CHAPTERS ANIMAL WELFARE CHAPTER Ten new members join the Animal Welfare Chapter Congratulations and welcome to our ten new members after recently successfully completing their membership, including five from New Zealand: Elyssa Barnaby, Alison Clarke, Michelle Clatworthy, Susan Doohan, Fiona Esam, Suzanne Fowler, Rachel Gibney, Natasha Lee, Helen Perry & Robert Ryan. 2021 Science Week We had an amazing animal welfare day titled ‘Diversity and Emerging Challenges in Animal Welfare’ full of great topics and speakers including animals in tourism, the importance of sleep for good welfare and pig hunting dogs. And we had over 70 registrations, which is very pleasing given this was our first online seminar. We also thank the Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia and the Laboratory Animal Management and Medicine Chapters who co-hosted two more days of interesting and informative presentations. A huge thank you is extended to Shari Cohen for doing such a fabulous job bringing it all together.
welfare of beef cows and calves in Namibia published in Animals. Yolande will receive $250 to assist with travel costs to attend 2022 Science Week to present a poster on her paper. The Award hopes to encourage more veterinary students to publish in the animal welfare field. Kaurivi, Y.B.; Laven, R.; Parkinson, T. et al. (2021) Assessing Extensive Semi-Arid Rangeland Beef Cow– Calf Welfare in Namibia: Part 1: Comparison between Farm Production System’s Effect on the Welfare of Beef Cows. Animals, 11, 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010165 Membership examiners for 2022 Our new Head Subject Examiner is Professor Andrew Fisher and our assistant examiner is Dr Cree Monaghan. We thank both for their commitment and enthusiasm.
VETERINARY DENTISTRY CHAPTER
It has been a relatively quiet year for the Dental Chapter. Covid continues to change the landscape, making planning difficult, and running in-person events even more difficult. The decision not to run a dental stream at the 2021 Science week for the second year in a row disappointed many, but understandably as veterinarians are put under more stress and everyone is endeavouring to stay safe in their communities, this was a sensible decision. The Dental Chapter of ANZCVS is small, but mighty and inclusive. We are big enough to support our membership, yet small enough that most members know each other, and this will improve even more when we get back to a relatively ‘normal’ life post-covid, whatever that looks like.
Inaugural recipient of Animal Welfare Veterinary Student Publication Award Congratulations to Yolande Baby Kaurivi for being an inaugural winner of this Award for her paper on the
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