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Poultry disease advice updated
New poster helps vets to treat pet birds

As small-scale poultry keeping becomes increasingly popular, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) has updated its poultry disease advice to help small animal vets to treat backyard flocks.

A significantly updated poster has been put together to help small animal vets identify diseases in free-range birds, such as, exhibition chickens, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quail, guinea fowl, peacocks and ornamental pheasants and waterfowl.

Compiled by specialist poultry vet Victoria Roberts, the poster is intended as a quick reference guide for vets, with easy-to-follow lists of common problems found in particular species and age groups.

Advice is also offered on prevention, as well as the causes and signs of disease, and brief bio-security guidelines.

The poster is available on the AWF website and can be printed out for display in the practice (recommended size A3).

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HMRC seeks feedback on locum employment categorisation

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 HMRC has invited feedback to its communications regarding the employment status of locum vets and vet nurses.

A letter, sent from HMRC last year, provided guidance for practices categorising the employment status of locum veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses.

It is now inviting anonymous feedback from those making employment status decisions on their communications. The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete and closes on Friday, 6 February.

The survey can be accessed here. 

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Survey seeks ruminant sector views on antimicrobial stewardship

A new survey is seeking views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

Forming part of a wider, collaborative initiative, the results will help identify the types of data available so that challenges with data collection can be better understood and addressed.

Anyone working in the UK farming sector, including vets and farmers,is encouraged to complete the survey, which is available at app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk