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DAY 01  |  11 MARCH

15:45 Registration & Platform open
16:00 Welcome and Speaker Introductions
Anaesthesia
16:10 Mass capture: sable and others Andre Uys
16:40 The ins and outs of pulse oximetry in wild mammals Leith Meyer
17:00 The reliability of pulse oximetry, at four different attachment sites, in immobilized white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Thembeka Mtetwa
Laboratories & Testing
17:15 Cytology and serum biochemistry of free-ranging and wounded elephants Christine Steyrer
Anaesthesia
17:30 Live Discussion All above
17:45 Tea/Break
18:15 Considerations when transporting an elephant family group by sea Ulf Tubbesing
Disease General
18:35 Haematologic abnormalities in roan calves (Hippotragus equinus) with experimental pathogenic theileriosis Sarah Clift
18:50 Live Discussion All above
19:00 AGM
20:00 Fire side chat in the lounge

DAY 02  |  12 MARCH

15:00 Welcome and Speaker Introductions
Parasites
15:10 Rhino GI parasites normal vs treatment required Johan Steyl
Laboratories & Testing
15:20 Debate: current challenges with buffalo testing and movement Jacques O’Dell, Gary Bauer
15:50 Challenges of OBP and security of future vaccine supply Baptiste Dungu
Diseases General
16:10 As a vet, are you ready to diagnose and prevent further spread of FMD? Mpho Maja
Laboratories & Testing
16:25 Live Discussion All above
16:40 Tea/Break
Anaesthesia
17:10 Water based perphenazine Hendrik Hansen
17:30 Post Release Monitoring of translocated elephants in open systems – A Case Study Erik Verreynne
17:50 Identifying potential measures of stress during a captive to wild elephant re-integration Yolanda Pretorius
18:05 Physiological effects of azaperone and midazolam on netgun captured mule deer Annette Roug
18:20 Live Discussion All above
18:35 Fireside chat in the lounge

DAY 03  |  13 MARCH

08:50 Welcome and Speaker Introductions
Climate Change / One Health
09:00 Biologging of body temperature as a tool to investigate responses of mammals to climate change Andrea Fuller
09:15 Limits to avian heat tolerance in a rapidly warming world Andrew McKechnie
09:30 Pangolins exhibit behavioural and physiological plasticity in response to fluctuations in climate and food availability Wendy Panaino
9:45 Benefit of grazing African grassland to the human populations, the environment and the climate Jacques van Rooyen
10:00 Live Discussion All Above
10:15 Tea Break
Disease General 
10:45 Covid in puma (case study) and other animals Katja Koeppel
11:00 A clinical case of babesia in black rhino – A lockdown story David Zimmerman
11:15 Lead levels in South Africa’s Gyps vultures: prevalence and sub-lethal impacts Linda van der Heever
11:30 Summersores and related mortalities in zebra Angela Bruens
11:45 Live Discussion All Above
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Rabies in Kudu (and Eland) in Namibia Ulf Tubbesing
13:05 Rabies in Rhinoceros in Namibia Ulf Tubbesing
SAVC Matters
13:25 South African Veterinary Council Q&A session Dr. Alfred Kgasi
Ethics & Welfare
13:40 Decline of the Knysna elephant – an ethical consideration David Zimmerman
13:55 Animal welfare in the wildlife Industry. Annelie Cloete
14:10 Live Discussion All Above
Anaesthesia
14:25 Emergency care for veterinarians working with highly sedative tranquilizing agents James Morrow
14:40 Tranquilisers Cobus Raath
14:55 Species based immobilisation: similarities and differences Hendrik Hansen, Vanessa Faber
 15:10 Live Discussion All Above

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