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Webinar to address chemotherapy in veterinary practices
"Pets with cancer need to be able to access chemotherapy treatments locally" - Prof. Clare Knottenbelt.

The webinar will be hosted by BBraun Vetcare, and will be an online event. 

BBraun Vetcare is hosting a webinar named Confident Chemotherapy, which will cover the latest thinking on the use of chemotherapy in practice. 

Taking place on Thursday 15 July at 5pm, this free-to-attend event will also consider how the adoption of Closed System Transfer Devices can help to improve safety, and break down barriers to treatment across all practices.

The webinar will feature world-class speakers and referral centres that specialise in small animal oncology, including Professor Melissa McDermid MD, division head in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Maryland, and Prof. Clare Knottenbelt, the founder of Hawk and Dove, a specialist referral service.

Also speaking is Sam Fontaine MSc, who is a lecturer and director of the MSc Advanced Practice in Veterinary Nursing and module leader within the BVMS programme at The Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine. 

A video will also be played from the oncology centre at The Queen's Veterinary School at Cambridge University. 

Prof. Knottenbelt commented on the expanded use of chemotherapy in veterinary clinic, saying: “Pets with cancer need to be able to access chemotherapy treatments locally. The advent of new closed administration systems mean that practices can now safely administer chemotherapeutics in house without the need for large investment, but still protecting the health of their staff."

Open to both veterinary surgeons and nurses, the event is live, and participants will have the opportunity to submit questions to the speakers. Online delegates will receive a certificate for one hour of CPD. 

Registration details, along with the full programme for the Confident Chemotherapy webinar, can be found at aesuclap-academia and the CPD certificate will be send to the registered email address after the event. 

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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.