AVA Member Updates

The RSPCA has kindly offered assistance such as crates and pet food to vet clinics in the flood affected areas.

The Australasian section of the Wildlife Disease Association invites you to register for the upcoming conference.

The AVA has been requesting from the Victorian Government additional assistance for veterinarians affected by the floods.

Dr Kristen Steele provides a brief summary of the 2022 Tasmanian Division Conference.

A new Biosecurity Strategy for Victoria is in development, and due for completion by June 2023. The new Strategy will define the future direction of biosecurity in Victoria, and AgVic are working with stakeholder groups across the state to ensure the Strategy ‘hits the mark’.

We are pleased to invite you to attend our next webinar on Wednesday 7th December at 6.30 pm, as part of the Together for Wildlife series.

The AVA acknowledges the thorough analysis that has gone into producing the draft Review of rabies virus risk in imported dogs, cats and canine semen from approved countries (the Report), which appears to draw reasonable conclusions.

South Australian Veterinary Emergency Management (SAVEM) Inc began 2022 with a one-week deployment to the pine/eucalypt plantation Coles fire in the South-East, near Lucindale.

The AVA provided a submission on the Draft Report: Rehoming Companion Animals in NSW as part of the Rehoming Practices Review. Veterinary practices are often the entry point for strays in the rehoming process and should be considered as part of the NSW Rehoming Practices Review.

Agriculture Victoria is calling on the support of private veterinarians to contribute samples from sheep as part of the anthrax immunochromatographic test (ICT) validation project.