SAEVA | Electronic Newsletter APRIL 2016

APRIL 2016 DEAR MEMBERS GET INVOLVED!! AT THE 2017 50^th SAEVA Congress at Skukuza

12 International speakers have been confirmed for the 2017 SAEVA Congress.
Â Wet labs and FEI course soon to be finalised.
A specific web page will soon be up advertising the 2017 congress where members can register online to attend. Please encourage members to attend this congress. We will be needing any pictures or stories of previous congresses to be posted on this page. Please send these toeditor@saeva.co.za. Ann Carstens and Angelo Nichas are driving the search for EPG/SAEVA historical memorabilia.

2016 Congress Report

2016 Congress report attached
Approximately R90000 profit
Arthroscopy course successful
Rhino project collected approx. R100 000! Well done to all who contributed to this cause

AHS Update

Please follow the news on the AHS updates on our website and Equine Research Centre regarding any new developments and movement controls. This initiative to control the disease has been very successful and I would like to congratulate Bev Parker and her team. There have been some positive developments in the export protocol in the near future.

Outcome of executive meeting held 25 April 2016 at the TBA Germiston. Next executive 15^th August 2016.

The Procedures and Protocol committee and the Welfare Committee have initiated some constructive work and hopefully we will soon have some guidelines on the website for members to view. Thanks to Dr Carla Langley, Dr Martin Denkhaus and Dr Caryn Rademeyer.
The Racing subcommittee have had further constructive meetings with the NHA. Dr Terry Casey has stepped down from the committee and we welcome Dr Aiden Glynn to the committee.
NHA are going to attempt to organise a meeting with the SAVC as soon as possible and will include the SAEVA.
Dr Patrick Page has been requested by the executive to join Dr Glyn Catton on the Medicines Committee and Dr Summer Maitland-Stuart has been co- opted as the Gauteng regional representative for two years to replace Dr Patrick Page.
The Medicines committee has become another important committee and they have been trusted to resolve three important matters. 1. Antibiotic stewardship 2. Section 21 licences 3. Phenylbutazone registration.
Organising for the Horse Power Road Show is well on its way thanks primarily to Dr Michael Hewetson and his team. I encourage all members to support this initiative as the road show moves through your local area. = GET INVOLVED!

SAEVA website with CPD portal is operational.

Please take a look at our new SAEVA website. This new interactive website is in creation to be a useful tool in your careers. CPD portal has been activated and we will update and improve the website in the next few weeks.
Also take a look at the Facebook SAEVA and Young Members Group pages for more interaction with your peers.
Read and learn from the Equine Health Update which is also a tool to enhance your work and learning.

Please GET INVOLVED in all the shared information and support your organisation from your chairman Dr Manfred Rohwer.

	1.	Strategic Plan
		`– Strategic plan for SAEVA in the short to medium term.` The SAEVA is a group of veterinarians who are dedicated to improve the health and welfare of the equid through professional development of its members, providing leadership and resources in matters pertaining to the equine industry. 1. Membership Value. SAEVA will work to provide enhanced membership benefits for all member segments and practice types and will seek to increase the engagement in the Continued Education Program initiative. Consult with SAVA to update and consult regarding our relationship to benefit both parties. 2. Communications. SAEVA is committed to providing timely communication to its members on issues affecting practice, the profession, and the equine industry. We will utilize current technologies and an improved web site platform to improve member convenience and accessibility to information 3. Education. SAEVA will continue its culture of innovation and excellence by offering the finest continuing education for the equine veterinarian in South Africa. Furthermore, the education will be membership driven and focused on providing education on timely topics, enhancing the member experience and nurture the growth of the Young Member Group participation. 4. Promoting the Profession. SAEVA will expand its outreach to industry stakeholders on the value of the equine veterinarian. SAEVA will position its members as the authoritative source for the health and welfare of the horse. Manfred Rohwer Chairman

Dear SAEVA members,

The new and improved SAEVA website is now fully functional and I hope that it will provide you many hours of hassle free browsing. In addition to a complete make over, I am particularly excited to introduce to you a new education service in conjunction with the World Veterinary Association and the World Continuing Education Alliance (WCEA).
This global solution to Continuing Education offers SAEVA Members access to the largest resource of Veterinary Continuing Education in the world. SAEVA has chosen to offer this benefit to members who will now have a convenient way to study CPD in additional to traditional methods. The global education network has hundreds of continuing education courses from 80 CE educators, with new education content added every week. SAEVA members can study online from a range of CE short courses according to their needs. A large number of courses are available for free, with others available at a cost.
SAEVA Members are also provided with a free Education Tracker which automatically records all learning activity on the Portal and enables members to record all other CE activities, thereby creating one central record of their CE studies. Summary reports can be created and supplied to the SAVC or other legislators when necessary.The South African Equine Veterinary Association Education Portal is available to all members on the SAEVA website. To join, please navigate to the International CPD portal, and then register to gain access to the global education network. Alternatively, click on the link provided in the email that you will receive to register.Finally, if you have any news or information that you would like to disseminate to other SAEVA members via the SAEVA website, the Facebook page or the monthly newsletter, please email them to me ateditor@saeva.co.za

Best wishes,

Michael Hewetson
SAEVA communications committee

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Secretary
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Report back on the 2016 South African Equine Veterinary Association Congress by Keith SpargoThe 2016 South African Equine Veterinary Association Congress (SAEVA) took place from 14 18 February at the East London International Convention Centre. The theme for this year congress was lameness and reproduction and we were treated to excellent lectures by the international guest expert speakers: Tom Stout (U. Utrecht) Professor and Head of the Equine Reproduction Unit at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands and Michael Schramme (U. Lyon) Professor in Equine Surgery at the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Lyon in France as well as all the local speakers. I think ever delegate walked away this year having learnt something new.

The congress kicked off with the cocktail party on the Sunday evening with all the delegates getting the chance to mingle, catch up with old friends and browse thru the trade hall and see all the trade representatives and what they had on offer.

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Seen at the cocktail party
L-R: Dr Angela Rogers, Dr Manfred Rohwer, Dr Jean Charles Lepeudry and Dr Brian Baker

Lectures started bright and early Monday morning with great talks from Tom and Michael as well as a very informative talk by Dale Wheeler from the National Horseracing Authority on Post-race Distress syndrome. After afternoon tea parallel sessions were hosted for lameness and reproduction were the panel members presented specific cases and how they approached them. Dr Roy Gottschalk, Prof Michael Schramme, Dr Andrew Gray and Dr Manfred Rohwer headed up the lameness panel and the repro panel was headed up by Dr Deon van Tonder, Dr Anne Schramme, Prof Tom Stout, Dr Allan Bechard and Dr Robin Moore. These panel sessions are a great way to encourage interaction between colleagues so that ideas and suggestions can be made as well as to allow insight into how some of our leading vets workup cases. Monday evening was a free night with most of the delegates trying out local restaurants in East London and getting an early night.

Tuesday started off with Michael Schramme presenting on hind limb lameness in the sport horse and how we should go about diagnosing and treating them. Tom Stout presented talks on the overview of reproductive pharmacology and the use of hysteroscopy and laparoscopy in the subfertile mare. We also had excellent presentations from local speakers: Robin Moore, Camilla Weyer, Garth Nieuwenhuis and Gillian Martindale. Two thoroughly enjoyed talks were the HOW TO SESSIONS on ultrasounded guided injections of the thoracolumbar facets and sacroiliac region presented by Ann Carstens. The lecture day ended early and everyone divided up between those going off to play golf, visit the Mpogo Game Reserve or take a barge trip up the Nahoon river. Afterwards everyone met back at the Premier Hotel for a rooftop braai and to relax after a long day. It was a great evening with delicious food and drinks that not even the rain could put a dampener on the festivities.

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Congresses are hard work
Despite the late night previous it was a very early start on Wednesday with Sheelagh Higgerty giving a presentation on how to ID horses for the FEI. The morning talks were on AI protocols, the stallion breeding examination and ET and EVF presented by Tom Stout as well as presentations in the use of intra articular PrP by Yolandi Smit and two talks by BEVA President Mark Bowen one on morphometric analysis as a method of monitoring weight change in horse and the other on the responsible use of the antibiotics. After lunch there were once again parallel sessions on diagnosing and treating distal tarsal and proximal metatarsal lameness presented by Michael Schramme and Foal sepsis and the Collapsed byÂ Catriona Lyle and Emma Alsop respectively.

After tea there was an another lameness panel on Intra articular therapy presented once again by Dr Roy Gottschalk, Prof Michael Schramme, Dr Andrew Gray and Dr Manfred Rohwer. In the other lecture hall Karin Kruger presented a talk on IV fluid therapy in the foal. That evening the Robin Rous Gala dinner took place which for many is a highlight of the congress and a great way to end off the last night of the congress. We were well entertained by the comedy stylings and smooth vocals of Niqui Cloete-Barrass and our heart strings tugged by guest speaker Dr William Fowlds from Saving the Survivors. This a year a 2l bottle of wine signed by the winemaker of Diemersfontein (an old favourite at the SAEVA congress gala dinner) and sponsored by Diemersfontein was expertly auctioned off by Dr Jean Charles Lepeudry of Baker & McVeigh Equine Hospital KZN. I am not sure if it was his French accent or the moving speach by Dr Fowlds but the bidding was fierce!

A collaborative effort by Drs Angela Rogers, Coen de Bruin, Deon van Tonder and MJ Franken put in the winning bid of R32 000 but then in a stunning turn of events they announced that they would rather like to make that a donation and placed the bottle of wine back up for auction who this time was won by Dr Cliff Meyer and his son Jason for winning bid of R25 000. All of this excitement was topped off by Dr Ingrid Cilliers of Canyerbury Vet Clinic donating R10Â 000.00 to the charity and starting a challenge to other veterinary practices to better her. Drs Manfred Rohwer, Roehann Sutherland and Andrew Gray put forward another R12 000. Dr Ockert Botha challenged the industry to better his bid for R20 000 plus 5c of every bottle of Summer Spray sold.Â Ann Carstens donated R3 000, Madaleen Schultheiss (Vet360) R2 500 and Kimberley van der Schyff (Student) R500. A total of R105 000 was raised.

The Veterinary Foundation will make the donation to Saving the Survivors.

The golfing trophy was then handed out to this year winner who happened to be Dr Manfred Rohwer, taking it back to KZN after a brief stint away from the province.

An old tradition was revitalised this year were by the students attending the congress had to find themselves a mentor during the congress and then at the gala dinner they had to come up on stage with their mentor and introduce them and tell a bit about their mentor. This was met with great success with all the students taking part. The aim of this initiative is to encourage the students to interact with the vets and for them to get to know one another as well as for them to have someone that they can build a repour with and thus have someone they can go to for advice. Before all the night fully got into the party mode Dr Dave Gibbs regaled everyone with his recent early morning swimming adventure that went not quite according to plan when he met Ozzie the Ostrich. The rest of the night was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone with plenty of drinks flowing, great music and even some alternative career paths demonstrated.

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Winners of the Wine Auction
L-R: Our Auctioneer for the evening, Dr Jean Charles Lepeudry, Jason Meyer and Dr Cliff Meyer

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Retailed guests with a story of early morning swimming adventures Megan Marr and Dr Dave Gibbs

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Ozzie the Ostrich and Megan Marr

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Multitalented, if the vet career doesnâ€™t work out you can always take up construction â€“ Dr Andrew Gray

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Student mentorship program
Back row: Dr Wade Shrives, Dr Albertus Coetzee, Dr Rob Jackson, Dr Dave Gibbs, Dr Henk Basson, Prof, Ann Carstens, Dr Andrew Fowler, Dr Andrew Gray, Dr Gavin Rous, Dr Francois Triegaardt, Dr Bennie van der Merwe.
Middle row: Elza Triegaardt, Magda Jannasch, Inone Vorster, Megan Marr, Gretha Steenkamp, Bianca van Wyk, Kirsten Cole, Megan Swemmer, Nellma le Roux, Louie Genis.
Front row: Keith Spargo, Jason Meyer, Kimberley van der Schyff, Dr Terry Casey, Madaleen Schultheiss.

The final day arrived and the delegates, some feeling a little worse for wear than others after last nights festivities, arrived for the last few lectures. Michael Schramme started the day off with talks on MRI and this was followed by talks from Tom Stout and Anne Schramme and a talk on lameness in the foal by Andrew Gray and the last abstract presentation by Victoria Geddes.
Overall I think this congress was a huge success and I am blown away by the generosity shown by all the vets with their donations to the Saving the Survivors campaign. Lastly I would like to extend a big thank you to the organising committee and to Madaleen Schultheiss and Michelle Jordaan from Vetlink for all their hard work and without whom this congress wouldnâ€™t have been possible. So now we look forward to the next congress in 2017 which is going to the 40^th congress and I am sure something very special and memorable.

No new cases of African Horse Sickness; containment zone revised26 April 2016

No new cases of African Horse Sickness have been detected in the Western Cape, resulting in a revision to the movement restrictions.

Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, today (26 April 2016) announced the new borders of the containment zone.

â€œMovement restrictions are still in force within a smaller containment area surrounding the farm where the case was detected. No movement of horses into, out of, through or within the containment area will be allowed without a movement permit from a state veterinarian, said Minister Winde.

The revised containment zone is as follows:

The eastern border of the containment area follows the border of the AHS surveillance zone from the Jonkershoek area along the Limietberg mountain range to the voelvlei dam. The boundary then extends westwards past the southern end of the VoÃ«lvlei dam to the R46, which it follows through Hermon, Riebeeck Kasteel and to Malmesbury.

The western border of the containment area follows the R302 southwards until it intersects with the R304, which it follows into Stellenbosch and along Bird St until the intersection with Merriman Ave. The southern border follows Merriman Ave, Martinson Rd and Jonkershoek Rd to the east, through the Jonkershoek Valley and up the escarpment until it meets with the border of the AHS surveillance zone. The roads that make up the borders of the containment area are not included in the movement restrictions, and transport of horses along these roads is permitted.

Minister Winde said the vets launched a surveillance programme immediately after the incident was reported.â€œAn initial census and surveillance programme by state vets in the area surrounding the affected property was performed to determine the extent of the outbreak. All properties on which horses are kept within 5km of the index farm were visited and approximately 200 horses sampled. About 90% of results have been received to date, all of which have been negative for AHS virus. Surveillance activities within the containment area are continuing. Part of this includes investigating the source of the infection, which has not yet been established.

Private veterinarians in the affected area have also been requested to inform the state vets of any suspected AHS cases or cases indicative of infectious disease both within the containment area and within the AHS surveillance zone.

Prevention measures include:

Horse owners are encouraged to stable their horses from two hours before sunset to two hours after dawn to decrease the risk of the vector of the disease having contact with their horses;
Vets also appeal to owners to use a registered insect repellent on their horses during the vector feeding periods as indicated above;
Further protection of the stabled horses can be attained by covering all stable openings with 80-100% shade cloth.

Any owner within the AHS surveillance zone detecting illness in horses involving unexplained fever, swelling of the head and neck and difficulty breathing should report the case to their local State Veterinarian as quickly as possible. Contact details of regional state veterinary offices can be found on www.elsenburg.com.An interactive map of the containment area can be obtained at www.elsenburg.com/vetepi under the Maps tab.

Permit applications should be made to authorised veterinarian Dr Camilla Weyer at:Â camillaweyer@gmail.com.

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS OUTBREAK
Paarl, Western Cape,
April 2016
Situation report: 26 April 2016Â

INTRODUCTION
A case of African horse sickness (AHS) was detected through clinical surveillance by a private veterinarian in Paarl on 2 April 2016. Samples collected from the colt that became ill and died tested positive for AHS virus, subsequently shown to be serotype 1.

CONTROL
Containment area and movement restrictions
As of 26 April 2016, the borders of the containment area have been revised owing to a lack of subsequent cases of AHS. Â The index case occurred within the AHS surveillance zone. Movement restrictions are still in force within a smaller containment area surrounding the case. No movement of horses into, out of, through or within the containment area will be allowed without a movement permit from a state veterinarian. The eastern border of the containment area follows the border of the AHS surveillance zone from the Jonkershoek area along the Limietberg mountain range to the VoÃ«lvlei dam. The boundary then extends westwards past the southern end of the voelvlei dam to the R46, which it follows through Hermon, Riebeeck Kasteel and to Malmesbury. The western border of the containment area follows the R302 southwards until it intersects with the R304, which it follows into Stellenbosch and along Bird St until the intersection with Merriman Ave. The southern border follows Merriman Ave, Martinson Rd and Jonkershoek Rd to the east, through the Jonkershoek Valley and up the escarpment until it meets with the border of the AHS surveillance zone. The roads that make up the borders of the containment area are not included in the movement restrictions, and transport of horses along these roads is permitted. An interactive map of the containment area can be obtained at www.elsenburg.com/vetepi under the Maps tab.

Permit applications should be made to authorised veterinarian Dr Camilla Weyer at camillaweyer@gmail.com.

VACCINATION
Currently no vaccination against AHS is permitted within the containment area. Even when no outbreaks of AHS are occurring in the control zones, vaccination against AHS is strictly prohibited in the AHS surveillance and protection zones during the high vector risk period which is between 1 November and 31 May each year. A map of the AHS control zones can also be found at www.elsenburg.com/vetepi.

OWNER ACTIONS
Horse owners are encouraged to stable their horses from two hours before sunset to two hours after dawn (to decrease the risk of the vector of the disease having contact with their horses) and to make use of a registered insect repellent on their horses during the vector feeding periods as indicated above. Further protection of the stabled horses can be attained by covering all stable openings with 80-100% shade cloth. Any owner within the AHS surveillance zone detecting illness in horses involving unexplained fever, swelling of the head and neck and difficulty breathing should report the case to their local State Veterinarian as quickly as possible. Contact details of regional state veterinary offices can be found on www.elsenburg.com.

RESPONSE
An initial census and surveillance programme by state officials in the area surrounding the affected property was performed to determine the extent of the outbreak. All properties on which horses are kept within 5km of the index farm were visited and approximately 200 horses sampled. About 90% of results have been received to date, all of which have been negative for AHS virus. Surveillance activities within the containment area are continuing. Private veterinarians in the affected area have also been requested to inform the State of any suspect AHS cases or cases indicative of infectious disease both within the containment area and within the AHS surveillance zone. All reports are followed up on and, where necessary, samples are taken to exclude AHS.

SOURCE OF INFECTION
The source of infection is being investigated, but is yet to be established.

Dear Colleagues

There have been a number of further confirmed cases within the AHS containment area in the AHS surveillance zone since Friday the 30th April.

3 of these cases are outside of the 5km radius, and they are/ were clinical cases. One of these cases was a weanling, that subsequently was euthanased.

The symptoms of the weanling were not typical for AHS, but lung oedema was observed, so please remain vigilant and please report any suspicious or possible cases to us asap. The sooner we have the report the sooner we can act.

A special thank you must go to Prof Guthrie who gave up his Saturday afternoon to run these samples as a priority.

At present the containment area will not change, but will be re-evaluated next week. A situation report will be released with a press release asap in next week, but we wanted to ensure that you are all kept up to date.

Regards
Camilla
BVSC, MSc
DAFF authorised Veterinarian (Ref: 1/2/1/7/8)
State Vet Boland authorised Veterinarian
(Movement Control and Equine Disease Surveillance)
and Research Officer

Sport Horse & Endurance sub-commitee: Dr Sheelagh Higgerty 011 468 1519
Welfare Committee: Dr Caryn Rademeyer 0732074417
Medicines Committee: Dr Glynn Catton 0834551735 Patrick Page (082) 5113410
Communications Communication & Newsletter: Dr Michael Hewetson
CPD committee: Dr Terry Casey (082) 6010531
Stud Health: Prof Martin Schulman (082) 3303599
Procedures and Policies: Dr Carla Langley (082) 3365105 & Dr Martin Denkhaus (082) 6580133
Disease reporting & State Liaison: Dr Bev Parker
Racing Committee: Dr Manfred Rohwer (083) 3270237
Youth Member Group: Keith Spargo

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
KwaZulu Natal: Dr Alan Bechard C 0836060048
Western Cape: Dr Kate Meiring C 082 323 8703
Eastern Cape: Dr Ashley Parker C 082 446 5287
Freestate and Central regions:Â Dr Gavin Rous C 083 606 0048
Gauteng: Dr Summer Maitland-Stuart C 082 308 3989
Mpumalanga: Dr Albertus Coetzee C 072 122 5794

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