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New president keen to promote equine dentistry
Vicki Nicholls
"As a first opinion practitioner working in equine dentistry, I am particularly keen to support the drive to secure legislation concerning paraprofessionals."
Vicki Nicholls will support legislation for paraprofessionals

The BEVA's newly appointed president, Vicki Nicholls, says she wants to promote the role of equine vets in dentistry and has spoken out in support of legislation concerning paraprofessionals.

Commenting on her priorities as president at this year's BEVA congress, she explained: "As a first opinion practitioner working in equine dentistry, I am particularly keen to support the drive to secure legislation concerning paraprofessionals; our role as vets is to safeguard the welfare of horses and it is paramount that this is reiterated in our aim to legitimise and unite paraprofessionals in horse health care."

Nicholls added that she "wholly supports" the need for many equine vets to achieve a better work-life balance.

She took up her post as the 2016/17 president at the end of BEVA Congress (10 September), taking over from former president Mark Bowen.

Nicholls is part of the University of Liverpool's veterinary postgraduate unit and has sat on the BEVA council for six years. She studied zoology at the University of Leeds before qualifying as a vet at the Royal Veterinary College in 2001.

After an internship in New Jersey at the Mid Atlantic Equine Hospital, she joined the equine team at Bristol University, where she developed a particular interest in equine dentistry.

She joined Wright and Morten in Cheshire following a period several years in a busy first and second opinion hospital in Wiltshire and passed the BEVA/BVDA dental exam in 2010. Subsequently, she acquired advanced veterinary practice certificates (Cert AVP) in equine medicine and dentistry.

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.