealand (Waipa and South Canterbury) Adrian Joe |
Which Dairy Dry Cows Need to be Supplemented with Vitamin E to Reduce Mastitis? Tine van Werven |
| 09:17 - 09:34 |
The Elimination Time of Lactapen G from Milk following Intramammary Administration Kiro Petrovski |
Genotypic Profiling of Enterococci from Bovine Origin Christina Petersson-Wolfe |
How may Cow Factors Influence the Long-term Success of Antimicrobial Treatment of Clinical Mastitis? Ann Nyman |
| 09:34 - 09:51 |
Extended Intramammary Therapy for Clinical and Subclinical Mastitis in Single Quarter Infections using Penicillin Mark Bryan |
Multi Locus Sequence Typing and Serotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae from 25 Danish Dairy Herds Jorgen Katholm |
The Use of Regular Teat Condition Scoring as a Milk Quality Management Tool Ian Ohnstad |
| 09:51 - 10:08 |
Staphylococcus aureus Genotypes Differ in Bacteriological Cure after Lactational Antimicrobial Treatment Ruth Zadoks |
Virulence Factors in Klebsiella pneumoniae of Environmental and Mastitis Origin Marcos Munoz |
Effect of Iodine Teat Dips on Teat End Roughness Mario Lopez |
| 10:08 - 10:25 | Assessment of Casein Hydrolysate Treatment as a Non-Antibiotic Intramammary Treatment at Drying-Off: Curing Bacterial Infection and Increasing Milk Yield in Subsequent Lactations Nissim Silanikove |
Escherichia Coli Isolates from Clinical Mastitis Grow More Rapidly in the Presence of Norepinephrine Gina Pighetti |
Teat Shape, Milk Yield and Incidence of Mastitis in Dairy Cows Ashok Rathore |
| 10:25 - 10:30 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Tea Sponsored by Foodtech |
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Mark Bryan |
Conference Room Chair: Neil Macpherson |
Hall A Chair: Elizabeth Berry |
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| 11:00 - 11:17 |
AntiBioswitch: A New Class of Antibacterial Agents with Potential for Use in the Treatment of Bovine Intramammary Infections Francois Malouin |
Impact of a Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci or Staphylococcus aureus Intramammary Infection in Primiparous Cows Daniel Scholl |
Prevalence of Streptococcus uberis Intramammary Infection Post-Calving in a Monozygotic Twin Cow Herd Lachlan Pearson |
| 11:17 - 11:34 |
The Effect of Supportive Treatment on the Efficacy of Mastitis Treatment with Antibiotics Edward Malinowski |
Relationship Between Coagulase Negative Staphylococcal Species, Milk Somatic Cell Count, and Duration of Intramammary Infection on a United States Dairy John R Middleton |
Can Anti-Bacterial Proteins in Blood Granulocyte Granulae be Used as Indicators of Natural Resistance to Mastitis in Dairy Cattle? Karin Persson Waller |
| 11:34 - 11:51 |
Effect and treatment with the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Meloxicam on somatic cell count and culling of dairy cows with mild clinical mastitis Scott McDougall |
Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Chronic Bovine Intra-Mammary Infections that Persist after Extended Therapy with Cefa-Lak® Céline Ster |
Nitrosative Stress during Lipopolysaccharide Challenge of the Mammary Gland and its Modulation by Bovine Milk Catalase Nissim Silanikove |
| 11:51 - 12:08 | Diagnosis and treatment of subclinical mastitis in early lactation in dairy goats Scott McDougall |
Bovine Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci and Antimicrobial Susceptibility in The Netherlands Otlis Sampimon |
Cows Genetically more Susceptible to Mastitis have altered Actin Expression by Neutrophils Gina Pighetti |
| 12:08 - 12:15 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch | ||
| 13:15 - 14:45 |
Challenges and Benefits of a Well Managed 60 Day Dry Period |
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| 14:45 - 15:00 | Afternoon Tea Sponsored by  |
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James Hay Theatre Chair: Bernice Magnall |
Conference Room Chair: James Darwen |
Hall A Chair: Ynte Schukken |
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| 15:00 - 15:17 |
An Investigation of the Efficacy of an Internal Teat Sealant and Cephalonium containing Antibiotic Dry Cow Therapy when Used Alone and in Combination (Preliminary Results) Andrew Bradley |
Variation in Daily Shedding Pattern of Staphylococcus aureus and Somatic Cell Counts in Naturally Occurring Intramammary Infections Jennifer Walker |
Cathelicidin: a Potential Diagnostic Biomarker for Early Detection of Mastitis in Dairy Cows Brendan Haigh |
| 15:17 - 15:34 |
Relationship between Intramammary Treatment using Pirlimycin Hydrochloride and Lincosamide Resistance Pamela Ruegg |
Experimental Intramammary Infection with a Strain of Escherichia coli Isolated from a Cow with Chronic E. coli Mastitis Stephen Oliver |
‘Point-of-care' Centrifugal Microfluidic Device for the Determination of Protein Content in Bovine Milk Louise Barrett |
| 15:34 - 15:51 |
Prolonged Duration Therapy of Subclinical Mastitis in Lactating Dairy Cows using Penethamate Hydriodide Scott McDougall |
True On-line Somatic Cell Counter and Mastitis Detector Miguel A Perez |
Comparison of Two Statistical Models Based on Somatic Cell Count for Diagnosis of Intramammary Infections at Cow Level Johannes Hofrichter |
| 15:51 - 16:08 |
Effect of Oxytocin on Subclinical Intra-mammary Infections and Clinical Mastitis in New Zealand Dairy Herds John Williamson |
Control of Minor Pathogens Eric Hillerton |
Discriminating Between True-Positive and False-Positive Clinical Mastitis Alerts from Automatic Milking Systems Wilma Steeneveld |
| 16:08 - 16:25 |
Standard (Intramammary) versus Intensive (Extended Duration and Combination of Intramammary and Parenteral) Therapy for Subclinical Mastitis in New Zealand Mark Bryan |
Data Mining to Detect Clinical Mastitis with Automatic Milking Claudia Kamphuis |
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| 16:30 - 16:35 | Questions | Questions | Questions |
| James Hay Theatre | |||
| 16:35 - 16:45 | Closing Session | ||
| 16:45 - 22:00 |
Stockguard Technical Tour |
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