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Mixing up the CPD today at #Vettrust23 in Stirling ... 🐾

Topical issues so far this morning at VETTrust, covering sustainability in farming, Johne's control and responsible use of antimicrobials. Huge thanks to Tim Geraghty of SRUC Veterinary Services, Neil Fox of Clyde Farm Team and Karen Bond of NMR for their engaging and practical presentations.

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Pls RT **SCOPS webinar** How to check if a worming treatment has been effective Date - Wed 19 July 12pm - Q&A for vets, RAMAs, SQPs and other advisers 7.30pm - Q&A for sheep farmers. Both webinars FREE to attend, but require pre-registration go.scops.org.uk/AM7Unz #Teamsheep

I wrote a wee piece recently about my experience of career diversification and subsequent undiversification (as if life in mixed practice is ever anything other than diverse!). You can read it here if you're interested:

#foodmiles are not an issue when generous farmers send you home with tatties. These Charlottes are enormous and spectacularly tasty, perfect with #scotchbeef chilli on a nippy autumn night 😘👌

PLS RT - Check out our local 'Sheep meet' meetings. First meeting in Perth on 17th October organised by Thrums Vets Kindly sponsored by Ceva Animal Health Meetings are FREE and open to all to attend #sheepvets #local #friendlysociety #vets

Society is still so big on this kind of ageist self-sabotage, and with that, wasting a load of skills, knowledge and wisdom 🙄

Absolutely devastating for someone 😔

This was such a good meeting! Great to see how the surveillance system swings into action when weird things happen on farm, and fab contributions on health planning and ocular disease from Ed Thrums Vets and SRUC Veterinary Services. Thanks to all who made it happen Sheep Veterinary Soc Ceva Animal Health

"What's your crotch like?" Post- (non-human) bodily-fluid splashback incident. Another one for the occasional series "things overheard between colleagues in my workplace, but probably not acceptable in yours" 😂

Bit nippy this morning, but tolerable once the waterproofs had defrosted. #nofilter #coolcoos #iceicebaby

Is there some common thread in this which is woven through rural veterinary practice, too? Community, variety, adaptability, resourcefulness, resilience - fulfilling work indeed. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

Strathspey farmers making a peaceful but resolute stand tonight, campaigning for better governance and more meaningful engagement with the Cairngorms national park authority. No dung deposits yet! 🇫🇷💩

Tragic news of another dog attack. The breed is not the only factor though. In what other crime do we destroy evidence before it can be examined? How can we learn about what drives these events, and hope to prevent them in future, if the animals are not alive to be assessed?

For clarity, I'm not arguing that dangerous dogs should not be euthanased. However, unless we start gathering data and evidence to help us understand these events, we won't succeed in preventing them. Having appropriate clinicians assess these animals has to be the start point.

We carried out a social experiment at the @RoyalWelshShow Winter Fair. Please watch and share. Mental health needs more sunlight, more honesty and more conversations #MindYourHead

#smalleuropeanwoman smashing it in the Barkley Marathons. Rooting for you Jasmin, what a role model you are for our daughters 💪 (For anyone unfamiliar with this remarkable woman, mother, vet, researcher and ultra runner, see here for inspiration: jasminfellrunner.blogspot.com/2020/01/spine-…)

And she's done it! Astonishing, history-making, powerful and inspiring. The mental resilience needed to achieve this is incomprehensible (although if anyone was going to have it they'd be a mum and a vet 😁)

Brilliant and thought-provoking presentation from Dr Heather Bacon at VETTrust this morning. Seems we can't help animals without having compassion for people. Empathy goes a long way.