Veterinary Talk
| December 14, 2009 | Posted by Secretary under News |
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by Alistair Johnstone BVMS, Cert. V.A. MRCVS
Cancelled due to the weather. We apologise for any inconvenience.
A Veterinary Talk by Alistair Johnstone BVMS, Cert. V.A. MRCVS of Minster Veterinary Practice. Sunday January 10th 2:30pm at Ponteland Leisure Centre. Open to non members.
This is a talk telling us about courses on Poultry that they will be providing in the local area. With all the changes in legislation it will be good to get up to date information.
You are making NO commitment to any courses or signing up for anything by listening to this talk.
They are offering a comprehensive programme of courses and events designed to meet the needs of Smallholders with poultry in the North East region, funded by LandSkills NE.
The courses are aimed at all Smallholder producers and poultry keepers who have all types of poultry. Thye will enable producers to improve their knowledge of keeping poultry and recognising disease conditions earlier and more effectively than before.
The veterinary led courses included within the programme cover the following topics:
- Disease Recognition
- Common and Current Disease Conditions
- Notifiable Disease
- Biosecurity
- Welfare, including the recent legislation
- Vaccination and Medication administration
- Poultry Handling
- Housing Issues
- Vermin and Pest Control
- Health and Safety
They deliver talks to small groups to encourage good interaction between all attendees. Venues are selected which are convenient for the participants and including local farms to enable delegates to apply their learning in a practical setting.
The cost of the modules is good value as they have secured RDPE LandSkills funds in several regions and are also investigating potential sponsorship to further reduce the course fees.
They are aiming to launch the courses in Spring 2010
By listening to the talk you are not signing up or committing yourself to any of the courses.