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As part of SAVSNET’s on-going mission to develop real-time disease surveillance in small animals, researchers at the University of Liverpool are using big data and text mining methods to create a warning system for a devastating disease in pet rabbits and sheep. Flystrike – or myiasis – is caused by larvae of Lucilia sericata (the green bottle fly) feeding on the surface of the skin. This can cause severe tissue damage that is susceptible to secondary bacterial infections and may result in de...

The 2017 BSAVA Congress, in Birmingham, once again welcomed four beneficiaries of its annual scholarship visiting programme. ​The scholarships, created to improve the understanding and communication of companion animal practitioners in Europe, provide four members of emerging small animal veterinary organisations within FECAVA with the opportunity to attend this major congress. They were awarded this year to four recently graduated companion animal veterinary surgeons from Latvia, Serbia an...

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) are working together to conduct a research project to evaluate the impact of the Professional Development Phase (PDP) on veterinary graduates.

Vet practices can “make a huge difference” to the welfare of rabbits by taking part in Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW), with help from the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA).

The BSAVA shares concerns over new findings in the seventh annual PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report, which monitors pet welfare issues across the UK. Leading vet charity PDSA is warning that millions of UK dogs, cats and rabbits are at serious risk of deadly diseases as the number of owners vaccinating their pets has declined steeply.

Companion is inviting members to send in their soft tissue surgery questions to be answered by expert Catherine Sturgeon. Selected questions will be featured in the next ‘Ask the expert’ feature in the October issue of Companion magazine.  As an added incentive, each member who submits a question will be entered into a free prize draw to win a copy of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Abdominal Surgery, second edition.

If you are a practising vet in a FECAVA member country and you fancy going to BSAVA Congress in Birmingham in April 2018 for free, you can now apply for the BSAVA Travel Scholarship.

On Sunday 7th May Cymru/Wales Region hosted 'Bark in the Park' in the beautiful Bute Park in the centre of Cardiff.

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has launched a consultation on Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, asking the veterinary professions for their views on the current and future role of veterinary nurses.

The deadline to apply for the FECAVA Travel Scholarship has been extended to 31st May 2017. The FECAVA Travel Scholarship is an initiative that enables groups of small animal veterinary surgeons from different parts of Europe, to visit each other for a few days and observe each other’s practice experience. The scholarship, totalling €2,000 per year, is made possible through the support of LABOKLIN, who partner FECAVA on this project.