Su 11/11

Therapy and prophylactics in organic systems

8:45 – 9:00

Welcome

9:00-10:15 

Session 1

Chair:

Albert Sundrum

Speaker 1:

Malla Hovi

Choice of therapy and decision making pitfalls among organic farmers in the UK

Speaker 2:

Torben Bennedsgaard
Mastitis treatment – success of treatment and effect on yield and somatic cell counts

Speaker 3:

Karin Zitterl

Phytotherapy and herbal feed additives – potential for production animal medicine in Europe

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee and posters

10:45 – 12:00

Session 2

Chair:

Steve Roderick

Speaker 4:

Andreas Striezel

Homeopathy as part of health management on organic farms.

Speaker 5:

Michael Walkenhorst

Homeopathy research in dairy herds in Switzerland

Speaker 6:

Andrea Martini

Homeopathic medicine: research data from Italy

Speaker 7:

Lisbeth Hektoen

Controlled clinical trials (CCTs) used in the evaluation of clinical effect of homeopathic treatment in farm animals

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 13:30

Short presentations of research projects and research networks on homoeopathy or other non-biomedical treatment methods.

13:30 – 15:00

Discussion groups on the morning’s topics. Organisers Stig Thamsborg & Mette Vaarst

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee

15:30 – 16:30

General discussion on the morning’s topic.

Chair: Stig Thamsborg

16:45-17:45

Introduction to farm visits:

Presentation of a Danish action research project on health advisory service, and introduction to the three farms that are visited the following day.

18:00

Dinner

Evening

Introduction to Rodding Hojskole, working groups and social life.

Mo 12/11

Farm visits and NAHWOA meetings

9:00 – 17:00

Farm visits

18:00

Dinner

19:00 -

Working groups, meetings and social life.

Tue 13/11

Tools for holistic health planning

8:30 – 10:30

Session 1

Chair:

Michael Walkenhorst

Speaker 1:

Maarten Eysker

Strategies for parasite control in organic cattle

Speaker 2:

Allan Roepstorff

Strategies for parasite control in organic pigs

Speaker 3:

Michel Bouilhol

Parasite control on organic sheep farms by pasture manipulation

Speaker 4:

Stig Milan Thamsborg

Parasite control in sheep: options and limitations

Speaker 5:

Finnain McNaeihde

Pasture management and composition as a means of minimizing mineral disorders in livestock

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee and posters

11:00 – 12:30

Session 2

Chair:

Christina Dredge

Speaker 6:

C. Krutzinna and E. Boehencke: Metabolic status, disease incidence and therapeutic strategies in organic dairy herds.

Speaker 7:

Chris Bartels

Health planning on organic farms in Holland

Speaker 8:

Johannes Baumgartner

Pig health and health planning in organic herds in Austria

Speaker 9:

Douglas Gray

Evidence based/quantitative health planning for organic farms – strategies and constraints

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:30

Discussion groups on the morning’s topics.

Organisers: Malla Hovi & Douglas Gray

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee

16:00 – 17:00

General discussion on the morning’s topics.

Chair: Douglas Gray

17:00 – 18:00

Final NAHWOA meeting: last remarks and future. Co-ordinator.

18:00 -

Dinner and NAHWOA-party with music and dance till early hours…