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BSAVA has joined pan-professional colleagues to establish an antimicrobial resistance alliance aimed at preventing the spread of resistant infections.

BSAVA has teamed up with six leading organisations to work on raising standards of animal welfare. The collaboration is being launched by marking the tenth anniversary of the Animal Welfare Acts (8 November), when we will be encouraging pet owners to have a closer relationship with their vet practice in order to understand their pet’s welfare needs, as well as encouraging pet owners not currently registered with a veterinary practice to start that relationship.

Book your place today for the largest small animal Congress in the world, 6-9 April 2017.

VetSet2Go (www.vetset2go.edu.au) is a project funded by the Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT), and is a collaborative project involving researchers from seven veterinary schools from three countries (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America). The project aims to define the capabilities most important for employability and success in the veterinary profession, and create assessment tools and resources to build those capabilities.

In October, Belgrade welcomed over 1,000 vets from 37 different countries around the Eastern European region and beyond. The first Eastern European Veterinary Conference (EEVC), organised by small animal veterinary associations from Serbia, Croatia and Romania with the support of BSAVA was declared a resounding success by delegates, exhibitors, sponsors and organisers alike.

BSAVA has worked with the British Veterinary Zoological Society (BVZS) to contribute to a release from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) offering advice for pet owners regarding how to approach hibernation with their tortoises.

The clinical abstract application deadline for BSAVA Congress 2017 is fast approaching – if you are thinking of applying please make sure to get your application submitted before 24th October.

BSAVA is delighted to open the student bursary for BSAVA Congress. This unique opportunity offers 50 places for final and penultimate year veterinary students in the UK and Ireland to attend Congress for free and receive support towards travel and accommodation.

Since 2013 Mission Rabies have demonstrated that rabies control through canine mass vaccination is possible. With the introduction of a novel mobile application, Mission Rabies have been at the forefront of making rabies elimination programmes easy to manage, economically sound and most of all transparent.

On 14th September 2016, New Era Veterinary Hospital in Jersey hosted a VDS/BSAVA-sponsored meeting of Channel Island vets. Carl Padgett from the VDS gave an enthusiastic presentation on how to avoid complaints, and what to do if they arise.