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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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From childhood, Bolu Eso knew he wanted to pursue a career with animals. Having achieved his dream, he is now taking an interest in media opportunities
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Henry Lamb has found that vets who work with commercial poultry can have a big impact on the health and welfare of animals and people
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A pioneer in preslaughter animal welfare
22/01/2022
Carmen Gallo Stegmaier spent her working life in academia in Chile. She recently won a UK Humane Slaughter Association award for her dedication to enhancing livestock welfare in Latin America -
A picture is worth a thousand words
18/12/2021
A passion for African wildlife led vet Michael Kock into a career in conservation – a career he has spent 40+ years documenting through a camera lens -
Inspired to be the best I can be
04/12/2021
Veterinary technician specialist in anaesthesia Jennifer Busby was the recipient of the first scholarship awarded in memory of Louise O’Dwyer. Here, she describes the influence Louise had on her career -
During 35 years in independent practice, David Black’s interest in cattle breeding led him to become a vet specialist. He has also got involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives
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After 36 years in practice, luck presented Nigel Hicks with the opportunity to work with wildlife – something he had always wanted to do – but was he prepared for the challenge?
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Sophie Mahendran finds teaching final-year students exciting. Combining teaching with large animal clinical research is not only a satisfying job, but also offers the opportunity to make animals’ lives better
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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 -
When recent graduates Ilianna Bakali and Auxi Garcia wanted to embark on further study, they looked at ways of funding additional qualifications
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Alice Moore went to vet school with the aim of becoming an equine vet, but decided she was better suited to working with small animals. Life as a companion animal vet is challenging, she says, but also immensely rewarding and interesting
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The lure of challenging clinical cases, and the cut and thrust of the unexpected are among the attractions of emergency and critical care. Aoife Reid explains the routes into this demanding career path for those interested in veering away from small animal general practice
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Working as a Named Veterinary Surgeon
17/08/2021
Named Veterinary Surgeons are required by establishments holding licences to carry out research using animals. But what does the role of an NVS involve? Ngaire Dennison and Anja Petrie explain -
Launching a veterinary brand in China
07/08/2021
Anthony Beck is the only foreign vet to have built up a veterinary group in mainland China, managing a team spanning 4500 km from Beijing to Singapore. He is now the part-time pro-bono clinical director of the charity ‘No Dogs Left Behind’ -
Maggie Doherty was proud and delighted to achieve Advanced Practitioner status in March 2021 after five years of hard work juggling her studies alongside her professional and family commitments
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My career as a donkey vet
18/05/2021
Having grown up with donkeys, Alex Thiemann has found that once you’ve been involved with these special animals, you always want to be around them. -
Helen Navran is a co-joint venture partner of Vets4Pets Cardiff Bay. She believes practices can benefit from being led by a vet nurse and a vet who have the same aspirations but different skills
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David Couper works at the RSPCA’s West Hatch Wildlife Centre, where the focus is on rehabilitating sick and injured British wildlife
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James Elliott is a core member of the oncology team at Southfields Veterinary Specialists in Essex, where he focuses his time helping patients where he can