Division of the British Veterinary Association
Society Meetings UK Meetings Two, three-day meetings are held each year, in May and September or October. The meetings are held at various locations throughout Great Britain, so that distance to meetings is not a prohibiting factor against attendance. In the last few years meetings have ranged from Exeter and Wye in the south through Shropshire, Chester, Bangor, Scarborough and Ambleside to Pitlochry, Dumfries and Edinburgh in the north and Belfast in the west. The meetings are recognised for the quality of information presented and their friendliness. The contents of meetings reflect the wide and varied interests of the membership in all aspects of sheep health and production. Details of a sample meeting is available to demonstrate the range of subjects covered. Wherever possible, "bolt-on" continuing professional development (CPD) courses are offered at these meetings. Members may be accompanied by their husbands, wives or partners for whom an alternative programme of events can be found within the area. International and European Meetings Every four years the Society supports an International Sheep Veterinary Conference through advertising and supporting arrangements for travel to the conference. 7th ISVC - Norway 2009 The 7th International Conference was held in Stavanger, Norway between Friday 12th and Tuesday 16th of June 2009. Previous International meetings have been: 6th ISVC- Crete 2005 Meetings are also arranged with groups on the mainland of Europe every 4 years. To date, the Society has visited Holland, Norway, Spain and Ireland. These meetings have proved very popular and are a most instructive way of expanding local knowledge. These meetings occur midway between the International meetings with the last one in Hanover 2007. 2010 Initiative we will be running a number of regional gatherings under the title of ‘Talking Sheep’. The main purpose will be to provide a platform, mainly for recent graduates, for members to present and discuss clinical case histories. Details will be presented on the 2010 Meetings page as they become available. |
