First year Animal Welfare Science Centre graduate researcher Carmen Glanville was recently named the winner of the University of Melbourne’s Visualise your Thesis competition for her presentation, ‘Protecting Pets by Changing People’. Visualise your Thesis competition challenges graduate researchers to […]
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Reducing a pet’s eco paw-print
Experts recently came together at the 9th Annual Robert Dixon Memorial Animal Welfare Symposium at Sydney University’s School of Veterinary Science, to discuss how to reduce a companion animal’s carbon footprint. Australians are increasingly identifying their pets as family members and […]
Seeking entries for companion animal rescue awards
After a successful launch in 2018 attracting 517 entries, the Companion Animal Rescue Awards is back again this year to inspire rescue groups and animal shelters to continue their efforts in saving companion animals. At the launch earlier this month […]
Partnership to enhance veterinary education in China
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association and ACTAsia, a not-for-profit organisation which provides veterinary training in Asia as part of its remit to promote animal welfare, have joined forces in a partnership to support the development of the veterinary profession in China and other Asian countries. Under the […]
Last call for early bird rates for WSAVA World Congress 2018
Veterinarians around the world are being urged to take advantage of early bird registration rates to attend WSAVA World Congress, a unique gathering of more than 2,000 companion animal veterinarians, which takes place this year from 25-28 September in Singapore. […]
Blue Dog program wins WSAVA award
The Blue Dog program, an educational initiative to help children to interact safely with dogs, has been awarded the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s 2017 Global One Health Award. The award will be accepted by Professor Tiny de Keuster, a European veterinary specialist in Behavioural Medicine (Companion Animals) and founder […]
Vets descend on Gold Coast for region’s biggest pet conference
More than 1400 veterinarians will gather at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre this weekend to attend the FASAVA (Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Association) Congress. Hosted by Australian Small Animal Veterinarians (ASAV), a special interest group of […]
AFSCAN announces awards
The African Small Companion Animal Network recently announced the recipients of the 2017 AFSCAN Research and Studentship Awards. AFSCAN, a project supported by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA) Charitable Foundation, launched its Awards two years ago with the aim of increasing the knowledge base […]
New partnership to improve communication
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has announced a partnership with veterinary digital services provider Vetstream as it focuses on enhancing communication with its 101 member associations and individual membership of more than 200,000 veterinary professionals around the world. Vetstream’s first project is a new website […]
Vet scientists study puppy killer disease
A group of veterinary scientists have launched a research project that aims to control the incidence of canine parvovirus, a potentially deadly disease that is currently affecting puppies across Australia. Commonly known as parvo, the disease is not new to […]