Winner of Top Dog competition announced
The Hill's Top Dog competition, which saw vet students across Europe, Africa and the Middle East vote for the vet school they rated the best, has announced its winner.
The results have been revealed and the winning school is the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Koret School of Veterinary Medicine), Israel, receiving the €10,000 grand prize.
The €2,000 prize has been awarded to the École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort in Paris, France. The remaining eight schools took home the fifth edition of the textbook, Small Animal Clinical Nutrition.
The winners were announced on October 19 at the Southern European Veterinary Conference (SEVC), with the award ceremony being the highlight of a four-day educational trip. Twenty four selected students from the top 10 winning vet schools were able to attend the ceremony to hear the long-awaited results.
The grand prize was gratefully received on behalf of the school’s student association by student Gili Savariego, who said: "I would like to express my gratitude for the amazing Barcelona experience. Everything was perfect and truly unforgettable. My thanks and warmest wishes go to our wonderful hosts Hill’s and the Spanish vets and students."
Janeth Ciudad, Hill's assistant veterinary affairs manager in Spain, commented: “The Spanish students acted as hosts and were also really motivated and enthusiastic about the possibility of having a winner from the Spanish vet schools. Although a finalist, Las Palmas vet school was, unfortunately, not one of the winners but the Spanish students were still happy for the winner and very grateful for the opportunity Hill´s gave them to participate in such an amazing event.”
For those veterinary schools that missed out this year, Top Dog will return again next year, allowing students to once again nominate their school and challenge the current champions.
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