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Programme details for VBMPS Congress
Congress taking place in October

Details of the programme for the upcoming Veterinary Biomedical & Pharma Sciences Congress have been released.

The Congress will take place at the ICC in Birmingham from the 15th - 16th October 2012, and will provide a unique opportunity for researchers, scientists and veterinarians to meet, learn and share ideas and experiences to the benefit of both medical and veterinary science.

The Congress will encompassed the theme of "Two Worlds, One Health" and boasts a wealth of speakers at the tops of their fields, presenting in the areas of:
  • Cellular Pathology
  • Haematology/Clinical Chemistry
  • Microbiology and Infection
  • Pharma Sciences

These sessions will cover:
  • Diagnostic investigations of diseases in animals
  • Understanding pathological processes
  • Insights into animal models of human disease
  • Environmental and pharmaceutical risk assessment

Speakers will come from institutions, universities and organisations throughout the UK, and also from Europe. Each day of the conference begins with a plenary session featuring a keynote speaker.

The Plenary speakers are as follows:

15 October
  • Professor David Heymann, Health Protection Agency - Emergency Response to Prevention of Emerging Disease, Threats at their Source
  • Professor Malcolm Bennett, University of Liverpool - One world, one health – but are we really all in it together?
16 October
  • Professor Sue Welburn, University of Edinburgh - The Neglected Zoonoses - Veterinary Interventions for Human Health Impact at the Human Animal Wildlife Interface
  • Dr Mary Hannon-Fletcher, University of Ulster - Employability and Professional Practice for Non-NHS Biomedical Scientists

For more information, and to book, click here.


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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.