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BVA’s Young Vet of the Year in 2021 was Alex Davies, who developed a mentoring programme that has enabled school students to benefit from virtual work experience placements during Covid-19
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Nature detective and MI5 agent
25/09/2021
Maxwell Knight was a supporter of the veterinary profession and closely associated with it. He was also Britain’s greatest spymaster and the model for ‘M’ in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels -
Developing an exotics interest
13/07/2020
Fabian Rivers describes himself as a ‘self-professed novelty junkie’ who thrives on variety. This makes him ideally qualified for life as an exotics vet, where he never knows what animal will be next through his consulting room door -
Improving practice hygiene through research
01/02/2020
Katie Whalley won the first MSD Animal Health Veterinary Nurse Research Bursary, which is supporting her research into improving practice hygiene -
Working with all creatures great and small
30/11/2019
Sarah Chapman is co-director of Chapman Zoo Consultancy – a job with lots of variety. Here, she describes her route to specialisation. -
Joanna Hedley is a senior lecturer in exotic species and small mammal medicine and surgery at the RVC. She established the RVC's exotics service in 2014
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Taking the next steps in Zoological Medicine
01/11/2018
Daniella Dos Santos is the current BVA Junior Vice President and an exotics & small animal vet. Here she explains the different options and steps available within zoological medicine -
Vet nurse Adina Valentine is this year’s winner of the Ceva Animal Welfare Nurse of the Year award
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Tariq Abou-Zahr is an exotics resident at Great Western Exotics, Swindon – a centre of excellence for avian and exotic pets
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Lagolearn - making rabbit CPD mainstream
02/05/2018
Vet Ivan Crotaz and registered veterinary nurse Jo Hinde recently set up a veterinary CPD company, Lagolearn, that focuses purely on rabbits -
Physical disability meant that Kim Halford found veterinary practice challenging; she is now promoting rabbit animal welfare in a variety of ways
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First steps and challenges that can be found in exotic animal practice
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Jenny Jaffe is a veterinarian who works on disease risk analysis and health surveillance at the Zoological Society of London
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Bev Panto discusses her career highlights as a wildlife vet, including running the UK's first clinical wildlife rotation
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James Chatterton is veterinary services manager at Auckland Zoo. Part of his role involves providing veterinary care for the kakapo, one of the most endangered birds in New Zealand
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Jess is a qualified vet, works as a presenter for CBeebies, a children's author and a teacher for school groups interested in animals
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Elisabetta Mancinelli is the first vet in Europe to embark on, and pass by examination, the European Diploma in Zoological Medicine with a specialty in small mammals
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Richard Saunders works predominantly with zoo and exotic pet animal species and is based at Bristol Zoo. He also teaches at the University of Bristol and consults at a local small animal referral centre
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Zoe Paget's role includes managing the company's call centre, social media marketing, and developing customer care initiatives
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How to become an exotic veterinary nurse
26/05/2012
Emma Whitlock is a senior avian and exotic veterinary nurse at Great Western Exotics. Here, she describes the route her career has taken