Companion – november 201

Helping vets around the world
Figure 1: Volunteers
working at the Esther
Honey Foundation
clinic in April this year
report on her time in the South Pacific.
Aitutaki; clinical signs range from mild number of donations to worthy causes during 2011, including the registered non-profit organisation based on Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands. the sole provider of veterinary care to the surgeons who have difficulty in accessing Cook Islands. The day-to-day activities of Foundation has run over 100 Vet Treks® to Mangaia, al owing local animals access to veterinary care (Figure 2). Treks only occur The Esther Honey Foundation
once or twice a year to each island, so the – Cook Islands
although a large number of the cases seen At the beginning of the year Eilidh Hawkins complaint to scouring goats. Vet Treks® copy of the BSAVA Guide to Procedures in reliant on your fingers to detect fractures. also play an important role in stabilising Small Animal Practice to the Esther Honey A lot of time is also devoted to nursing Foundation where she was volunteering for the next few months – we were happy to poisoned by fish – caused by a neurotoxin populations. This goal has been achieved oblige – and Eilidh sent us the fol owing found in the lagoon fish on Rarotonga and on two islands so far, including Rarotonga.
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Helping vets around the world
Figure 3: Professor Cooper presenting
Figure 4: Ian Mellor presenting
Figure 2: Patients being seen during a
Ms Parazzi and Dr Faisal with a copy of
Dr Demirkan with a copy of the latest
recent Vet Trek®
the BSAVA Manual of Reptiles
BSAVA Manual of Oncology
Watamu Turtle Centre – Kenya
Margaret Cooper participated in a two-day conservation of sea turtles held jointly at questions is a long way from your average research centre dealing with reptiles) in operating room.” For further information regarding donations or how to volunteer, lectures and practical workshops, covering visit www.estherhoney.org.
IVSA Denmark – Belgrade
with a request for assistance. The goals of the IVSA include providing benefit to veterinary techniques, and investigation presented a copy of the BSAVA Manual of Reptiles, 2nd edition to Nicky Parazzi, Visit www.wvs.org.uk or email
Christensen explained that at the recent [email protected] for more details.
Dr Faraj Faisal, veterinary surgeon at the Belgrade to help update their smal outdated library, which was preventing Oncological Society – Turkey
At the FECAVA Conference held in Istanbul and skil s they would like to in the course Publications Manager) presented Professor Turkish Oncological Society (Figure 4), with a copy of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and care to the ‘Books for Belgrade’ project.
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Source: http://www.estherhoney.org/resources/companionnovember2011.pdf