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Scholarship announced in memory of Louise O’Dwyer
Louise O'Dwyer was a highly respected and awarded veterinary nurse.

Veterinary nurses urged to apply to Improve International’s Emergency and Critical Care programme.

Veterinary nurses with a passion for Emergency and Clinical Care (ECC) are being urged to apply for a scholarship on Improve International’s (Programme) in Emergency and Critical Care for Veterinary Nurses.

The opportunity is being offered in memory of internationally-renowned veterinary nurse Louise O’ Dwyer who died last year, and comes during Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month 2020 (May).

Louise O’Dwyer was a highly respected and awarded veterinary nurse, recognised both in the UK and across the globe. She contributed to publications and lectures on all aspects of anaesthesia and infection control and was passionate about ECC.

She used this passion to inspire her colleagues, lecturing not only on the NCert ECC programme, which she helped to design but also lectured on other Improve nursing courses and at congresses around the world.

The course starts in October 2020 and the successful applicant will have the full cost of the programme covered, along with the examination fee for the International School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies.

The successful applicant will also receive a copy of the textbook textbook ‘Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing,’ written by Ms O’Dwyer with Dr Paul Aldridge.

To apply for the scholarship, visit Improve International’s website. The closing date is 6 July 2020, with the successful applicant announced on 24 July 2020.

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Strangles survey seeks views of horse owners

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 With Strangles Awareness Week just around the corner (5-11 May), vets are being encouraged to share a survey about the disease with their horse-owning clients.

The survey, which has been designed by Dechra, aims to raise awareness of Strangles and promote best practices to prevent its transmission. It includes questions about horse owners' experiences of strangles, together with preventative measures and vaccination.

Respondents to the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win two VIP tickets to Your Horse Live 2025. To access the survey, click here 

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DAERA to reduce BVD 'grace period'

DAERA has reminded herd keepers of an upcoming reduction to the 'grace period' to avoid BVD herd restrictions.

From 1 May 2025, herd keepers will have seven days to cull any BVD positive or inconclusive animals to avoid restrictions being applied to their herd.

It follows legislation introduced on 1 February, as DAERA introduces herd movement restrictions through a phased approach. Herd keepers originally had 28 days to cull BVD positive or inconclusive animals.

DAERA says that, providing herd keepers use the seven-day grace period, no herds should be restricted within the first year of these measures.

Additional measures, which will target herds with animals over 30 days old that haven't been tested for BVD, will be introduced from 1 June 2025.

More information is available on the DAERA website.