Pre-BSAVA meeting
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, Hall 10, ICC Birmingham

We have endeavored to ensure a strong clinical emphasis, and an excellent line-up of speakers from both the US and Europe:

PROGRAMME
8:30 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:25	Update on NT pro-BNP research Adrian Boswood, RVC
9:25 - 10:25	NOVARTIS SOTA lecture Management of asymptomatic chronic mitral valve disease in dogs Clarke Atkins, USA
10:25 - 10:50	Clinical efficacy of pimobendan in comparison to benazepril and metildigoxin in Irish wolfhounds with preclinical DCM. Interim analysis after year 4 of the study Andrea Vollmar, Germany Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
10:50 - 11:20	Coffee Break
11:20 - 11.45	Update on the reliability regarding the detection of systemic hypertension - latest research findings Beate Egner, Germany
11:45 - 12:15	Assessment of cardiovascular disease in 555 boxer dogs Andrea Vollmar, Germany Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
12:15 - 12:45	Survival characteristics in >1000 Irish wolfhounds. Prevalence of DCM and effect on life expectancy Andrea Vollmar, Germany Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
12:45 - 2:00	Lunch
2:00 - 2:25	Heart failure in feline diabetics Chris Little, Kent
2:25 - 2:45	Case report - Right-to-left shunting patent ductus arteriosus in a cat Yolanda Pereira, University of Edinburgh
2:45 - 3:30	Pathology and histopathology of feline cardiomyopathies Phil Fox, USA
3:30 - 4:00	Coffee
4:00 - 5:00	Panel Discussion: How Do The Experts Treat CHF? Clarke Atkins, Phil Fox, Mark Patteson, Paul Wotton
COST    £85 for members of the VCS, registering before March 17th £95 for non-members, registering before March 17th £110 for any delegates registering after March 17th

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