BVA Announces Deserving Winners
Chris Daborn who won the Trevor Blackburn Award.
The following awards and winners were announced:
Christine Magrath won the outstanding contribution award for transforming the profession’s attitude to the importance of communication
Professor Barrie Edwards was awarded the Dalrymple-Champneys Cup and Medal for his immense contributions in the field of equine abdominal disease and surgery.
Chris Daborn was given the Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of the dedication and professionalism he has shown to the strengthening of veterinary services in developing countries over the past 35 years.
Joanna Melluish and Hugo Richardson were announced as the joint winners of the Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship travel award for 2010.
From a record number of applications received this year the 2010 student travel grants were awarded to:
- Laura Cole whose project in Kenya focused on the detection and identification of Schistosomasp and other helminths ofPapio anubis (the Olive baboon) and reviewed different field techniques of identification;
- Claire Coombe-Jones who investigated the challenges faced when establishing a new, high quality dairy herd in the Punjab,India;
- Joanna Melluish who assessed the prevalence and clinical effects of Babesiaspp infection in equids in The Gambia; and
- Katie Wu for her project on the diagnosis and treatment of babesiosis in working equids in Egypt
Continued collaboration and support from TAWS (World Association for Transport Animal Welfare and Studies) came in the form of two additional travel grants awarded to Hannah Smith and Catherine Wilson for their health and welfare projects involving working equids in Egypt and The Gambia respectively.
The Donkey Sanctuary was again inspired to link up with the Overseas Group by providing an opportunity for Kate Milner (Bristol) to work on a project in Kenya.
RUMA CA&E has extended the deadline for its online survey into vaccine availability.
