International Dog Day: what to consider when buying a new pet
In his latest blog to celebrate international dog day, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer talks about what to consider when buying a pet and how to do this safely.
World Zoonoses Day – How you can help protect our dogs from Brucella canis
World Zoonoses Day is held every year to commemorate the first vaccination against zoonotic disease – infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites spread between animals and humans. World Zoonoses day is particularly timely this year to highlight the risk …
Food Standards Agency - Job Vacancy for a Field Operations Veterinary Delivery Leader
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Government Veterinary Services, Jobs and Experiences, Professional development
Background The FSA is a non-ministerial department of over 1300 people with the key responsibility to protect public health and consumers’ wider interest in food and animal welfare standards A key function for delivering this work is shaping and guiding …
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Reflections on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s AMR work
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Government Veterinary Services, International Work
To celebrate Antimicrobial Resistance Week, Kitty Healey, a vet from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), talks about VMD's achievements this year and what the aspirations are for 2022.
One Health Day
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Government Veterinary Services, International Work
On this, the 6th International One Health Day, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the achievements that we as a team, across the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the UK, have made - …
Job Vacancy: Head of Animal Welfare and Delivery Assurance
Find out more about a new and exciting role in the FSA as a Head of Animal Welfare and Delivery Assurance.
Zoonoses Day 2021: The Year of the Ferret
In this blog find out how APHA helped protect human health by investigating the role of ferrets and COVID-19.
Graduate, Government Vet, Global Pandemic
In her blog, Grace talks about her first job as Deputy States Veterinary Officer in Guernsey and starting her veterinary career in the midst of Brexit and COVID-19!
How to cope with African swine fever?
In her blog Jo Wheeler talks about her experience working on African swine fever prevention both in the UK and internationally.
Antimicrobial Resistance Week 2020: How are we addressing this together?
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Dr Christine Middlemiss BVMS MRCVS, Posted on:
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Government Veterinary Services, International Work
To celebrate AMR week, the UK CVO talks about some of the work going on in the UK and internationally to respond to the threat of AMR.