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A discussion about pet rabbit health and welfare – part one, Luisa Dormer

10 June 2020

When you think of pet rabbits, a few things spring to mind: dental disorders, aural issues and myiasis to name just a few. But how much do we really know about the prevalence of disorders affecting pet rabbit health, and how is this impacting on their welfare? Inadequate housing, improper handling or socialization, inappropriate diet […]

Taking Back Control – Krista Arnold

7 May 2020

Spring has always been a busy time for me working as a locum small animal vet. With the changes in how veterinary practices worked following the lockdown, I was lucky that I still maintained some clinical work. In 2004 I moved to a new country, a new life. Friends, family, home and work, a comforting […]

First 5 weeks of lockdown – Julian Hoad

30 April 2020

My daughters have been writing daily journals since the start of lockdown: my wife and I thought it might be something interesting to look back on in later years. This is certainly an unprecedented time in the World’s history. It is a time of superlatives, such as unprecedented and exponential (the number of times I’ve […]

#30YearThrowback “Congress has made me stronger and more confident” – Tetiana Khramova

9 April 2020

As our last Congress in Birmingham would have come to a close, we’re returning to the last of our #30YearThrowback blogs to look at some happy memories from Congress and to spread a bit of positivity before this bank holiday weekend! One of our BSAVA International Travel Scholarship winners, Tetiana, has written in to tell […]

Highlights of my presidential year – BSAVA President Sue Paterson

6 April 2020

This is the fourth of my blogs and I thought I might use the opportunity to share with everyone some of the highlights of my presidential year and pull a few of the thank yous from my sadly now redundant AGM speech. I have to start by saying it has been an enormous pleasure and […]

#30YearThrowback – Saying goodbye to Birmingham

3 April 2020

Well, who’d have thought we’d have to cancel our last Birmingham Congress because of a worldwide pandemic? We certainly didn’t! It was such a hard decision, and whilst we know it was the right one, it’s sad to think that Congress would have been in full swing right now. During our #30YearThrowback series, we definitely […]

Blog 3 from BSAVA President Sue Paterson

31 March 2020

Much as I hate this isolation and social distancing, I thought having to stay at home I might actually catch up on all those papers I had filed in my ‘when I get a minute’ pile, or put the finishing touches to those reports I hadn’t quite got round to completing. Sadly, the COVID-19 mountain of emails, press […]

Blog 2 from BSAVA President Sue Paterson

24 March 2020

It is only a few days since my last blog but so much has happened over the weekend it seems like a lifetime. Over the last 72 hours massive efforts have been put in by the Associations, especially AVA with BSAVA and RCVS to mobilise ventilators from veterinary facilities to go to NHS hospitals. Whilst […]

Blog from BSAVA President Sue Paterson

20 March 2020

I have been meaning to start a blog for ages but thought that this week was as good a time as any to share my thoughts with everyone. It’s not, however, going to be all doom and gloom, because despite the awfulness of COVID-19 there are so many amazing positive stories we’re hearing about which […]