Two months ago I wrote an e- mail to Sergey Sereda, the President of the Russian Small Animal Veterinary Association under the subject: An “unusual request” ….. “Dear Sergey” it read, “ for a somewhat unusual performance at the Banquet in St.Petersburg I will need: – a DJ who can play a couple of songs …
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Veterinary Students
A couple of years ago, FECAVA started a student travel scholarship program. The program enables 10 students with not more than 2 students studying in the same country, to attend our annual EuroCongress. The idea is to enable our forthcoming colleagues to benefit from the experience of attending an international veterinary conference. The students are …
The 25th FECAVA EuroCongress
When opening the FECAVA EuroCongress in St.Petersburg, I was inwardly smiling to myself and was thinking: “Well, you should have seen me last week in my builder’s overall, cleaning the pipework of our old house in Oxford and hauling rubbish to the local tip…..” It just showed that the enjoyment of life is often created …
The veterinary profession at work in St.Petersburg
Calling in a favour from my friend Alexander Tchakov, I took the opportunity to visit a couple of veterinary clinics in St.Petersburg ahead of the FECAVA EuroCongress which opening the next day. Right after breakfast I was collected by Sasha, one of the clinics’ administrators and we were heading first for the impressive Kalininskaya Clinic …
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Cat Cafe St.Petersburg
Ok, why not try to combine two things I like ?…… Shortly after my arrival in St.Petersburg, I gave the obligatory stroll along Nevsky Prospect a defined endpoint, which I had planned to visit for a long time – a cat cafe! The idea is not new and although it is a controversial concept, it …
The difference of four weeks or “Patient 58”…
This morning I am again sitting in a plane with a coffee in my hand crossing the North Sea heading for Russia via Stockholm. Behind me (and at times the whole family) are four weeks of a very different life with at times fourteen hour working days, filled with plastering, plumbing, rewiring, painting, flooring and …
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The Oxford Cat Clinic
As the Oxfordian bricks and mortar patient is steadily improving (at least until I drilled holes in a couple of heating pipes underneath the floor boards….), I decided to remind myself of my “real” profession and to pay the local (exclusively) cat clinic a visit. This was something I had planned for many years, but …
Getting students to international congresses
A nice, yet short break from my slowly improving patient in Oxford yesterday: I took the soon unaffordable train from Farnborough to London (£43 for a return ticket!!…) and met with Independent Vet Care’s Director of HR Richard Parker to sign a sponsorship agreement between FECAVA and IVC to allow ten vet students from different …
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My next patient…..
Back in the UK I have focused my attention now on a serious case of neglect in Oxford and this is certainly not an easy patient…… With being over 100 years old, a bit long in the teeth and in desperate need of a big dose of TLC. The work is ranging from some wound …
A car that might change your life
Seen at the Folk Music Festival in Canmore I had to share this with you as well: A clever little (business) idea – let your car earn the necessary funds for your drinks while you are enjoying some great sound (just don’t drive afterwards…) Well, all you need is a pretty unusual car – enjoy …
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