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Royal (Dick) School to run equine nutrition course
Dr Jo-Anne Murray
Online course to be free of charge

Edinburgh University has been announced as the first university in the UK to join the Coursera consortium - an organisation which will provide free online undergraduate-level courses to anyone who wishes to access them - and an Equine Nutrition course will be one of the courses on offer.

Taught by Dr Jo-Anne Murray of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, the course is designed to provide knowledge of equine digestion and nutrition, including studying the anatomy and physiology of the equine alimentary canal. The course is expected to be 5 weeks long.

To date, the Coursera group of universities have taught more than 650,000 students from 190 countries and there have been more than 1.5 million course enrolments across 43 courses.

Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, Principal of The University of Edinburgh said: "Enabling wider access to excellent higher education is part of the core mission of the University of Edinburgh. We are therefore excited to join with our peers in North America in the Coursera consortium to offer Massive Open Online Courses on topics in which we have particular strengths."

For more information on the equine course, click here.

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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.