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BVNA Regional Co-ordinators Meeting Report Travelling Pets The Midlands region held another highly successful meeting on the 5th March at Rodbaston College in Penkridge. A total of 48 delegates attended to hear Victoria Sumpter, a professional services vet from Novartis Animal Health discuss travelling pets and exotic diseases. Vicky stressed the importance of noting in the clinical records if patients have ever been outside the UK, as many of the diseases have incubation periods that can run into several years. Making such notes acts as a reminder for the veterinary surgeon to consider the more unusual diseases in these animals, as initially they can often present with vague and some what intermittent symptoms. Vicky also highlighted the need for owner compliance, and how nurses can play an active role in ensuring the pet is ready not just to travel, but also to return home free from any unwanted friends! Much of this advice seems obvious; such as check your pet daily and remove any ticks, but it is often the simple things that can be over looked. The evening was rounded up by Abigail Roberts, territory manager from Novartis, who kept up entertained with some pet travel bingo and provided a host of raffle prizes. All monies raised will be donated to the Animal Cancer Trust, this years BVNA charity. The evening was very generously sponsored by Novartis Animal Health who also provided delegate packs that included some rather tasty sweets! Kathryn Jones Midlands Regional Co-ordinator On the 21st November 2007 the Midlands region enjoyed an excellent meeting entitled “Good Theatre Practice”. Malcolm McKee, a specialist in small animal orthopaedic surgery from Willows Referral Services based in Solihull, West Midlands, started the evening by showing us the surgeon’s appraisal of a theatre case. The talk was based around performing a total hip replacement in a dog as this demonstrated the best possible standards of theatre practice; however it was easy to see how the principles and practices could be scaled down to meet the needs of shorter procedures carried out in our own clinics. Also from Willows Referrals, Amy Bowcott, the assistant nursing manager, then continued the talk focussing on theatre preparation. “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail” to quote Amy’s catch phrase; this sums up why good theatre practice is essential for even the most minor surgery. The meeting was very generously sponsored by Veterinary Instrumentation and Pfizer; who attended and donated 3 raffle prizes, the first a £40.00Waterstones gift card. All monies raised will be donated to the Animal Cancer Trust, this years BVNA charity. Following the meeting Willows Referrals have very generously offered to open their doors and allow delegates to see the theatre practice first hand, this can be arranged by contacting Debbie Lynch, nursing manager, on 0121 745 1354 or visiting the website at www.willowsreferrals.co.uk |
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