AVA Member Updates

Updates on the AVA's campaigns in areas including COVID management, mental health and wellbeing, antimicrobial resistance and TGA drug scheduling.

As an AVA member you have the opportunity to help shape AVA policies - these have far-reaching influence and underpin our advocacy work.

Growing a business that she is passionate about has been a busy and rewarding journey for Perth-based veterinary ultrasonographer Dr Louise Barnett. Originally from the United Kingdom, Dr Barnett graduated from Nottingham University in 2011 and quickly developed a keen interest in cardiology and ultrasound.

Australia’s neighbours in the Pacific region are the focus of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s Pacific Engagement Program for regional plant and animal health and biosecurity. This program aligns with Australia’s Pacific Step-up foreign policy signifying our commitment to strengthening regional cooperation and integration.

Have you heard about Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s new nutritional breakthrough for the management of your patients with environmental and/or food allergies? The new food is Hill’s Prescription Diet Derm Complete.

Seeing animals die from a preventable disease is heartbreaking for all concerned. Dr Mark Kelman is doing his best to turn this around.

The AVA is seeking nominations for its Board. Can you join a team of leaders and help to steer the profession in the right direction?

Much has been achieved despite the many challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to our work and lives.

As time fast closes in on Christmas, and the end of 2021, it becomes increasingly apparent to me, not only how fast this year has gone, but also, just how much we, as a profession, have managed to achieve under difficult circumstances, and how much more we can do.