NVCG Bush Break Program

NVCG Preliminary Program

The Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre

  Day 1 – 12 August 2024  
  Game Drive/leisure
9:00 Registration and Welcome  
9:30 Animal wellbeing and species conservation through a corporate lens Mark Penning
10:15 Making the Cancer Diagnosis Paul Woods & Dr Noel Moens
11:15 Tea  
11:45 Managing the Cancer Patient Paul Woods & Dr Noel Moens
12:45 Practical Approach to the Management of Osteosarcoma in Dogs and Cats Prof. Paul Woods
13:30 Lunch Dr. Noel Moens
14:30 Amputation: surgical technique to minimize morbidity Dr. Noel Moens
15:15 Patellar luxation: How to improve outcomes Dr. Noel Moens
16:00 Surgical vs Non-surgical treatment of pelvic fractures Dr. Noel Moens
16:45 Discussion  
17:30 Tea and close day 1  
19:00 Boma Braai  
     
  Day 2 – 13 August 2024  
7:00 Game Drive/leisure
9:00 Sponsor Lecture  
9:30 Tips and tricks for Extracapsular Cruciate repair (TBC) Dr. Noel Moens
10:15 Fractures that should not be missed… Dr. Noel Moens
11:00 Tea  
11:30 Pre and post operative radiographic evaluation of fracture repair. Dr. Noel Moens
12:15 Practical Approach to the Management of Mast Cell Tumours in Dogs and Cats Prof. Paul Woods
13:00 Lunch  
14:00 Practical Approach to the Management of Lymphoma in Dogs and Cats Prof. Paul Woods
14:45 Less May Be More: Metronomic (Low Dose Continuous) Chemotherapy Prof. Paul Woods
15:30 Discussion  
16:15 Tea and close day 2