Defra Chief Veterinary Officer - Christine Middlemiss This week, the Animal and Plant Health Agency published its latest risk assessment of bluetongue virus entering Great Britain during 2024. It confirmed...
...within the UK as we see rising global temperatures, bringing diseases further north and it was detected through our annual BTV surveillance. Therefore, in February 2024 I was deployed away...
The Government Veterinary Services (GVS) are really excited to be exhibiting at the London Vet Show on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th November. We will be on stand N70, so...
...at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Following a period spent in mixed practice, I decided to join the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) as...
...upon graduating from vet school! When I returned to Australia I was promoted to the Senior Executive Service in the export meat program and then in 2011, I was asked...
Richard Irvine has been named as the new Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (DCVO) for the United Kingdom. Following an extensive international recruitment campaign, resulting in 41 applications, the interview panel...
...Organisation of the United Nations), OIE (World organisation for Animal Health), WHO (World Health Organisation) and charities such as the UK based Mission Rabies, aims to eliminate dog mediated rabies...
...to effective AMR management. I am particularly excited about the international work and announcement of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) inclusion into ongoing activities taking place within the Tripartite,...
...Organisation of the United Nations), OIE (World organisation for Animal Health), WHO (World Health Organisation) and charities such as the UK based Mission Rabies, aims to eliminate dog mediated rabies...
