We have serious concerns that @CMAgovUK's proposed remedies for the vet market for pets are disproportionate, will impact smaller independent practices, and in some cases are simply unworkable.

Read our full response to their working paper with BSAVA, BVNA, VMG & SPVS⬇️
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I’m excited to say a piece of policy analysis I worked on for my thesis has just been published!
The piece looks at the development of India’s 2019 ban on colistin use in livestock and considers the implications for other critically important antibiotics still being used 🐓💊 doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...

Today is International Day Of Women And Girls In Science!

Only 35% of all students in STEM-related fields of study are women. Imagine how much the world could progress if all voices could be equally nurtured in science!

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#WomenInScience #IDWGS

Usually, HPAI is first detected by increased mortality in sheds. Here, day of first infection calculated, with a useful app. Data useful for contact tracing poultry and farms.
App: first-inf.sk8.inrae.fr
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NEWS: The United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu in poultry on a duck farm in California, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday.

U.S. authorities also detected the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California

Read my latest piece of chicken and antibiotic research here 🐓💊 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

We’re backing @ross-greer.bsky.social's call for a ban on electric shock collars for dogs in Scotland and will be closely following today’s debate in Scottish Parliament.

BVA continues to call for a ban on these cruel devices across the UK. #BanShockCollars www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

H5N1 strikes more US poultry flocks, pet cats

Outbreaks include broiler farms in 3 states, as tests confirmed more H5N1 in pet cats from 5 states.

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