BSAVA Companion - 2017, 4, April

Liverpool Vet School welcomes Sir Ian McKellen, BSAVA 60th anniversary celebrated in JSAP online collection, and more.

If asked to describe himself during his final year at the Liverpool veterinary school, Terry Ogdin says he would have answered “a farm animal vet to the very core”. Eight years on, he is earning his living as a small animal clinician at the PDSA Pet Hospital in Blackpool. He told John Bonner why he changed his mind about his professional career.

It has long been an ambition to have all the BSAVA content resources available in digital format in one place. A major step towards this goal will be the launch of the BSAVA Online Library later this year, incorporating the manuals and many other resources. BSAVA Publications Manager Ian Mellor explains more.

Few subjects create such heated discussions among veterinary surgeons as the use of homeopathic remedies in animals. A decade ago, a trio of vets with very different backgrounds began a project that they hoped would shine some light on the subject. John Bonner asked how they fared.

RCVS outlines its latest ambitions around the Mind Matters Initiative.

Sue Murphy is a specialist in clinical oncology at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket and has now become Chair of the BSAVA Congress Programme Committee.

News and events from the BSAVA’s regions.

A calendar of forthcoming central and regional CPD events April 2017 – July 2017.

Isabelle Desmas-Bazelle, of Davies Veterinary Specialists, presents notes on canine phaeochromocytoma.