Bristol University’s School of Veterinary Sciences will host the 17th International Symposium and 9th International Conference on Lameness in Ruminants. The event commences on Sunday August 11th and continues through until the following Wednesday. The overall theme for this significant symposium is: ‘Lameness in Ruminants: Past, Present and Future’. The programme will review what has been learnt about lameness so far.
“It will also bring together the most current information about lameness control methods with particular emphasis on evidence based treatment, and look to the future where Knowledge Exchange and On-farm Extension are going to play an important role in helping farmers to control this problem,” confirmed Provita’s Tommy Armstrong. “Provita are silver sponsor of the event and will have a stand profiling their Hoofsure range. Our products have been involved in or tested in three separate research papers at the conference.