From Cows to Committees: A Government Veterinary Career

...of the Standing Committee for Animal Health and Welfare (aka SCoPAFF). I’ve been through the briefing pack again. There are issues with African swine fever that we are concerned can...
...of the Standing Committee for Animal Health and Welfare (aka SCoPAFF). I’ve been through the briefing pack again. There are issues with African swine fever that we are concerned can...
...trade agreements, drawing on the current spread of African Swine Fever from wild boar in Russia across Eastern Europe and now on farms in Romania, together with its emergence in...
...standards and how the OIE code interacts with EU Directives. This was a challenging process as each case is different and each raised questions unforeseen when the policy was written....
...Health Agency and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), revised the Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Cattle and visited Holland to learn lessons from their H7N7 avian...
...delegation to the Codex Alimentarius Task Force on AMR, a process which was started back in 2016 and which has, over the intervening years, worked to revise the existing Code...
...the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct and the five Principles of practice Ensure experimental studies comply with national legislation and local processes. Proactively implement best research practice, including implementation of...
...are in place. The virus appears established in the Auvergne region in Central France - around 300 miles from the Channel. The majority of outbreaks were detected through serological surveillance....
...active in small and large animal clinical practice throughout the UK but also in mainland Europe and Central America. Like many of my colleagues, I heeded the clarion call to...
...to expand my knowledge of state veterinary medicine and by 2008 I was seconded to a central team that was responsible for planning and preparing the GB side of a...
...By developing and implementing organised disease control strategies, countries reduce their related public health and economic burdens. Most parts of Western and Central Europe have successfully eradicated rabies, and thanks...