BSAVA Companion - 2008, 10, October

Congress starts here; Film reading for the emergency case.

For 40 years, vets have had access to a helpline run by staff at Guy’s Hospital but the future of the Veterinary Poisons Information Service is threatened by the closure of the human toxicology unit where it’s based. John Bonner reports on the campaign to keep it running.

Vets are very familiar with the problems associated with selective breeding in dogs; now the same problems are spreading to cats. Pete Wedderburn reports.

Phil Hammon is a GP, writer, journalist, broadcaster, campaigner and comedian and he’ll deliver the Congress Lecture in 2009.

A vin.com discussion of a St. Bernard dog that’s been shot in the face.

The Great Bustard became extinct in Britain in 1832; John Chitty reports on the programme to reintroduce the world’s heaviest flying bird.

PetSavers photographic competition; Cards that make a difference.

Dublin Congress highlights; WSAVA Assembly meeting; WSAVA Award winners

Kim Hamilton worked for 22 years at Citibank before moving to the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders as COO. She’s recently been appointed CEO of The Blue Cross.