Veterinary advice: 3,200 vets agree: Dublin buiatrics conference a ‘wonderful success’

Some 3,200 cattle veterinarians and allied scientists from the four corners of the planet were corralled into the Conference Centre in Dublin for the biennial World Buiatrics conference for four days earlier this month.

Their “informatics diet” included a choice of 33 plenary sessions, 219 oral presentations and hundreds of poster projects depicting the latest research on the welfare, management and food production from ruminant farm animals.

From the medical and surgical needs of the individual animal to the veterinary input in modern “mega-herds”, no stone was left unturned, regarding the effects that modern farming exert on public health and the environment.