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Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month competition winners revealed
Thrums Vets created a two-day course for school leavers interested in veterinary nursing.
The theme for this year’s VNAM was ‘Progression’.

The Donkey Sanctuary and Thrums Vets have won this year’s Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month (VNAM) competition.

Run by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA), which organises the awareness month, the competition celebrates the different ways practices, nursing teams, and individuals join in with VNAM.

The brief for this year’s competition was ‘Your #VNAM2024, Your Way’ and the overall theme for VNAM was ‘Progression’.

During VNAM, the Donkey Sanctuary invited members of the public for a tour of the sanctuary. A talk was given by the veterinary nursing team and those attending were taught about what veterinary nurses do and the need to protect the title.

The veterinary nursing team also invited students from local veterinary nursing colleges to three talks about how to progress into equine nursing.

Thrums Vets, based in Scotland, put together a two-day course for children at school-leaving age who were considering a career in veterinary nursing.

The course included information about where and how to train to become a veterinary nurse, and introduced the students to some of the tasks veterinary nurses carry out, including bandaging, suturing, and conducting a clinical examination.

The runners up were Delaware Veterinary Group, based in Somerset, and Island VetCare, based on the Isle of Wight.

Lyndsay Hughes, BVNA president, said: “Our competition entries have been absolutely outstanding, and it has been wonderful to see how the theme has been interpreted.

“The variety of entries we have had, and the quality of these, has made it really very difficult to judge this year's competition and has made the team exceptionally proud to know we work alongside such excellent veterinary nursing teams.
 
“Thank you to everyone who entered for taking the time to be an integral part in sharing this year's VNAM theme. Your continued efforts help us raise awareness about the significant impact veterinary nurses have and the fundamental role you play in ensuring animal welfare is maintained.”

The full list of entries can be found on the BVNA website.

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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.