VetNI

Veterinary Northern Ireland

Meet the 2020 AVSPNI President

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Cathal Carr has been in Veterinary practice in Coleraine since 1996.  Originally from Dublin, he graduated with a Physiology degree from Trinity College Dublin before going on to The Royal ‘Dick’ Veterinary College in Edinburgh. After a short time in mixed practice in Dromore Co. Down Cathal moved to mixed practice in Coleraine. After seven years, Cathal and his wife Anne Marie and took the opportunity to purchase a small animal practice.  They now concentrate mainly on Small Animal and Equine first opinion practice while still doing some TB testing.  Cathal has an interest in all types of veterinary and has been particularly involved in veterinary business having been on the board of SPVS (Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons) from 2014 to 2020.

When Cathal gets away from running a busy practice he is involved in his local rugby club and enjoys playing golf badly.

Please share these CAFRE schemes with your farm clients

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Applications are open to a number of CAFRE Schemes, which can benefit farm businesses. These include:

To learn more about these schemes, you are invited to attend a ‘CAFRE – Supporting Your Farm Business’ event. These will be held on each of CAFRE’s campuses on the following dates:

Date and time Venue Location
2pm – 4pm
Tuesday  26 November
7pm – 9pm
Tuesday  26 November 		CAFRE
Greenmount
Conference Hall 		Greenmount
Campus
Antrim
BT41 4PS
7pm-9pm
Thursday 28 November   		CAFRE
Enniskillen
Conference Hall 		Enniskillen Campus
Enniskillen
BT74 4GF
7pm-9pm      
Tuesday 3 December 		CAFRE Loughry Innovation
Centre 		Loughry Campus
Cookstown
BT80 9AE

NIVA & AVSPNI Joint Autumn Cardiology Meeting – A great success!

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With such highly sought after speakers as Adrian Boswood and Dan Brockman, how could it be anything but a success! A good turnout of vets from all over Northern Ireland came along to hear the two presentations. They also had the opportunity to take part in some practical human CPR training on the day too.

This event also saw the AVSPNI charity draw come to a close with Michael Woodside from Clare Vets winning the HeartSine defibrillator which was very kindly donated by HeartSine. All funds have been raised in aid of Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke and the Freeman Heart and Lung Transplant Association.

AVSPNI & NIVA would like to thank the principle sponsor Boehringer Ingelheim as well as CEVA and IMV who also supported this event.

NIVA & AVSPNI Joint Autumn Cardiology Meeting – A great success!

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With such highly sought after speakers as Adrian Boswood and Dan Brockman, how could it be anything but a success! A good turnout of vets from all over Northern Ireland came along to hear the two presentations. They also had the opportunity to take part in some practical human CPR training on the day too.

This event also saw the AVSPNI charity draw come to a close with Michael Woodside from Clare Vets winning the HeartSine defibrillator which was very kindly donated by HeartSine. All funds have been raised in aid of Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke and the Freeman Heart and Lung Transplant Association.

AVSPNI & NIVA would like to thank the principle sponsor Boehringer Ingelheim as well as CEVA and IMV who also supported this event.

Competition seeking two additional Members for the TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP)

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For information, please see the link below to the DAERA web page which provides details of a Public Appointments competition seeking two additional Members for the TB Eradication Partnership (TBEP). Applications must be received by 2:00pm on Friday 27 September.

https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/appointment-two-additional-members-northern-ireland-tuberculosis-eradication-partnership-board

Change to notification period on DECOL for exporting animals and animal products from Northern Ireland

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From Wednesday 18th September 2019 all exporters will be required to provide a minimum of 1 full working days’ notice of the intended date of dispatch of the consignment from the dispatching premises.   In practice, this will mean restrictions on the future dates available when submitting your application.

For example, for applications made on Wednesday 4th September, the first available export date will be Friday 6th September. For applications made on Thursday 5th September, the first available export date will be Monday 9th September.

Applications will be accepted up until 11.59 pm on the date of application. Please note that the date of export currently required in step 1 of the DECOL application process is regarded as the date of loading and dispatch from the final premises of production and/or storage. It is not the date of shipment from a port in Northern Ireland. Thank you for your cooperation in compliance with these changes.

DAERA Trade Branch 

A successful Spring Meeting for AVSPNI

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Over 60 vets from around the province gathered at the Glenavon Hotel on 3rd April for the Spring meeting of AVSPNI.  After a lovely meal, a brief business meeting updated members on current activities and upcoming events.

The floor was then passed over to our speaker for the evening Karin Mueller, Karin spoke about the importance of fluid therapy in farm animal patients.  She reminded us of the need to ensure sufficient volumes were given and continued for long enough to permit the kidney to be adequately reperfused and able to deal itself with any remaining electrolyte imbalances.  Her second topic covered the basis of blood transfusion and was very helpful in the range of simple practical tips that it included in how to manage what is often an emergency and unfamiliar situation.  Her final talk of the night looked at the issue of urolithiasis.  Again she had a simple and practical approach to both medical and surgical management of these cases and everyone left more confident about their ability to treat the condition.

As a bonus for members who could not attend Karin has agreed to prepare a short recorded talk on top tips for examining a sick camelid.  Members will be advised by email when this is ready to be accessed online.  We thank Karin for all her effort in preparing the talks and coming to Cookstown.

The meeting would not have been possible without the support of our very generous sponsors MSD and we thank then for their sponsorship and the ‘party bags’ everyone went home with. With all our new beanie hats there will be no more cold heads when out on calls.