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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.

BSAVA members can now download and stream the BSAVA Congress 2017 lecture Podcasts. The majority of all veterinary, nursing and management lectures are included with 350 audio recordings available along with 350 video podcasts with lecture slides and audio combined.

PetSavers have announced the subject areas for the four additional Masters Degrees by Research grants which they are funding in 2017 to celebrate the Association’s 60th Anniversary. 

World Veterinary Day is taking place globally on Saturday 29th April designed to highlight and promote the different facets of the work performed by veterinarians all over the world. Each year, a different topic is selected by the World Veterinary Association (WVA) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) which are behind this initiative. The theme for 2017 is Antimicrobial Resistance – from awareness to action. 

Incoming BSAVA President John Chitty wants to build firm foundations for the future of veterinary science, with a vision of holistic support for the whole profession to increase enjoyment of their vocation, as the mantel is passed on by Susan Dawson at the BSAVA Congress AGM. John Chitty will use his year in office to widen the BSAVA’s support for the small animal veterinary profession beyond the clinical expertise that has been the organisation’s mainstay for the past 60 years. He feels passi...