AFBI Omagh hosts vets meeting

Date published: 10 February 2015

Areas of Expertise: Animal Health and Welfare

The Association of Veterinary Surgeons Practising in Northern Ireland held its annual meeting at the AFBI Veterinary Laboratory in Omagh on 7 January 2015. The laboratory has been hosting this meeting since 1975 and the event is a key date in the veterinary calendar. A large turnout of over 100 veterinary practitioners attended.

Andy Hillan, Stanley McDowell (Director Veterinary Sciences Division, AFBI) and John Hill.

Back row from left: Roger Wallace (Trillick), Conor O’Scanaill, Liam Young (Magherafelt), Pauline Baird (VRO AFBI Omagh) and Sean Fee (VRO AFBI Omagh).

Clinical presentations were given by: Dana Simpson, on “Babesiosis in cattle - to transfuse or not transfuse”; Carolyn Perkins, “On getting to the root of the problem - equine extraction techniques”; Martin Webb, on “Brachycephalic upper airway syndrome - cutting the nose despite the face”; and Jerry Sucllion, “On common conditions of the distal limbs of the racing greyhound”.

Robert Huey (Chief Veterinary Officer, DARD), Stanley McDowell (Director Veterinary Sciences Division, AFBI) and Prof Stuart Reid (President of the RVCS).

Those attending the AVSPNI Annual Meeting.

The meeting was attended by Dr Stuart W J Reid, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Robert Huey, Chief Veterinary Officer DARD.

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