Antibiotic use policy. Drakenstein Vet Clinic very
kindly allowed us to use this document. Dr Catriona
Lyle has volunteered to co-ordinate and drive Saeva’s
a/b stewardship program. I am sure though that she
will welcome all assistance. She has already attended
an infection control/antimicrobial stewardship
conference/workshop in Cape Town last month on
behalf of Saeva. She has also been invited to speak
at the SAASP (South African Antibiotic Stewardship
Programme) strategy meeting on “Determinants
of antibiotic use in horses” on 1st December in
Muldersdrift .
But back to Beva with regards to encouraging younger
veterinarians several avenues were discussed from the
millennial generation and their wants’ to the rising
debt being experienced (in the USA) by the young
practitioners. Beva has extended a survey to its’ young
members which will be collected anonymously and
the results assessed to see what drives the younger
members of our profession to becoming horse vets.
Saeva will also submit thus survey to its members in
the near future. Please would everybody complete and
return it so that we can participate in this world wide
event.
Trips like this just don’t happen to sponsorship. Once
again I would like to “thank “ V-tech for its generous
sponsor of the aeroplane ticket so that we are able to
attend Beva each year.
We have managed to organise sponsorship from
V-tech and Zoetis for the production of two webinars.
The one will be on Saeva’s disease reporting system
and the other will be on certification of passports .
A big “Thank you” to both of theses companies and
“please,please” when these are advertised help
participate to make them a success
A final reminder to everybody is check out the website.
Registration is open for next years congress
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