...examinations in abattoirs and knackers yards. Within a year I was temporarily promoted to being on call for farm animal welfare calls and notifiable diseases. The first time I was...
Frank Busch, head of the Veterinary Professional Services Team, Defra, provides an overview and an EU perspective of his work areas.
...present key information that identifies: existing issues affecting government vets wellbeing existing tools to promote wellbeing within government and consider developing new tools if necessary best practice any gaps in...
...my many questions. I was made to feel very welcome and gained a real insight into everything that goes on at the APHA. Wherever my future career will take me...
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...in the identification of affected and exposed poultry. You are an integrator between agricultural and public-health interests, promoting and teaching the principles of biosecurity measures for the protection of livestock...
...common seals recovered from the east coast of England which were undergoing treatment at wildlife rescue centres. Kpp is an interesting bacterium, because it can live in the intestinal tract...
...with poultry. Then I moved to East Sussex. BSE was the main problem, although VHD in rabbits briefly took up a lot of time when it was notifiable. I moved,...
The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) central laboratory and headquarters based near Weybridge, Surrey is celebrating its 100th anniversary today, 25 September. The Weybridge site is an internationally recognised...
...and disease we are applying it to. Policy making is the same. We never have all the evidence. Ministers need to make decisions on ways forward with incomplete information: policy...
