The Southern African Equine Veterinary Association, will take place from 20-23 February 2025
at the Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa
IMPORTANT DATES:
Call for Abstracts: Closed
Standard deadline: 31 December 2024
Late Starts: 01 January 2025
Meet our Keynotes and Main Speakers
Skukuza is the Kruger National Park’s largest rest camp and administrative headquarters. It is situated on the southern banks of the Sabie River. The camp is well foliaged and there are some lofty trees along the river’s edge. Activities and facilities are diverse, as are the animals and plants found both within the camp and in the surrounding areas. The Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre is a state of the art facility set in the heart of Skukuza rest camp and is accessible by road via the Paul Kruger Gate and by air through Airlink directly into Skukuza (from Cape Town as well as Johannesburg)
It presents a unique opportunity for a relaxed conference atmosphere with the usual Equine vet camaraderie.
Please fill out this registration form to attend SAEVA 2024. You will receive an automated email with your invoice immediately – payable upon registration or within 30 days For enquiries contact: Conferences@vetlink.co.za
REGISTRATION:
Standard deadline: 31 December 2024
Late Starts: 01 January 2025
Standards Rates
| Full Congress Members | R6 600 |
| Full Congress Non-Members | R8 300 |
| Full Congress Students | R2 820 |
| Full Congress Pensioners | R3 400 |
| Full Congress International Delegates | R9 400 |
| Two day attendance (members) | R4 900 |
| One day attendance (members) | R3 800 |
Rates exclude VAT at 15%*
Fees increase with R1 000 for late registration
Please note that Accommodation should be booked (not included in registration cost or bookings)
Keynote Speakers
Dr Bruce Bladon
BVM&S, Cert EP, DESTS, Dipl ECVS, FRCVS, RCVS & European Specialist in Equine Surgery
Bruce graduated from Edinburgh University in 1988. He joined O’Gorman Slater and Main (as it was then) in 1992. From 1995 to 1998 he undertook a Residency in Equine Surgery at Bristol University and then re-joined Donnington Grove Veterinary Group as principle equine surgeon. Bruce’s interest is equine surgery, including arthroscopy, fracture repair, colic and airway surgery. He was equine surgeon for the Rio Olympic Games. He was awarded a fellowship of the RCVS in 2016 for meritous contributions to clinical practice. He also involves himself in imaging including MRI, scintigraphy and radiology. He enjoys skiing and, similar to his skiing ability, is a low level rugby referee. He’s also been able to run the odd marathon. His wife and daughter have innumerable horses, while his son is an aspiring athlete.
Dr Richard Hepburn
BVSc MS(Hons) CertEM(IntMed) DipACVIM FRCVS
After graduating form Liverpool Vet School in 1997 Dicky worked in equine hospitals in the UK and New Zealand for 4 years doing a combination of sport horse and racehorse work. He then completed a 3 year combined internal medicine residency and Masters program at The Marion duPont Equine Medical Center in Virginia, USA.
Dicky was the first diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine to go into private equine practice in the UK and is recognised by the RCVS as a specialist in equine internal medicine. Since 2004 he has worked at the B&W Equine Hospital, a 40 vet equine practice in southwest England, which has been part of the CVS Group since 2017.
Dicky is a member of the ECEIM EGUS consensus committee, has been chair of the ACIVM specialty exam committee, advanced continuing education committee and a member of the ACVIM Board of Regents. He is also a contributing author to the textbook of Equine Neurology and the textbook of Equine Back and Neck Pathology.
Dicky has been a FEI treating vet at 5* Badminton Horse Trials for over 10 years and at the London International Horse Show, Olympia, Royal Windsor Horse Show, and was an onsite medicine specialist at the 2012 London Olympic Games. In 2018 he was awarded Fellowship of the RCVS for meritorious contribution to clinical practice.
PROGRAMME – Subject to change
Day 1, Thursday, 20 February
| 06:00 | Game drives | |
| Game drive | ||
| 09:00 | Welcome Session Chair | |
| 09:05 | Trade introduction | |
| 09:35 | Standing surgery. | Dr Bruce Bladon |
| 10:20 | Equine Neurological Exam 1 | Dr Richard Hepburn |
| 11:05 | Tea | |
| 11:35 | Cervical spinal Ataxia 2 | Dr Richard Hepburn |
| 11:50 | Antibiotic usage in equine practice | Dr Bruce Bladon |
| 12:35 | Lunch | |
| 13:35 | SPONSOR SESSION | |
| 13:50 | Cervical spine Case report | Dr Ingrid Cilliers |
| 14:30 | Lactate – small molecule, many uses | Dr Tine Schliewert |
| 15:10 | Tea Exhibitors | |
| 15:40 | Game drive | |
| 17:40 | Cocktail at exhibitors |
Day 2, Friday, 21 February
| 06:00 | Game drives | |||
| Game drives | ||||
| 00:09:00 | Introduction | |||
| 09:05 | Stifle lameness. | Dr Bruce Bladon | ||
| 09:50 | Imaging the cervical spine & Cervical myelography 3 | Dr Richard Hepburn | Sinusitis is not a recurring bad dream | Dr Manfred Stoll |
| 10:35 | Tea | |||
| 11:05 | Carpal lameness. | Dr Bruce Bladon | ||
| 11:50 | SPONSOR SESSION | SPONSOR SESSION | ||
| 12:05 | Necks in the pre-purchase exam 4 | Dr Richard Hepburn | The importance of good remedial rasping techniques | Dr Chris Pearce |
| 12:50 | Lunch | |||
| 13:50 | Pre-Purchase examination, what could possibly go wrong? | Dr Bruce Bladon | Grading of infundibular caries | Dr Leena Karma |
| 14:35 | Cardiovascular causes of poor performance and acute exercise intolerance | Dr. Christina Eberhardt | Radiography of the head – technique and interpretation | Dr Chris Pearce |
| 15:15 | Tea Exhibitors | |||
| 15:55 | Infectious causes for neurological disease – South African perspective | Dr Tine Schliewert | Equine oroscope examination for dental pathology | Dr Chris Pearce |
| 16:40 | Game drives | |||
| 17:25 | Braai |
Day 3, Saturday, 22 February
| 06:00 | Game drives | Game drives | ||
| Game drives | Game drives | |||
| 00:09:00 | Introduction | |||
| 09:10 | Tendon sheath laceration | Dr Bruce Bladon | Assessment and treatment options of fractured cheek teeth | Dr Manfred Stoll |
| 09:55 | Decoding Cardiac Murmurs in Equines | Dr. Christina Eberhardt | Assessment and treatment options of fractured incisors | Dr Nicole du Toit |
| 10:40 | Tea | Tea | ||
| 11:25 | Non septic tendon sheath disease. | Dr Bruce Bladon | Oral cheek tooth extraction technique | Dr Leena Karma |
| 12:10 | Case report: TBC | Dr Ingrid Cilliers | ||
| 12:45 | SPONSOR SESSION | SPONSOR SESSION | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Equine inflammatory Bowel disease 6 | Dr Richard Hepburn | Interpretation of dental pathology on CT | Dr Nicole du Toit |
| 14:45 | Topic TBC | Dr Felipe Luis | Advanced cheek tooth extraction techniques | Dr Manfred Stoll |
| 15:25 | Business Topic | Mr Andrew Christie | The importance of good remedial rasping techniques | Dr Chris Pearce |
| 16:05 | Tea Exhibitors | Tea Exhibitors | ||
| 18:05 | Gala dinner | Gala dinner |
Day 4, Sunday, 23 February
| 00:06:00 | Game drives | |
| 08:00 | Game drives | |
| 09:00 | Introduction | |
| 09:10 | EGUS and most pertinent when treatment fails 5 | Dr Richard Hepburn |
| 09:55 | Diagnostic Imaging quizz | Dr Keith Spargo |
| 10:40 | Tea | |
| 10:55 | Elephant’s teeth, long bones and pelvis – What they tell us about age, sex and pathology | Dr Karl van Lauren |
| 11:30 | Business topic | Andrew Christie |
| 12:10 | ||
| 12:50 | ||
| 13:30 | ||
| 14:10 | ||
| 14:25 | ||
| 15:05 | ||
| 15:45 |
SKUKUZA REST CAMP
A 50% deposit will be required by 30 October to hold Accommodation. Full payments for accommodation at Skukuza Restcamp MUST BE MADE BEFORE 15 DECEMBER. After this date all the accommodation bookings will be released and delegates will have to book on their own or book hotel accommodation at the Safari Lodge Hotel (see next tab) Don’t delay booking your accommodation as the Skukuza Restcamp is popular year round and accommodation may be sold out at any time after the group accommodation are released.
To book: Please fill in the form below with your name, check in and check out dates as well as what room type you would like e.g. (Single, sharing) You will be supplied with an invoice and upon payment the booking will be confirmed.
Contact person for enquiries:
Jackey Deacon, (Jacqueline’s Conferences and Event Planners), dot@mpu.co.za
Detailed information about the different types of accommodation can be found here – please check carefully what is included. https://staging.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/skukuza/tourism/availability.php
Accommodation Options:
SKUKUZA SAFARI LODGE
Please fill in the form below to request accommodation at SKUKUZA SAFARI LODGE, National Kruger Park. You will be supplied with an invoice that is payable before accommodation is confirmed. To book: please fill in the form with your name, check in and check out dates as well as what room type you would like e.g. (Single, sharing).
ACCOMMODATION WILL BE RELEASED 15 DECEMBER 2024. ALL ACCOMMODATION MUST BE BOOKED AND A 50% DEPOSIT PAID BY 30 OCTOBER
Room type:
Single or Sharing, bed and breakfast
Standard Single | R2 790
Standard Double | R3 710
The 2025 SAEVA congress will be held over 4 days, from the 20th to the 23rd of February 2025, in Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa. The Congress committee of SAEVA invites scientific abstracts for presentation as short (30 min) oral presentations. Papers reviewing recent advances, or relating to research into matters concerning relevant topics that may be of interest to equine veterinarians, will be considered. Scientists, Private practitioners and State Veterinarians, are encouraged to submit abstracts. Single case reports will also be accepted if of exceptional interest. Presentations not accepted for oral presentations may be selected to be presented as posters. Authors wishing to submit abstracts must be able to present on any day of the congress.
Deadline for abstract submission: 30 September 2024
The submission of an abstract implies the author’s willingness to present the abstract at Congress. The presenter of each accepted abstract will receive free registration at Congress for the day of his/her presentation. However, travel, subsistence and accommodation expenses will not be offered.
Dr Keith Spargo
Scientific Committee: SAEVA
GUIDELINE TO AUTHORS:
The abstract must be a complete but concise synopsis of the content that will be both informative and useful to the potential audience. The format for the abstracts is flexible, but should contain a clear objective, methods and results (where applicable) and a logical conclusion. After review of the abstracts successful authors will be notified within 2 weeks from deadline date. Submitters must accept the terms and conditions for speakers. Abstracts that do not comply with the following format will be returned to the authors for corrections:
- Must be in English and typed in MS-word format.
- Abstracts may not exceed 350 words.
- Must clearly indicate the author’s name. Write names of authors in the order of last names and asterisk (*) the person who will be the presenter.
- Must clearly indicate the organisation. (name and location of institution, clinic, practice etc). if the affiliation of co-workers differs, indicate the names and affiliations by corresponding numbers (Superscripts).
- Must contain a list of references
TRAVELING BY AIR
There are daily flights to the Kruger Park operating from Johannesburg to the Skukuza Airport. Daily flights also operate to Skukuza from Cape Town. Transfers is available from the Airport to the camp: Please book here: https://skukuzaairport.com/facilities/
Go to airlink’s website to book your flight: https://www.flyairlink.com/en/za/
Visit www.skukuzaairport.com for more information.
Airlink’s scheduled services to/from Skukuza Airport below:
TRAVELING BY ROAD
Paul Kruger Gate
Take the N4 to Nelspruit. Then take the R40 to Hazyview via White River. From Hazyview, take the R536 to the gate. Allow between 5 to 6 hours for the trip to the gate. Skukuza Rest Camp is 12km away from the gate. Allow about 30 minutes for the drive to the camp.- Phabeni Gate
Take the N4 to Nelspruit. Then take the R40 to Hazyview via White River. From Hazyview, take the R536 to the gate. Phabeni Gate is approximately 10 km from Hazyview. Allow between 5 to 6 hours for the trip to the gate. Skukuza Rest Camp is 39km from the gate. Allow about 1 and ¾ of an hour for the drive to the camp.
Map of Skukuza
Google maps location
