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BSAVA reveals 2024 Clinical Abstract winners
Michelle Demkova wins the Best Student Award and George Smith wins the Best Medicine Award.
The awards celebrate high quality clinical research.

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) has announced the researchers winning this year’s Clinical Abstracts awards.

The awards recognise clinical abstracts, presented at this year’s BSAVA Congress, which show high quality research has been undertaken in practice, industry or academia.

BSAVA’s Best Medicine Award went to George Smith, for his work on predictors of clinically significant bleeding in dogs with severe thrombocytopenia.

Dr Smith graduated with a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Imperial College London, before spending two years in first opinion practice. He worked a year as an emergency and out-of-hours clinician in Australia, before beginning an internal medicine residency at University of Glasgow in 2020.

He said: “This recognition not only motivates me to continue striving for advancements in veterinary medicine but also provides invaluable support for my ongoing professional development.”

Michelle Demkova, a final year student at Royal Veterinary College (RVC), receives the Best Student Award, for her studies on otitis externa of dogs in primary veterinary care.

Speaking about her award, she said: “It means being recognised as worthy by a panel of impartial judges that are willing to invest in my future and help me reach my potential. It has given me all the confidence I need to keep working with excellence towards my goals.”

The Best Practitioner Award goes to Kathryn Patel, who presented a project on clinical improvement which covered 39 veterinary practices across the UK. Ms Patel’s clinical interests are joint disease and surgical oncology, but she is also passionate about quality improvement in practice.

Sebastian Wylie’s work on the surgical management of Achilles Tendon injuries earned him BSAVA’s Best Surgery Award. Following internships at Langford Small Animal Hospital and The Ralph Veterinary Referral Hospital, Dr Wylie now works as a veterinary clinical demonstrator at the University of Bristol.

Finally, the Best Poster Award has been awarded to registered veterinary nurse Clare Jones. With her poster, Ms Jones aimed to investigate how standardised CPR training might improve the confidence of veterinary professionals.

Ms Jones said: “To receive the Best Poster Award was a shock and huge honour to be recognised for, not only the research, but RVNs undertaking research.”

The BSAVA will be opening submissions for the 2025 Clinical Abstracts on 9 September 2024, until 18 October 2024.

To submit your interest, visit the BSAVA website.

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BEVA gives RVNs right to vote

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 The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) is to allow its registered veterinary nurse (RVN) members the right to vote.

RVN members will now be able to take part in key decision-making processes and stand for BEVA council.

Marie Rippingale, chair of BEVA's Nurse Committee, said: "I am very proud to be a part of BEVA.

"This change will help to empower nurses to speak up and contribute, but more importantly, it will give them an opportunity to collaborate with other members of the equine veterinary profession to bring about change that is positive for all." 

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Farmer survey to reveal on-farm impact of bluetongue

A nationwide survey has been launched to better understand how the bluetongue virus is affecting UK farms.

Results will inform the support that farmers receive for bluetongue, as well as preparing the livestock industry for the future.

The short online survey is open to all livestock farmers, regardless of whether they've had a confirmed case of bluetongue on their farm. It asks how many animals have been affected, the severity of their clinical signs and how it has impacted farm business.

The survey takes five minutes to complete and is fully anonymous.

It is led by Fiona Lovatt, of Flock Health Limited, and the Ruminant Health & Welfare bluetongue working group, in collaboration with AHDB and the University of Nottingham.

Dr Lovatt says: "We need to find out what level of clinical signs farmers are seeing in their animals, whether they are experiencing mortality with BTV-3 cases, and what their appetite is to vaccinate in future for bluetongue serotype 3."

The survey can be found here.