| WEDNESDAY, October 4, 2006 |
| 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM | | MEETING: CETA/ACTE Certification Committee |
| 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM | | MEETING: AETA Board of Directors |
| 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM | | MEETING: CETA/ACTE Board of Directors |
| 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM | | EXAM: AETA & CETA/ACTE Certification Exam |
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| THURSDAY, October 5, 2006 |
| 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM | | SOCIAL: Golf Tournament at Stonebridge Golf & Country Club
SPONSORED BY: Schering Plough Animal Health
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| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | | Registration |
| 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM | | Exhibit Set-up |
| 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM | | WET LABS: (participants may attend 2 wet labs)
- Embryo Biopsy – Presented by Dr. Martin Darrow
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Bioniche Animal Health Inc.
- Vitrification – Presented
by Dr. John Hasler
- Semen Evaluation – Presented
by Dr. Brad Stroud
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| 4:20 PM – 8:30 PM | |
SOCIAL: Pre-Conference Social: Wakefield Steam Engine – Sunset
Dinner Train
SPONSORED BY: Bioniche Animal Health Inc.
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President’s Reception in Hospitality Suite
COCKTAILS SPONSORED BY: Veterinary Concepts
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| FRIDAY, October 6, 2006 |
| 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM | | Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: Pfizer Animal Health |
| 6:45 AM – 7:30 PM | | Exhibits Open |
| 6:45 AM – 5:00 PM | | Registration |
| 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM | | Companion Tour: Bus Tour to Gatineau Park & Mackenzie King Estate |
| 7:45 AM – 8:00 AM | | Introductions and Welcome |
| 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM | | SESSION: Revisiting trace mineral nutrition for improved reproductive performance
Presented by Dr. Steve Elliot
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Tim deWit, Alltech Canada Biotechnology Centre
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| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM | |
SESSION: Protected fats and fatty acids and effect on reproduction
Presented by Dr. Elliot Block
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Church & Dwight Company
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| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | | Break in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: Reproduction Resources
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| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | | MEETING: AETA Annual Business Meeting |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | | MEETING: CETA/ACTE Annual General Meeting |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | | Lunch
SPONSORED BY: PETS, Inc (Professional Embryo Transfer Supply, Inc.)
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| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | | MEETING: CETA/ACTE New Board of Directors |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | | SESSIONS:
- Assessing Semen Quality - Presented by Dr. Patrick Blondin
- Sexed semen technology – Presented by Dr. Richard Remillard
- Sexed semen superovulation trial results – Presented by Dr. Martin Darrow
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| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | | Break in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: Pfizer Animal Health
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| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | | SESSION: Fertilization
failure due to mishandled frozen semen - the science & economics
of exposure damage and what you can do to prevent it / Update on commercial
bovine cloning
Presented by Dr. Brad Stroud
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| 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | | SOCIAL: Happy hour and a half |
| 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | | SOCIAL: Banquet & Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT SPONSORED BY: I.M.V. International Corporation
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President’s Reception in Hospitality Suite
COCKTAILS SPONSORED BY: Veterinary Concepts
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| SATURDAY, October 7, 2006 |
| 6:45 AM – 8:00 AM | | AETA Past Presidents / Board of Directors' Breakfast |
| 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM | | Registration |
| 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM | | Exhibits |
| 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | | Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: Pfizer Animal Health
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| 10:20 AM – 12:30 P.M. | | Companion Tour: Ottawa River Boat Cruise |
| 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | | BREAKOUT
SESSION: ET 101 with a technical slant
Presented by Dr. Reuben Mapletoft & Dr. John Hasler
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| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | | BREAKOUT
SESSION: Assisted Reproduction in Small Ruminants: Challenges and Opportunities
Presented by Dr. Hernan Baldassarre
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| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | | SESSION: Using ultra-sonography to predict response to superovulation
Presented by Dr. Jean Durocher
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| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | | SESSION:Commercialization of Biotechnology
Presented by Dr. David Faber
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Trans Ova Genetics
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| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | | Break in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: PETS, Inc. (Professional Embryo Transfer Supply, Inc.)
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| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | | AETA SESSION: AETA Certification Session/APHIS Update (for AETA members) |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | |
SESSION: Validation of a monoclonal antibody-based capture enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay for detection of Campylobacter fetus
Presented by: Dr. John Devenish, CFIA
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| 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | | SESSION: Producing healthy calves - biosecurity and management considerations in the ET program.
Presented by Dr. Rich Vanderwal
SPONSORED BY: Wyeth Animal Health
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| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | | Lunch
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| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | | MEETING: Joint Convention Committee Meeting |
| 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | | SESSION: Vitrification of Equine Embryos, a field study in a commercial setting
Presented by Dr. Jason J. Hudson
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Partnar Animal Health Inc.
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| 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | | SESSION: The Effect of Heat Stress & Average Ambient Temperatures on the Superovulatory response of cattle to Ovagen vs. Folltropin
Presented by Dr. Russ Page & Josh Howle
SPEAKER SPONSORED BY: Partnar Animal Health Inc.
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| 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | | Break in Exhibit Area
SPONSORED BY: Minitube of America
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| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | | SESSION: Practitioners Forum / Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Reuben Mapletoft
SPONSORED BY: Merial Canada Inc
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President’s Reception in Hospitality Suite
COCKTAILS SPONSORED BY: Veterinary Concepts
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