Day 01 | 10 March 2022
07:30 Registration and Arrival Coffee
08:20 Welcome and trade introductions Chair
08:30 7 Years of Dart Manufacturing Progress David Pretorius
09:00 Ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine versus butorphanol-midazolam-medetomidine immobilisation of serval (Leptailurus serval) Chris Blignaut
09:30 Evaluation of the efficacy, safety and cardiopulmonary effects of thiafentanil-azaperone compared to etorphine-azaperone for the immobilisation of free-ranging black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Bart Gazendam
09:45 Comparing two oral sedation/anaesthesia drug combinations for use in Southern Ground-Hornbill Robert Campbell
10:05 Tea
10:35 Blood colour can be used to assess arterial oxygen saturation in immobilized impala (Aepyceros melampus) Etienne Basson
10:55 Does butorphanol counter etorphine-induced sympathomimesis and respiratory depression in white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) Jordyn Boesch (Online)
11:20 Various wildlife species translocation by sea Ulf Tubbesing (online)
11:40 Challenges to animal welfare associated with capture and transport of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) and the effect of using midazolam instead of azaperone Friederike Pohlin (Online)
12:05 Alfaxalone-ketamine-midazolam vs. alfaxalone-ketamine-dexmedetomidine anesthesia in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) Kara Hiebert (Online)
12:20 Lunch
13:20 Comparison of three different thiafentanil protocols in captive Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) Julia Bohner (Online)
13:30 Maladaptation syndrome in wild animals Ulf Tubbesing (online)
13:50 Closing the Gap on African Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus: An Update from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Lauren Howard (Online)
14:05 Global Retrospective Review of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Non-Domestic Felids Susan Bartlett (Online)
14:20 Tea
11:50 The use of root with sedline® eeg patient monitoring for the assessment of anaesthetic depth in white rhinoceroses (ceratotherium simum) Friederike Pohlin (Online)
15:05 The Urban Caracal Project Jacquiline Bishop (Online)
15:20 Overview: BAM - Hippos Cobus Raath (Online)
15:40 Seabird Population dynamics Lisa Nupen (Online)
16:10 Polymyopathy in free-ranging lions (Panthera Leo) Emily Mitchell
16:40 Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of ketamine-medetomidine and ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine for the immobilization of free-living African lions Ashleigh Donaldson
17:00 Water Cycle Basics Willem Schultheiss
17:30 Happy Hour at the Exhibitors, followed by a Braai
Day 02 | 11 March 2022
08:00 Early Arrival Coffee
08:30 Treatment of Wildlife in the 2021 Northern Cape Fires Emma Rambert
09:00 Cultivated Meat - A Potential Game-Changer Paul Bartels
09:20 Myocardial disease in rhinosceros: Call for collaboration Yolandi Rautenbach
09:40 Vetbooks Feedback Le Roux Pepler
09:50 New wildlife book: Chemical and Physical Restraint of wild animals Richard Burroughs
10:10 Tea
10:40 Run4Rhinos Leoni Botha
10:50 Management of stress and its pathophysiological consequences during long distance translocations of black (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) – a study outline. Marion Leiberich
11:05 Various transmitters used in alpine wildlife research Wolfgang Zenker (Online)
11:20 Wildlife: The most important but often neglected domain of One Health Paul van der Merwe
11:40 LUNCH
12:40 Rabies management in wildlife in South Africa- why is it important Katja Koepel
13:00 Two Cases Of Patent Urachus Field Surgery In White Rhino Calves (Ceratotherium simum) Emma Rambert
13:20 Blood smear findings in healthy white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Zandre Pretorius
13:40 SAVC feedback Alfred Kgasi
14:00 Tea
14:30 SAVA Paul van der Merwe
14:40 Sling transport through the air of sedated and non-sedated animals Wolfgang Zenker (Online)
14:55 Assisted Rhino reproduction: Progress Morne de la Rey
15:25 SAVF Richard Burroughs
15:35 Break
16:00 AGM
17:00 Happy Hour at the Exhibitors, followed by a Braai
Day 03 | 12 March 2022
08:00 Coffee Time
08:30 Challenging clinical case reports involving large captive wild felids at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital Adrian Tordiffe
09:00 Net gun usage Mike Ross
09:20 Immobilization Equipment Selection for Rhino David Pretorius
09:40 Some Superficial Ocular Conditions of Wildlife Gary Bauer
10:00 Updates on seabird diseases David Roberts
10:20 Tea
10:50 When honeybadgers, jackal and mongoose meet humans: rabies on the other side Lucille Blumberg
11:10 Bats and Rabies Wanda Markotter
11:30 Supplementation of captive wild carnivore diets Adrian S.W. Tordiffe
11:50 Radiological studies Ampie Viljoen
12:10 Lunch
13:10 Thermal Imaging during and post, Rhino Horn Trimming Robert Campbell
13:20 Practical Approach to atraumatic Rhino horn trimming Gerhardus Scheepers
13:30 Surgical dehorning Alex Lewis
13:40 Surgical dehorning Johan Marais
13:50 Q and A on Rhino Horn Trimming Erik Verreyne
