A daunting but rewarding career as a government vet

Dr Christine Middlemiss, Chief Vet New South Wales It’s 7.55am on a Saturday and I’m at Sydney Domestic Airport on my way home. To Orange in New South Wales (NSW)....
Dr Christine Middlemiss, Chief Vet New South Wales It’s 7.55am on a Saturday and I’m at Sydney Domestic Airport on my way home. To Orange in New South Wales (NSW)....
Like microchipping for pet dogs (and cats if you live in England), new rules make it a legal requirement for everyone in Great Britain who keeps birds to register with...
...on operational policy, both as Veterinary Director for APHA and in my role as Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer for the UK. APHA’s new outbreak model, put into action at the...
Do you have the veterinary expertise that can help us innovate and develop new, cutting-edge technologies? Are you excited by the prospect of interesting and challenging scientific problems that, owing...
...is full of fresh challenges, meeting new people and gaining new perspectives. For me these are the spice of life. The APHA has also given me an environment in which...
...our understanding of microbiology have advanced considerably, the scientific method is a constant thread under-pinning science today, just as it has always done. In this blog, I’m going to discuss...
...rabies into Britain in 1918. In the 1930s, TM Doyle, based at the laboratory, discovered a new disease in poultry which he named ‘Newcastle Disease’, after it having been detected...
...development for human TB so I knew a bit about what was involved, but the prospect of genuinely bringing a licensed vaccine to market was something new to me –...
...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...
...options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Free onsite parking Free eyesight test Onsite gym Access to a prayer...