WSAVA/FECAVA/BSAVA World Congress 2012: April 11-15, 2012 in Birmingham, UK On the heels of a very successful WSAVA 2011 Jeju World Congress, preparations are well underway by WSAVA and its Congress partner FECAVA and host BSAVA for the WSAVA/FECAVA/BSAVA World Congress 2012. Held at the ICC/NIA in Birmingham, World Congress 2012 will be the largest international veterinary event ever held in the UK. Offering more than 40 streams of veterinary CPD lectures featuring 300 lectures by world-class speakers spread over 4 days, a world-class exhibition space showcasing the latest industry advances from over 250 exhibitors, plus a vibrant social programme, this event caters for all levels and abilities of veterinary practice staff and includes extended Management Streams. For more information, including registration details, please visit the Congress website.
For a peek at the scientific program, click here.
Reminder: Early-bird registration extends until January 11, 2012
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36th WSAVA Congress, 3rd FASAVA Congress & 21st KAHA Congress: A resounding success!
The Annual World Congress of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA), which took place in Jeju, Korea, from 12-14 October, was attended by over 3,000 delegates from 50 countries and included meetings of the WSAVA Assembly members and committees, a cutting edge scientific programme, and numerous social events that provided a wonderful cultural experience for all attendees.
At its Assembly meeting, the WSAVA welcomed 13 new members, increasing its global representation to 92 members representing approximately 180,00 veterinarians from around the world. Additionally, Dr. Siraya Chunekamrai joined the WSAVA Executive Board as the 7th EB member.
For more information, see:
• President’s message
• Officer’s page
In addition to the scientific and cultural program, the event featured the presentation of the WSAVA’s Annual Awards, including its inaugural One Health Award, created to recognize the outstanding contribution made by an individual or organisation in promoting the One Health concept globally. The first winner of this award was the OIE (World Organization for Animal Health), in recognition of its efforts to promote One Health and, in particular, for its acknowledgement of the importance of including companion animals in the One Health program.
For more information, see:
• November News Bulletin
• Awards 2011
Proceedings now available online
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Journal of Small Animal Practice - WSAVA's Official Journal
Access the FREE WSAVA issue of JSAP
As a service to the global veterinary profession, the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has created the first of a series of special online collections of selected papers from recent issues. These papers are freely available for members of all WSAVA member associations to download.
For more information about JSAP and the free issue WSAVA membership benefit, click here.
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World Small Animal Veterinary Association Develops Global Nutrition Guidelines
In response to the growing need to help place the role of recommending small animal nutrition back into the hands of the experts –the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has developed global nutrition guidelines. These guidelines are consistent with those produced by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) last year, and are designed to increase worldwide awareness of nutrition as the fifth vital assessment.
2011 WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines
As published in the Juy 2011 Journal of Small Animal Practice and freely available online
For further information on the Nutritional Guidelines Committee and Guideline translations, click here
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WSAVA endorses Canine Atopic Dermatitis Treatment Guidelines developed by the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis (now International Committee on Allergic Diseases of Animals - ICADA) In 2010, the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis (now: ICADA: International Committee for Allergic Diseases of Animals) published peer-reviewed practice guidelines on the treatment of atopic dermatitis in dogs. These evidence-based recommendations are aimed at educating general practitioners on the treatment of this common allergic skin disease. There are different case scenarios illustrating localized and generalized acute flares or chronic lesions of atopic dermatitis. With each case scenario are specific recommendations to treat these and similar patients.
The practice guidelines can be freely downloaded in English.
Treatment of canine atopic dermatitis: 2010 clinical practice guidelines from the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis.
Transaltions in more than 15 languages, with more added several times a year, can be freely downloaded from their respective links. These translations were made from the original version by dermatology-interested volunteers. All of these translations
Note: whereas the articles can be freely downloaded by anyone from the Veterinary Dermatology website, permission to directly share the pdf-formatted documents, in any language, is not granted.
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