VetNI

Veterinary Northern Ireland

Vet Support NI – Here for you!

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Did you know . . .?

Vet Support Northern Ireland supporters can come to your practice/place of work and deliver hints and tips on stress management to your team. 

A visit can be booked by contacting [email protected]  and can be scheduled for a time to suit yourselves but it’s a beneficial topic for a spot of lunchtime learning for the whole team.

What we do…As this is a voluntary support network it is outside the capabilities of the volunteers to provide an emergency service and we encourage everyone to be continually aware of the availability of Vetlife a charity who provides a 24/7 phone and email helpline.

How to get your clients (& kids) to do what you want!

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Come to NIVA’s Spring meeting on the 18th June 2019 at the Glenavon Hotel to hear Owen Atkinson speak on ‘Motivational Interviewing’. Do you ever think ‘I wish I had the right skills to get people to do what I want?’ Well now you can! Owen Atkinson will give you the skill set you need to introduce better communication in your practice.

This meeting is not only open to NIVA members but you may also bring along nurses, receptionists for a small fee. Communication is vital for good customer service and Owen will show you how to be more effective in delivering this to clients.

For more information on how to register and to see the flyer click here
(this is a popular meeting and registrations are filling up fast!!

Pet Passport Information

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As a consequence of the decision to defer the scheduled date that the UK is due to leave the EU until 31st October 2019, normal arrangements continue to apply to the issue of Pet Passports.

During this extension period pets travelling from the UK to the EU should be prepared for travel as follows:

  • microchipped
  • rabies vaccinated (make sure the pet is microchipped first or the rabies vaccine will be invalid)
  • issued with a pet passport
  • if required treated for tapeworm (dogs only)

The 21 day waiting period applies from the date of the rabies vaccination before travelling.

Dogs returning to the UK from the EU must be treated by a vet for tapeworm between 24 to 120 hours before arriving in the UK.  The vet must record the treatments on the pet passport.

Visit our amazing trade hall at AVSPNI Spring Conference!

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Thanks to our conference Partner Idexx and other conference sponsors we will have one of our best trade halls to date. comprising of premium sponsors such as VSSCo, Boehringer, Petplan, Royal Canin, Summit, Norbrook, Avacta, Vets Now, VESCO, Woodley and MSD and many more exhibitors.

Book your place at conference today (Early bird still available for AVSPNI members) and avail of great speakers, great trade hall and great venue!

Spring Conference Brochure can be found HERE An online registration form ideal for individual registrations can be found HEREA PDF (print and post) registration form, suitable for easily registering more than one vet/nurse at a time can be found HERE.  You can always photograph/scan it and e-mail it back to us if you have several vets/nurses to register and are running short on time!

Special Early Bird Rate for AVSPNI Members only!

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Due to the amazing support from our friends in the Trade, led by Conference Partner Idexx we are able to offer all current AVSPNI members the early bird rates right up to mid-day on 29th April.  All bookings after that date will be subject to full (non-early-bird) rates and the £25 walk in supplement.

The online form (link below) is the quickest way of ensuring that you don’t miss out. 12.5 CVE/CPD credits from £125 for a recent graduate; from £180 for all other vets and nurses from £100.AVSPNI Spring Companion Animal Conference for vets and vet nurses. Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th May

Rory Breathnach, Poppy Bristow, Laura Cole, Claire Defries . . .to name but a few of our excellent speakersSpring Conference Brochure can be found HERE An online registration form ideal for individual registrations can be found HEREA PDF (print and post) registration form, suitable for easily registering more than one vet/nurse at a time can be found HERE.  You can always photograph/scan it and e-mail it back to us if you have several vets/nurses to register and are running short on time!

Scopes –Don’t forget to bring your sick endoscopes to our Scope clinic!  Exhibitors VESCO can help you assess/fix the problems.

Don’t miss out on the Early-Bird rate – extended to midnight on Friday 12th April!

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The online form (link below) is the quickest way of ensuring that you don’t miss out. 12.5 CVE/CPD credits from £125 for a recent graduate; from £180 for all other vets and nurses from £100. We are delighted to partner Idexx in delivering this conference at these prices.

AVSPNI Spring Companion Animal Conference for vets and vet nurses. Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th May. Rory Breathnach, Poppy Bristow, Laura Cole, Claire Defries . . .to name but a few of our excellent speakers Spring Conference Brochure can be found HERE

An online registration form ideal for individual registrations can be found HERE A PDF (print and post) registration form, suitable for easily registering more than one vet/nurse at a time can be found HERE.  You can always photograph/scan it and e-mail it back to us if you have several vets/nurses to register and are running short on time!

Scopes:If you have a scope that needs attention, bring it along with you.  Exhibitors VESCO have agreed to offer registered delegates a scope clinic to help you assess/fix the problems.

Rooms disappearing fast! The La Mon Hotel has kindly agreed to hold the conference room rate until Friday 12th April but after that, prices go up. Book now to secure rooms at £92 – single; £112 – double/twin

AVSPNI Spring Meeting Registrations now open! Book your place!

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All vets are welcome to Karin Mueller’s three part presentation covering: On-farm fluid therapy (when and how); Dealing with urolithiasis in sheep and camelids and Top tips for your first camelid cases.

If you would like to book your place for the spring meeting on the 3rd April 2019 at the Glenavon Hotel contact VetNI on [email protected].

For more information on how to book click here

Thanks to our sponsor for our AVSPNI spring meeting MSD

The moment you’ve all been waiting for….Spring Conference Brochure out NOW!

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The AVSPNI spring conference programme is now here!  Our programme includes both vet and nurse lectures, some with practical elements. For the first time there are lectures specifically for the more experienced nurse. check out the great line up of speakers and book early to get the best price!
We return to the La Mon Hotel where we will host the most epic of parties on the Friday!  Don’t forget to bring your best ‘movie star’ outfit for what is always an amazing night!  

For the conference programme, CLICK HERE

For a PDF registration form, CLICK HERE

For an online version of the registration form, CLICK HERE

Time to end non-stun slaughter

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The A.V.S.P.N.I. is proud to lend its weight to the campaign to end the slaughter of livestock without prior stunning which was launched this week by the B.V.A. in conjunction with the R.S.P.C.A.  Among our core beliefs as an Association has always been the principle that the veterinary profession should give a lead in the wider animal welfare debate. As a veterinary organisation many of whose members work with food animals we feel that concern for the welfare of livestock at the time of slaughter must always be part and parcel of a meat-eating society. Our unwavering opposition to non-stun slaughter is longstanding. We understand that at present no animals are slaughtered in Northern Ireland without first being stunned. In the absence of a functioning devolved government there is no prospect of legal measures to end the practice of non-stun slaughter being introduced. For the present however we would call for the mandatory labelling of meat products with the method of slaughter to enable consumers to exercise their right to choose. The A.V.S.P.N.I. would further call for the import of meat products derived from unstunned animals to be restricted to the quantities required to meet the needs of those religious and ethnic groups whose beliefs require it. A moratorium on the export of animals for slaughter elsewhere without prior stunning is also much to be desired.  The slaughter of animals without prior stunning was outlawed in Denmark in 2014 and in the Flanders province of Belgium this year. The A.V.S.P.N.I. believes it time Northern Ireland followed suit.

For more information on this read this campaign on the BVA Website

Is an NI sheep scab inititative needed? Come along to this free AVSPNI meeting with Neil Paton

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AVSPNI are running a free meeting for anyone with an interest in sheep health and welfare. It will cover the topic ‘Challenging the Spread of Sheep Scab’. Our speaker Neil Paton works with the Welsh farming industry to eradicate BVD from Wales. To hear more about the Welsh eradication programme and aspects of the disease and its treatment, come on Tuesday 12th March at Greenmount college. To book your place for this popular event please contact [email protected] and to find out more about the meeting click here