Bat Care Guidelines: A guide to bat care for rehabilitators - Now Available
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The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) has produced Bat Care Guidelines in association with the BVA AWF, RSPCA and RCVS Trust.
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The guidelines are aimed at veterinary professionals, wildlife hospitals and new rehabilitators. The document is split into basic sections including 'health and safety', 'rescue and collection' and 'ailments and treatments' which aim to provide minimum guidelines for bat care.
Copies of the guidelines have been sent to all UK veterinary surgeons.
If you are a vet and wish to obtain a copy of the guidelines, please contact Helen Miller at the BCT by email on: hmiller@bats.org.uk
For more information click here |
Practical Animal Handling - online tutorial
The BVA AWF have launched an online tutorial on practical animal handling which has been prepared in conjunction with Newcastle University,
The tutorial is primarily aimed at veterinary students and nurses. It features videos of expert veterinary staff demonstrating the correct procedures for handling small animals for clinical examination and medication and its aim is to show that the primary consideration should be for the welfare of the animal.
The tutorial is available now.
New DVD - disbudding of kid goats
The Goat Veterinary Society (GVS) has produced a DVD designed to help veterinary practitioners to disbud goats.
The DVD is a guide for veterinary surgeons on the best technique for disbudding kid goats from start to finish - it discusses anatomical considerations, methods of anaesthesia and analgesia and disbudding. Particular attention is drawn to the regulatory aspects of anaesthesia of and disbudding of kid goats, as they currently apply in the UK.
Produced in association with the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation the DVD is in memory of the late Mike Teale MRCVS, following a donation from the Teale family.
Click here for more information.
2nd edition Pet and Poisons leaflet
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We are pleased to announced the launch of an update of our popular Pets and Poisons - Keeping Your Animals Safe leaflet which was first produced in 2004.
The leaflet was produced in conjunction with the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) and provides a valuable and easy reference guide for owners on preventing poisoning in the home, in the garden or in open spaces along with advice on what to do if you think your animal has been poisoned.
For your copy of the leaflet please contact BVA AWF.
For more information please see our press release |
2nd edition Free-range poultry diseases poster
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We are pleased to make the 2nd edition of our popular Free-Range Poultry Diseases Poster available for veterinary surgeons and members of the general public.
The poster is valuable source of information on diseases affecting Exhibition Chickens, Hens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Ornamental Pheasants, Guinea Fowl and Peacocks.
It details symptoms of disease, causes, treatments and species affected and has been revised and updated by our charity using information supplied by Victoria Roberts, Honorary Veterinary Surgeon to the Poultry Club.
For your copy of the leaflet please contact BVA AWF.
For more information please see our press release |
Fundraising for the AWF
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Arden Forest Vets in Stratford-upon-Avon have chosen BVA AWF as their nominated charity for 2008
During the coming year, all of the practice’s fundraising activities will be directed towards raising vital funds for the our charity.
Trustee, Sean Wensley, visited the practice in December to meet the staff and tell them more about the work that the Foundation undertakes. This was also an excellent opportunity for Sean to thank the staff, on behalf of us all, for choosing to support the charity’s work. |
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| Individual practice support for the AWF is just one source of funding that the charity relies on to be able to continue its work in finding practical solutions to the welfare problems of animals. If your practice would like to support the AWF, or you are able to fundraise for the Foundation in any other way, please do not hesitate to contact administration manager, Elizabeth Price, at elizabethp@bva.co.uk for any further information.
The AWF relies entirely on charitable donations, and it is only with your help that we can continue our work to improve animal welfare. Our many thanks go to Arden Forest Vets, and we look forward to hearing from other practices out there soon! |
Norman Hayward Research Fund programme
At the House of Commons reception in May 2007 our Chairman, Carl Padgett, announced the availability of funds under the Norman Hayward Fund, which are intended for research into the disease and welfare of sheep, cattle and horses.
We have been delighted by the high level of interest we have received and will announce the successful applicants at the same reception in May 2008.
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