BSAVA Companion - 2018, 4, April

10 years of Companion, future new talent at the first Scottish Student BSAVA Conference, the Tour de Tor challenge.

Jemima Parry-Jones MBE is a British authority on birds of prey, a conservationist, author, raptor breeder, lecturer, consultant, and is the Director of the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Gloucestershire. John Bonner reports on the inspiration behind Jemima’s life’s work.

The BSAVA Library is launched and we want all members to take a look as this may become one of your daily reference resources. Publications Manager Ian Mellor presents an overview of the site and a handy reference is included with this issue of Companion.

With a ballooning homeless population bedding down every night on the streets of our major cities there is a movement to help care for the many companion animals that find themselves living rough too. StreetVet is a charitable organization and has attracted many volunteers to look out for the well-being of those pets living out on the street.

Dubbed by the Information Commissioner as “the biggest change to data protection law for a generation”, the GDPR is set to revolutionize the way we all hold and process personal data. Rob Cobley from Harrison Clark Rickerbys Solicitors covers the basics.

This month under the International Spotlight is Janne Orro, Estonia FECAVA Director tasked with hosting this years 24th FECAVA Eurocongress in Tallinn, Estonia from 14–16 June.

‘Grumpy cat’ is a term often trotted out in relation to our pet felines – and not just due to a well-known internet star – there is much more to the phrase than meets the eye, reports Emma Dahm.

Anyone who has experience of being a patient undergoing minimally invasive surgery will have seen the advantages of such methods over conventional surgical techniques. But the benefits have not always been obvious to many UK small animal practitioners. Philip Lhermette, the incoming BSAVA President, has done more than anyone to change their minds.

News and events from the BSAVA’s regions.

A calendar of forthcoming central and regional CPD events April - October 2018.

Simon Tappin, Editor of Companion, presents notes on plasma.