BSAVA Companion - 2017, 3, March

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Northern Ireland practitioner John Hill is the first president of a newly formed veterinary organisation dedicated to advancing the profession’s knowledge of small animal medicine. He tells John Bonner about his passion for improving the health of the small but mighty honey bee.

Congress is a great place to update your practice library. Check out the latest titles and offers on the BSAVA Balcony.

At Congress, PetSavers is inviting delegates to an audience with our volunteer vets who will be delivering free educational demonstrations in the BSAVA Practical Zone, located in the main Exhibition hall, at the Barclaycard Arena.

PetSavers celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the BSAVA with a generous gift to the veterinary world – and you are invited to help select the research areas that are funded.

As part of BSAVA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, Dr Sally Everitt, BSAVA’s Head of Scientific Policy, has created a stream at Congress that will reveal the history of key clinical practices to see how understanding our past can help us plan for our future.

Congress delegates will hear that ‘Keep calm and listen to your vet’ would be good advice for any dog owner coming to terms with the knowledge that their pet has epilepsy.

Chairman of the WSAVA Hereditary Disease Committee, Professor Urs Giger from the University of Pennsylvania, offers this update on the latest significant work.

Professor Susan Rhind is deputy head of school at the Royal (Dick) College of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh. She was educated at Lockerbie Academy before being admitted to the Glasgow veterinary school, from which she graduated in 1990.

News and events from the BSAVA’s regions.

A calendar of forthcoming central and regional CPD events March 2017 – June 2017.

This month Simon Tappin, editor of Companion, presents notes on chocolate toxicity.