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Ten Days of Celebrations for Moredun
Moredun has had a very positive ten days with a string of announcements, awards and celebrations, including a visit by HRH The Princess Royal to help celebrate Moredun’s 90th Anniversary.

These annoucements, awards and celebrations include the report that Moredun has secured over 9 million euro to lead a “Paravac” consortium involving over 20 research partners developing vaccines for internal worm parasites of livestock, the presentation of three awards to Moredun’s Chief Executive Professor Julie Fitzpatrick during the Royal Highland Show and a visit by HRH The Princess Royal. This visit was in celebration of Moredun’s 90th Anniversary. During her keynote address HRH The Princess Royal congratulated Moredun for the vital contribution they had made to livestock industry over the last 90 years. She commented, “You can be extremely proud of your achievements over the last 90 years and what you are doing now.  It doesn’t stop here though, Moredun’s research is vital to protect both livestock and people, today and tomorrow.”

Ninety years on, and still governed by farmers, the Moredun Group now employs over 200 scientists, vets and support staff who continue to help find solutions for major challenges to modern farming such as the consequences of a changing climate; ensuring safe and sustainable food and water supplies conserving biodiversity and finding solutions to infectious disease.


John Ross, Chairman of The Moredun Group commented, “These past ten days have been tremendous for Moredun. Not only has the institute received a massive cash injection from the EU for its work in parasites but the work of the institute and it’s director has been heavily praised by both the livestock industry and by our own Patron, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.”

In addition to these events, over 50 delegates representing agricultural societies from across the Commonwealth also recently visited Moredun to learn more about some of the world class animal health research being conducted there and how Moredun’s knowledge in livestock disease control can be applied to farmers across the globe.



The delegates were on the first day of a five day post conference tour following the 2010 Commonwealth Agricultural Conference, which was held in Edinburgh between 28-30 June and organised by the Royal Highland Society of Scotland (RHASS).

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RUMA CA&E extends survey deadline

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 RUMA CA&E has extended the deadline for its online survey into vaccine availability.

Vets, SQPs, retailers and wholesalers will now have until Friday, 26 September at 5pm to submit their response.

The survey aims to further understanding into the vaccine supply challenges faced by the sector. It will also consider the short and long term impacts of disruption issues.

Insights are anonymous, and will be shared with industry stakeholders and government bodies.

The survey can be accessed here

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BSAVA publishes Guide to Nutrition in Small Animal Practice

The BSAVA has added a small animal nutrition advice booklet to its series of BSAVA guides.

The BSAVA Guide to Nutrition in Small Animal Practice offers a resource for veterinary professionals to provide appropriate nutrition for animals. As well as maintaining the wellbeing of healthy pets, the guide explores how nutritional requirements change in times of illness and disease.

The guide is divided into five sections, which explore the importance of nutritional assessment; diet types; feeding at different life stages; feeding for specific situations; and feeding for specific diseases. Online resources are also in the BSAVA Library including client handouts and videos.

It is designed to be suitable for referencing, in-depth case planning and team training sessions.

The BSAVA Guide to Nutrition in Small Animal Practice can be purchased online from the BSAVA store.