**BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED** AGM, Dinner & Free Blue Tongue CPD talk
Date: 12th March 2025
7pm - free hot meal for all
7.30pm - AGM
Followed by:
Beware the midge. Bluetongue – where are we now, how did we get here and what comes next? by Andrew Soldan BVetMed MSc DVM&S MRCVS Veterinary Director at Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Andrew was appointed Veterinary Director in June 2018. He first joined the agency in February 1999.
His previous roles in the agency include:
- Head of APHA Scientific; the agency’s commercial services and products
- Head of Laboratory Testing and International Trade Programme Manager
- Regional Laboratory Test Manager
Before this, Andrew worked as a Veterinary Investigation Officer in the former Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and as a private veterinary surgeon in Devon and York.
He also worked for the former Overseas Development Administration as a Veterinary Officer in Malawi for 5 years.
Andrew will talk about rising temperatures, winds blowing from Europe, survival in cold winters, pregnancy, disease, vaccine hesitancy, priorities, and difficult choices. At the end of the talk you will be better informed about the current situation, how we got here and hopefully be part of the discussion about what comes next.
9.30pm Finish
Held at Padbrook Park Hotel, Cullompton, EX15 1RU
**Please enter delegate name(s) and any dietary requirements in the note to seller box when booking, we will be unable to cater for dietary requirements unless we know in advance**