Veterinary News

• Ms Kathryn Allan Receives Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship Travel Award - Britis ...
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Ms Kathryn Allan was on Saturday announced as the winner of the Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship travel award for 2008. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony at the British Veterinary Association's Annual Congress in London.
• Dr. Sarah Cleaveland Receives Trevor Blackburn Award - British Veterinary Association
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Dr Sarah Cleaveland was on Saturday announced as the winner of the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of her work on zoonotic, livestock and wildlife diseases in East Africa and for her outstanding contributions to animal and human health, wildlife conservation and animal welfare in Africa and beyond. The announcement ca ...
• Professor Joe Brownlie Recipient Of The British Veterinary Association's Most Prestigiou ...
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Professor Joe Brownlie BVSc PhD DSc DipECVP FRCPath FRAgS FRCVS was announced as the recipient of the British Veterinary Association's most prestigious scientific award. The Dalrymple-Champneys Cup and Medal, awarded to mark and recognise work of outstanding merit which it is considered will encourage the advancement of ve ...
• Professor Tim Greet Receives British Veterinary Association's Prestigious Chiron Award
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Professor Tim Greet BVMS MVM Cert EO DESTS Dip ECVS FRCVS was on Saturday announced as the recipient of the British Veterinary Association's prestigious Chiron Award.
• British Veterinary Association President Nick Blayney's Presidential Address - BVA Congr ...
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  One of the roles of the President of any organisation is to ensure that the interests of the members are being upheld and to examine what is being done on behalf of the members. I look back with pride upon the achievements of the BVA over the last 12 months, some of which fell out of work commenced before I arrived, bu ...
• Scottish Vet Becomes New President-Elect - British Veterinary Association Congress 2008, ...
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Professor Bill Reilly of Glasgow was elected President-Elect of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) for 2008/2009. The ceremony took place during the Annual General Meeting of the BVA at the close of its Annual Congress, held in London. 1.
• British Veterinary Association Elects New President - BVA Congress 2008, London, UK
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  Mrs Nicky Paull of Lostwithiel, Cornwall was elected President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) for 2008/2009. The ceremony took place during the Annual General Meeting of the BVA at the close of its Annual Congress, held in London. 1. Nicky Paull qualified from Liverpool in 1979 joining a three vet mixed prac ...
• Animals Farmed For Meat Are The Number 1 Source Of Food Poisoning Bug
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  A study by researchers from Lancashire, England, and Chicago, IL, found that 97 percent of campylobacteriosis cases sampled in Lancashire were caused by bacteria typically found in chicken and livestock. The work, which appears September 26 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics is based on DNA-sequence comparison of thou ...
• Overseas Travel Grants, British Veterinary Association Congress 2008 - London, UK
  Tue, 30 September 2008
  The BVA travel scholarship scheme, instituted in March 1983, awards grants annually to veterinary students to enable them to undertake projects in developing countries. This year sees the 25th anniversary of the overseas travel grant scheme and, in appreciating how student experience can help shape the views of a professi ...
• America Faces Critical Shortage Of Veterinarians
  Fri, 26 September 2008
  America has a growing shortage of veterinarians. It's become a career with almost no unemployment, because there aren't enough veterinarians to fill available jobs. This shortage is starting to reach crisis levels in some areas, reports the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). For example, dozens ...