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AGM & Good Veterinary Workplaces: what does this mean in practice? - held via Zoom
Date: Wednesday 10th March 2021
7.30pm - AGM - all welcome to attend
Followed by CPD talk by Daniella Dos Santos. Daniella obtained a BSc (hons) in Molecular Genetics from Kings College London in 2007, before going to study veterinary medicine at the RVC, qualifying in 2012. Since then she has been in first opinion small animal and exotic animal practice and is currently working towards her CertAVP zoological medicine.
She became a member of the BVA Ethics and Welfare Advisory Panel in 2015, and became Chair in 2017. She also became a Trustee of the Animal Welfare Foundation in 2016.
The Veterinary profession has a well-known recruitment and retention issue, but what can we do about it? Find out why we have an issue, what the potential solutions are and how you and your team can use the Good Veterinary Workplace Policy to transform your place of work into one where team members feel valued, fulfilled, and enjoy coming to work every day. Together the profession can address the issues we face and tackle them together.
9.00pm Finish
Kindly sponsored by The BVA.
Held via Zoom - links and full details will be emailed to delegates in advance.
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Flock Visits; what do I do and sheep fertility - held via Zoom
Date: Thursday 22nd April 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Mike GloverVet MB BA CertSHP MRCVS.
Full details to follow.
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Dairy Youngstock CPD - held via Zoom
Date: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Talk by Kathryn Hart BVSc BSc cert AVP(Cattle) MRCVS. Kat joined George Vet Group in September 2011 after studying at Bristol, where she intercalated in microbiology. Kat's main passion is dairy young stock rearing. She launched The George Heifer Rearing Scheme in April 2012.
Kat was recently awarded a MSD Ruminant Bursary to investigate colostrum cleanliness and its effect on calf immunity. Kat has presented a paper at BCVA 2014, as well as having had a number of articles both in the Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer. She has been working with MSD and their campaign Keeping Britain's Young stock Healthy and in 2016 achieved her Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Cattle).
Youngstock are so often the forgotten age of cattle on farm, however one of the highest costs to the farmer. This talk will focus on dairy youngstock but also cover some parts of the beef suckler herd and calf rearer/grower problems. We are often called out in the midst of an outbreak but how to change that into regular planned visits focused on planning and changing management procedures and protocols. I will touch on motivating the farmer and what targets can we achieve and how to monitor them.
Kindly sponsored by Norbrook (GB) Ltd.
Held via Zoom -links and full details will be emailed to delegates in advance.
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An Approach to Endocrine Disease - held via Zoom
Date: Thursday 20th May 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Rachel Sant RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Dermatology and Small Animal Medicine, Outpatient CT (BVetMed, CertVD, CertSAM, MANZCVS(Small Animal Medicine, Medicine of Cats), MRCVS).
Rachel will talk about the approach to suspected endocrine skin disease with particular emphasis on hypothyroidism and hyperadrenocorticism. Rachel will cover history and clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment as well as differentiating endocrine skin disease from other causes of alopecia.
Rachel qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 1992 and worked in small animal general practice for ten years, gaining her Certificate in Veterinary Dermatology in 1999. She then worked as a locum in Kent, including some dermatology referral work and then worked for ten years in specialist practice, gaining qualifications in small animal medicine in 2007 and feline medicine in 2011. Most recently she has been working in the Kent area, seeing small animal general practice cases, second opinion medical and dermatology cases and referral dermatology.
Kindly sponsored by Dechra Veterinary Products Ltd.
Held via Zoom.
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Practical Sample Techniques in Exotics - held via Zoom
Date: Wednesday 16th June 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Ian Sayers BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS. Ian is an Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine and has been involved in zoo and ‘exotic’ practice for many years. Amongst his many roles he has been involved in cheetah research; worked with a number of zoological collections; taught at Bristol University for 9 years; lectured nationally and internationally and authored a number of articles and book chapters. Currently he provides an ‘exotic’ only consultancy via Greenbay Vets in Torquay; is Veterinary Consultant to Shaldon Wildlife Trust (Zoo) and Exotics Clinical Consultant for VPG Leeds.
Ians’ talk is to try and remove the fear from exotic phlebotomy by giving a very practically based approach to obtaining blood samples from a number of commonly presented avian, reptile and small mammal patients. The aim is to inform delegates of the important aspects of what they need to know in order to obtain suitable blood samples. Hopefully it will give confidence and encourage delegates to attempt or improve their exotic phlebotomy skills and enable an improved level of care for their clients pets.
Kindly sponsored by VPG Leeds.
Held via Zoom.
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Blood Reporting - held via Zoom
Date: TBC
Online talk by Matthew Garland RSciTech SAC DIP CertNatSci VN MBVNA. Experienced Laboratory Technician with a demonstrated history of working in the veterinary industry. Honoured to of Lectured at BSAVA and holds regular CPD for veterinary nurses. Skilled in Research, Customer Service, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Public Speaking. Strong research professional graduated from the OU and Lynwood School Veterinary nursing.
Held via Zoom.
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Help, I’ve Got to go and see an Alpaca! - held via Zoom
Date: Wednesday 30th June 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Claire Whitehead BVM&S MS DACVIM(LA) FHEA MRCVS. Covering common conditions of the Alpaca - full details to follow.
Held via Zoom.
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Mentoring the Inexperienced Surgeon in Practice
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Date: Wednesday 15th September 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Colin Whiting BVSc CertSAS MRCVS RCVS.
First impressions and experiences, really count - and adverse experiences and outcomes can linger a long time and create an aversion to surgery. Colin wrote on this topic for In Practice over ten years ago now and has mentored many more surgeons since.
Held via Zoom.
Kindly sponsored by VetCW Surgical Team.
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Infectious Equine Diseases
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Date: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Talk by Richard Newton BVSc MSc PhD DLSHTM DipECVPH FRCVS. After graduating in Veterinary Science from Liverpool University in 1991 and working in mixed practice, Richard joined the Epidemiology Unit of the Animal Health Trust in 1994.
Since completing a Masters in Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in November 1998 he has worked on the epidemiology of grass sickness, EIPH and equine infectious diseases, including equine viral arteritis, influenza and strangles.
He completed his PhD on the epidemiology of equine infectious respiratory disease in 2002 and in 2003 was awarded both the Diploma of Fellowship from the Royal College Veterinary Surgeons and became a de facto Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health.
Richard was Director of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance at the Animal Health Trust. Since the closure of the Animal Health Trust, Richard has been retained by the UK Thoroughbred industry in providing disease surveillance and control functions.
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Next Steps of Soft Tissue Surgery
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Date: Wednesday 8th December 2021 7.45pm
Talk by Colin Whiting BVSc CertSAS MRCVS RCVS.
Collections of procedures that you might consider moving on to and tips/handling advice for each. E.g. Anal sacculectomy, BOAS surgery, thyroidectomy, lip-fold resection, cystotomy, splenectomy and pyometra.
Kindly sponsored by VetCW Surgical Team.
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