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ANIMAL WELFARE CHAPTER
Ten new members join the Animal Welfare Chapter
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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.
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 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.
2021 saw 13 new members join our fold, seven in small animal dentistry and oral surgery, and six in equine dentistry, inclusive of two members from Japan and the UK. This brings our total member number up to 83. Our recent AGM saw the baton being pasted to incoming President, Dr Janine van Dam. Thank you to all the officeholders and committee members for their work over the past twelve months, and we look forward to when we can all catch up in person! Dr. Olivia James BVSc(hons) MANCVS (Eq Dentistry) DICEVO CMAVA
AVIAN MEDICINE AND SURGERY CHAPTER
The Avian Chapter has been busy this most recent lockdown, organising ourselves for the upcoming AGM, and completing the examinations process for the Membership and Fellowship examinations. The examinations process was made more difficult this year because of the restrictions to travel and the ongoing difficulty with COVID-19, however, our examiners and SEC and SCC members did a great job of delivering robust but fair examinations given the circumstances. A huge thank you to Rena, Liam, Daniella, Deb, Shane and Melinda for all your efforts over the last year to get the exams prepared and delivered under difficult circumstances. With the examinations the Chapter welcomes our newest Fellow, Dr Alexandr Mastakov from The University of Queensland. Alex graduated from James Cook University and worked in veterinary mixed practices in Nanango and Bundaberg where he established avian and exotics services. He then moved to Sugarloaf Animal Hospital before taking up a role at The University of Queensland as a resident in Avian Medicine and Surgery whilst undertaking a Doctor of Veterinary Clinical Science. He completed his Master of Veterinary Medicine Degree with distinction through Massey university in 2018. Alex trained under Dr Bob Doneley for the last four years and has completed numerous publications as part of his DVetClinSci evaluating the efficacy and safety of Alfaxalone in chickens. He has presented at many national conferences during his residency and credentialed for his fellowship examinations in October 2020. We warmly welcome Alex as our newest Fellow and congratulate him on many years of hard work in making his dream a reality – congratulations Alex, you should be very proud! We would also like to extend a warm welcome to the newest Members of the Chapter, Kathryn Johnson, Patrick Jones, Christina Knight, Glynnis Lam, Natalia Otavski, Akshata Taggers, Sylvia Tan, Kimberley Tozer, Sang Tran, Allen Yang and Olivia Clarke who were successful in passing their Avian Medicine and Surgery examinations, and Robin Achari, Jodi Courtice and Yuanshuo Gao who passed their Avian Health Memberships in Poultry. You should all be very proud of your achievements, and we are happy to welcome you to the chapter. Congratulations! In the background, we are working hard to establish an examination question bank and a protocol for all Members and Fellows to submit questions to this knowledge bank as part of their continuing education and re-credentialing process. This will help our examiners to create robust and fair questions for our Membership and Fellowship examinations and will mean that we have questions from all walks of avian practice – allowing for a complete evaluation of our candidates. We will present this information at this year’s AGM which we are going to run via Zoom this year with dates and times to be advised shortly. Looking forward to catching up with everyone again when we can, until then, stay safe. Hamish Baron President
Congratulation to Dr A. Rowe and Dr E.Barrick who successfully completed their examination in Medicine and Management of Laboratory Animals. This was a delayed examination from 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis interruptions. Examinations will be held again in 2022. In lieu of face to face attendance, the MMLA contribution to Science Week was a two-day seminar held 22-23 July. The seminars were held on-line
and in collaboration with Veterinary Anaesthesia and Animal Welfare. Both days were well attended. Special thanks to Dr Musk for organizing the program and speakers. Thanks were also conveyed to Dr Pethick for organizing commercial sponsorship for Science Week (ABR, Abel Scientific, Biological Associates, Chemical Essentials and Specialty Feeds). Thanks to the speakers whose contributions added to the success of the seminars. The journal club has commenced since the last AGM and has been well received. Networking and problem solving are also benefits of this new initiative. Two meetings had been held up to July 2021 and a further two are scheduled for the remainder of the year. (August 27 and October 15). Thanks to all executive and nonexecutive members for their work behind the scenes during 2020 and into 2021 (Dr Vaughan, Treasurer; Dr Ferguson President, Dr Ellen, Secretary; Dr Kingham, Head Subject Examiner; Dr Vilaflor Examiner, Dr Musk, Science Week Coordinator and member of SSC, Dr Dodemaide Chair SSC; Dr Inns, Web Coordinator. The AGM was held on 23 July 2021. At this meeting Julie Ferguson retired from President and Lewis Vaughan was appointed to this role. Lewis retired from Treasurer and Julie agreed to fill the role as no other nominations were received. Yvette Ellen remained in the position of Secretary. Lydia Pethick retired from the position of Executive Committee member – this position remains open.
In this issue of the College Courier, I would like to thank the inaugural Chapter Executive, including the Subject Standards Committee and Science Week Convening teams, for all their hard work and dedication to establishing this chapter in our first official year in order to achieve our current standing: • Our Subject Standards have been submitted to the Board of Examiners for final review and at our second
AGM in August, a Subject Exams
Committee was formed and are still on target for running our first VSMR – Canine exams in 2022, and VSMR – Equine exams in 2023. • Our Science Week 2021
Conference Stream was well received, and attended not only by chapter members, but also by a significant number of people from outside our chapter. Further, there was a significant level of interest from rehab practitioners working overseas which has given us cause to consider how best to provide access to our lecture series internationally moving forward. We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to view our speakers’ talks and welcome any discussions to collaborate further both inside the workplace and in organising speakers for next year’s
College Science Week. The inaugural Chapter Executive have agreed to continue on for their second year, and I am very grateful for this. I look forward to what we can achieve this year! Dr Yoko Clinch President ANZCVS VSMR Chapter
EPIDEMIOLOGY CHAPTER
This year, once again, has been unusual and a challenging year for many and we would like to thank all the Chapter members who have contributed their time over the last 12 months. The 2021 AGM was held via zoom Thursday 29 July and was started with a presentation by Paul Bingham titled Sailing the epidemic curve – lost sailors and tropical islands. We thank everyone that held roles as executive committee members, convenor team members, and coordinators that made 2020-21 a success. We would also like to thank Petra Muellner, Emilie Vallee, and Jill Milan who have contributed to the Chapter for many years. The International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economy (ISVEE) team has been progressing the 2024 meeting and both the Subject Examination Committee and Subject Standards Committee have been reviewing the membership and fellowship guidelines. We would like to thank the 2021 examiners, Brendan Cowled, Simon Firestone, Rachel Iglesias, Annette O’Connor, Jenny-Ann Toribio, Michael Ward, and Anke Wiethoelter. Your contribution is greatly appreciated. We would also like to welcome the 16 newest members to the Chapter! Science Week 2021 was a high-quality program and was delivered online on-demand. A huge thank you to Skye Fruean, Joshua Aleri, and Tabita Tan for organising the full three-day program. We would also like to extend our thanks to those who presented at Science Week – we appreciate it was new ground for many having to prerecord presentations. Please don’t hesitate to contact us regarding chapter matters or if you would like to be involved in Chapter activities. The Chapter Executive Troy Laidlow (presidentepi@anzcvs.org.au) Skye Fruean (secretaryepi@anzcvs.org.au) Corissa Miller (treasurerepi@anzcvs.org.au)
EQUINE CHAPTER
We continue to face the challenges of ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions and we thank all our members for their understanding and continued support during these unprecedented times. Membership and Fellowship exams were successfully delivered in an online format and we sincerely thank all
the examiners for their hard work in the months leading up to the examinations and during exam delivery. We would also like to thank Professor Sharanne Raidal (Charles Sturt University) who organised weekly online meetings for membership candidates to provide support and guidance in the leadup to the examinations.
These sessions were well attended and allowed candidates to discuss various topics as well as share tips relating to exam preparation and exam technique. We are pleased to welcome 16 new members to the Equine Chapter. Congratulations to the four candidates who passed the Equine Medicine examinations, two candidates who passed the Equine Surgery examinations and 10 candidates who passed the Veterinary Practice (Equine) examinations.
We are also very excited to announce that two candidates successfully passed their fellowship examinations –Dr Danielle Crosby (Equine Surgery) and Dr Cristina Rosales (Equine Medicine). We acknowledge the dedication and commitment required to progress through specialty training and the many demands associated with these programmes and the fellowship examination process. We encourage all new members and fellows to be involved with the Equine Chapter and hope that we may all be able to see each other in person at Science Week 2022. The online Equine Chapter programme for Science Week 2021 was also a success. We thank our international speakers, Eric Parente and Louise Southwood from the University of Pennsylvania USA for their fantastic lectures. There was also a live Q&A session during which time both speakers were able to interact with online attendees. This was a wonderful opportunity to discuss topics presented in their lectures in more depth and allowed a slightly more personal forum which isn’t always possible with online delivery! Registrations are still open with on demand access to all 12 Chapter Streams offered during Science Week 2021 available until October 5. We encourage members who have not registered to register now!
Topics presented in the Equine Chapter programme include advances in diagnosis and treatment of colic, antimicrobial stewardship and surgical colic & GIT microbiome, upper and lower respiratory tract, persistent nasal discharge, upper respiratory tract surgery. Additional equine content is also available in the Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Chapter programme with lectures on ultrasound of multifidus muscles in horses and physiotherapy assessment and treatment of the sacroiliac joint. Plans are underway for an exciting Equine Chapter programme for Science Week 2022! We hope to include some of our excellent local speakers who were originally scheduled to speak in 2021 and we welcome any suggestions for topics from members. We appreciate your patience as we navigate through the uncertain times that we continue to face and we are hopeful that we can all meet in person again for Science Week 2022 on the Gold Coast. The Equine Chapter AGM will be held online via Zoom on September 9 at 7pm. Please check your emails for details and we hope to see you all there!
Don’t forget to register for on demand access to Science Week lectures given by Dr Eric Parente and Dr Louise Southwood.
FELINE CHAPTER
Another three months rolls by in unprecedented times. Although things looked hopeful we would have a “in person” science week – it was not to be. We hope you all managed to enjoy some virtual lectures and thanks to science week convenor Chantal Celindano for stepping up with the organising. It’s time to give a big thank you to Katherine Briscoe for doing such a wonderful job as president of the Feline Chapter over the last seven years (!). Kath has steered the chapter through truly unexpected times and as with many voluntary positions, the amount of work often goes unrecognized by most (except those that have done it before themselves!). Kath has worked tirelessly to continue the examination process through very foggy waters and is due a well-earned rest. We hope she continues to provide guidance to the chapter in the future. As the speciality of feline medicine grows in recognition and popularity, the Feline Chapter has the potential to develop as a hub to share knowledge, experience and generate inspiration both in Australia and overseas. This last year has seen the Covid pandemic wreak havoc for many vets, who are juggling to maintain families and busy work lives in unprecedented times. It is important to find ways to improve work-life balance whilst continuing the passion for our profession and knowledge sharing in all the new ways. As incoming president I would love to hear from ANYONE that has thoughts on what they might find helpful and what the Feline Chapter could do for them. With the changes in roles in the chapter executives, we are looking for a new treasurer. If you are interested please contact the chapter executives, in particular Rachel Korman who will be happy to walk you through what the role would entail. Thank you as always to our members for your ongoing support, enthusiasm and energy. The Chapter Executives Katherine Briscoe Rachel Korman Keshuan Chow
OPHTHALMOLOGY CHAPTER
The Ophthalmology Chapter are pleased to congratulate our newest Fellow, Dr Matt Sanders, on passing his Fellowship examinations this year! Congratulations also to Dr Gladys Boo, who passed her ACVO Boards earlier this year, enabling her to become an Associate Member of the Chapter. To accomplish such an achievement under these unprecedented times is truly remarkable. Well done, Matt and Gladys! The Ophthalmology Executive Committee would like to welcome Dr Matt Sanders to the post of Chapter Secretary alongside Dr Hayley Volk. Dr Jeff Smith and Dr James White will be continuing in their roles as President and Treasurer, respectively. Special thanks to Dr Tony Read, Dr Robin Stanley and Dr Johana Premont for stepping up to take over the Subject Examination Committee. Our future candidates are lucky to have your expertise. We would also like to acknowledge the tremendous contribution of Dr Martyn King and Dr Simon Hurn, both of whom have examined all of the Fellowship candidates since 2012 and have retired from the SEC this year. Your time, effort and generosity is exceptional and the Chapter owe you a mountain of gratitude! After the unpredictable year we have all had, the Ophthalmology Chapter hope to see everyone in person at Science Week 2022. The Ophthalmology Chapter also have plans for an interim meeting in Margaret River, as well as a DSEK workshop in Sydney when timing and restrictions allow. In the meantime, stay safe out there!
PATHOBIOLOGY CHAPTER
The 2020 Membership exams were delayed until 2021 and are due to be held again in 2022. On behalf of the whole Pathobiology Chapter, I extend congratulations to our 10 new Members; well done in extremely challenging times. Thank you to the other examiners (John, Helen and Patrick), speaking from my personal experience, it was a tough gig this year, all the work in addition/around a full time job, with none of the collegiate fun and better weather/views of meeting up on the Gold Coast. Special thanks must be given to Christina McGowan as
College liaison and John Munday as head examiner whose large time contributions to reorganising the exams kept us on track for the new dates. Moving to a digital format for the microscope slides was not without challenges and would not have been possible without examiner Patrick Shearer’s IT savvy in generous collaboration with Natalie Courtman from the University of Melbourne to allow us to scan and access slide cases on the BEST network. Conducting zoom orals was an interesting experience, well done to all the candidates who seemed to adapt very well. We are keen to keep improving the examinations, will continue to increase the digital slide availability and quality, and are exploring more options for access/ storage as well as considering if anatomical and clinical pathology streams would be of greater relevance to future candidates. Unfortunately, with the pandemic situation and remote examinations, the Pathobiology chapter did not have a presence at Science Week 2021, but we look forward to collaborating with other chapters and encourage pathology presentations into allied chapters at Science week 2022. Our AGM is scheduled for an online meeting, Monday 11th of October at 1pm EDST Included in the AGM notification email to all members there is a link to a short survey seeking feedback on the pathobiology chapter activities and direction into the future, please let us know your thoughts, feedback is important. If you have any agenda items you would like to discuss please contact Graeme Knowles, secretarypathobiology@anzcvs.org.au Emma Croser
PIG HEALTH AND PRODUCTION CHAPTER
I’m pleased to report that the past year for the Pig Health and Production Chapter has been a busy and successful one. We were very pleased to welcome six candidates for the inaugural examination in the subject, and I’d like to commend all candidates for their hard work and dedication in preparing for this event. Despite some last minute glitches due to lockdowns, all candidates across two countries and four time zones were able to complete the exam. My thanks goes to the Examination committee, led by Trish Holyoake, for achieving the difficult task of preparing and successfully delivering this exam, particularly the oral exams which were done via video link. A successful mentorship program was run in the couple of months before the exam, and I‘d particularly like to thank John Carr and all other mentors for their substantial contributions to these sessions. From a small base our membership is gradually growing, and we’d like to welcome three new members by examination to the Chapter: Hugo Dunlop, Bernie Gleeson and Jon Bartsch. I am sure that they will all make valuable contributions to the chapter for many years into the future. Finally, I’d like to announce that the AGM of the chapter will be held on Friday October 1st at 2pm NSW time. Elections for positions on the Executive will be held, so please send nominations to me prior to the meeting. Rowan Wilson - President Alan Sharrock – Secretary/Treasurer
SMALL ANIMAL MEDICINE CHAPTER
In the last quarter, there have been several activities for our chapter. We had completion of the membership and fellowship 2021 exams, enjoyment of the SAM CSW online sessions and our chapter AGM. It has been a very engaging period of time with our members centred around those activities and also planning for the next 12 months. A very big congratulations to our new Members and Fellows. Such a massive achievement in a year yet again affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. We would like to acknowledge and thank Drs White (HSE), Stickney (SEC Chair), Whitney, Chow, Roberts, Wolfenden, Shipman, Brough, Ciaravolo, Coulter, Jarrett, Evans, Leshinsky and Smither for their work and efforts in preparation and execution of the 2021 Membership Examination. Our Fellowship examination group was led by Dr Cattin (HSE), with Dr Swinney (Chair), Sharman, Idowu, and Fluen, along with a group of silent
examiners that contributed to the examinations. The examination team for this group came together under substantial time pressure and as with both examination groups, if we don’t have dedicated volunteers, then the examinations cannot go ahead so thank you again for your willingness to pay it forward. It is pleasing to have our 2022 Fellowship and Membership examination groups coming together so quickly after the AGM with these details being finalised at time of writing this Courier contribution. Face-to-face attendance at College Science Week 2021 was again cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the careful preparation by the Science Week Convenors and College support, they were able to deliver the presentations virtually and seamlessly, inclusive of the Abstract Presentations. Thank you to all those involved in delivering and preparing the lecture series this year. Drs Fleeman, van Gelderen and Thompson managed to handle an ever-changing landscape for the benefit of all of us – well done! Dr Fleeman will not be continuing in this role after her long service, and we therefore require volunteers for 2022 CSW. Dr van Gelderen will stay on for as long as she can to assist, however may be relocating out of the country. We therefore require at least TWO volunteers please… URGENTLY! Thank you to our Subject Standards Committee (Chair: Dr Sophie Haynes Members: Drs Nathalee Prakash, Amanda Paul and Sonya El-Chami) who will have a big couple of years moving forward with SAM Membership full review due in 2022 and Fellowship in 2023. Additional volunteers for this group will be requested at the next AGM. At and since our 2021 AGM there has been movement of Chapter Executive positions: • President: I will remain in this position for one more year • President Elect: Congratulations to Dr Luke Johnston who will be president elect this year and your
President for the following 2 years.
The next year President Elect will be nominated and selected will be 2023. • Secretary: Congratulations to Dr
Sonia McGill who has commenced her 2-year term in this role and will be move to Treasurer position for a further 2 years. The next nomination for this role (and subsequent treasurer position) will be 2023. • Treasurer: Dr Guy Wolfenden moves from Secretary to Treasurer for the next 2 years. Well done.
Thank you again to Dr Taylor who has completed her term as treasurer and has gone on to volunteer as
Fellowship examiner. Thank you! I was also remiss at the AGM in thanking and acknowledging our chapter website administrator, John Inns. Thank you, John! I look forward to hearing from members, especially those that would like to be involved in Science Week preparation for next year!
Fleur James President, Small Animal Medicine Chapter
SURGERY CHAPTER
2021 has proven as unpredictable as 2020 as far as Covid is concerned. The resident’s forum was held in Brisbane in February with high Zoom attendance around the country, and only the QLD contingent appearing in person. The event was certainly very informative and enjoyed by those attending. This allows interaction with all residents around Australia, and a very important and worthwhile process.
The College bravely attempted an in-person Science Week of which the Surgery Chapter decided not to participate due to the inability for any interstate speakers or attendees to commit. Unfortunately, this was cancelled as we are all aware, due to covid restrictions.
Exams did go ahead, with the poor Victorians in lockdown conditions. This was a huge undertaking by the College, Chapter and examinees in trying circumstances. The Surgery Chapter proudly admits two new Fellows in James King and Nick Cleland, and 57 new surgical Members!
The abstract forum was completed on 12th August, with 42 attendees and nine very high-quality Resident/intern abstracts presented. Even a little lively interaction led by Arthur House and aptly defended by Lincoln Chau!
Obviously, no one can predict what will happen regarding in person conferences for 2022 but we hope to have some presence at the Gold Coast next year! Good luck to all Fellowship and Membership candidates in preparation for 2022. Maurine Thomson President Surgery Chapter
UNUSUAL PETS CHAPTER
The Unusual Pets Chapter is excited to welcome six new members to the group. A huge congratulations to Dr Catherine Apuli, Dr Susan Beths, Dr Victoria Brownlie, Dr Courtney Dunne, Dr William Grech and Dr Nicole Su. We know too well the amount of effort, time and commitment passing the examinations takes so hope that you are enjoying some relaxation and taking time to celebrate your fantastic achievement. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the AGM later in the year. More details on this will follow as they become available.
James Haberfield President Unusual Pets Chapter
SCIENCE WEEK 2022 SCIENCE WEEK 2022
