Celebrating the 9th Annual One Health Day
...health! [In March 2024, APHA took a range of precautionary measures to check for HPAI H5N1 cases in UK cattle] This year we have remained vigilant to the threat from...
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GOVERNMENT VETERINARY SERVICES (GVS) AT THE LONDON VET SHOW 2024
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...
Celebrating the 8th Annual ‘One Health’ Day – Working Across Boundaries
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Disease outbreak, International Work, Policy Work
...Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) General Session I had the pleasure of co-hosting the reception at the British Ambassador’s residence in Paris, to promote international collaboration on ‘Avian Influenza -...
The first time joining an FOB
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Disease outbreak, Government Veterinary Services, Jobs and Experiences, Professional development
...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...
Bluetongue virus risk set out for the year ahead
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...
ACRE (Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment) seeks veterinary expertise
...advice on GMO trial applications and evaluating new research findings. Interested? Find out more below and apply by midday on 10 May 2024. Role details – Advisory Committee on Releases...
The Civil Service People Survey and Your Wellbeing
...addition, here is a summary of services and current wellbeing initiatives that have a particular focus on veterinary wellbeing: 1. Vetlife Vetlife is a charity which offers free confidential support...
GVS Opportunities: African Swine Fever - What All Vets Need to Know! - Free Webinar on 17 June
On 17 June, there will be a free webinar on African Swine Fever (ASF) hosted by the Pig Veterinary Society on the Webinar Vet website. ASF virus is spreading in...
CVO comments on a recent paper on the effectiveness of badger culling
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Dr Christine Middlemiss BVMS MRCVS, Posted on:
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Disease outbreak, Policy Work
...no association with the incidence of Officially Tuberculosis Free-withdrawn (OTFw) herd breakdowns. It is possible to reduce these problems and test the null hypothesis with a more appropriate analysis of...
Helping veterinary surgeons keep dogs and humans free from Brucella canis
...an infectious disease of dogs that is caused mainly by the bacteria, Brucella canis. Historically the UK has been free of Brucella canis, but the UK is seeing an increasing...