Monday 27 February 2017

Game Bird Client Meeting 2017

About 100 people attended our 2017 game bird client meeting held jointly with Bishopton and Minster vets at Topcliffe Village Hall on 21st February.  The high level of attendance reflects concern in the industry about the possible effects of Avian Influenza (AI) and the prevalence of Mycoplasmosis in game birds which in some situations is proving hard to treat.
For those who were unable to attend the meeting, these subjects will be reviewed in our spring newsletter for our game bird clients which we hope to publish in the next few weeks.

New Member of Staff

Our laboratory technician Fran Jeffery left us for a new job on 11th February. We wish her every success in her new career. We are please to confirm that Julie Walker will be joining us as our new laboratory technician on week commencing 20th March. Julie has been working at APHA Thirsk and she helped train Fran in parasitology work earlier in her career so we hope we will not only be able to continue with the work we now undertake but may be able to extend the range of tests we can offer our clients.