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Notifiable and Exotic Disease Course

A training course run jointly by VLA and IAH will be held between 27th June and 1st July.

IAH experts will be talking on Foot and Mouth Disease, Bluetongue, African Horse Sickness, African Swine Fever, Capripox viruses, Rinderpest, Rift Valley Fever and Peste des Petits Ruminants.

The Notifiable and Exotic Disease Training Course is designed for government veterinarians and aims to provide a global perspective of notifiable animal disease and the latest developments in their detection and control.

Current recognition and diagnostic information for important diseases, animal emergency response principles, economic perspectives of disease introduction are provided from a team of experts in their respective fields. The training aims to prepare field veterinarians in their role as first responders in the event of the introduction or emergence of a notifiable disease in Great Britain.

There will be the chance to talk with the speakers during the course and there will also be many opportunities to network with other government veterinarians and scientists.

Over 26 notifiable diseases will be covered including:
Avian influenza
African horse sickness
Contagious equine metritis
Classical swine fever
Enzootic bovine leucosis
Equine viral arteritis
Foot and mouth disease
Rabies
Tuberculosis
West Nile virus

For more information email events@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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New guidance for antibiotic use in rabbits

New best practice guidance on the responsible use of antibiotics in rabbits has been published by the BSAVA in collaboration with the Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund (RWA&F).

The guidance is free and has been produced to help veterinary practitioners select the most appropriate antibiotic for rabbits. It covers active substance, dose and route of administration all of which are crucial factors when treating rabbits owing to the risk of enterotoxaemia.

For more information and to access the guide, visit the BSAVALibrary.