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Genitrix sponsors first rabbit and tortoise CPD day at Bristol Zoo
Places are still available on a prestigious CPD course that combines advanced techniques in rabbit medicine with the basics of tortoise treatment. This special event is scheduled for Monday 16 March 2009 at Bristol Zoo Gardens.
The course is sponsored by specialist veterinary therapies provider, Genitrix, and led by eminent tutors, Sharon Redrobe, Richard Saunders and Rowena Killick. It will count as five CPD hours.
Rabbit topics will include abscess treatment, including dental extraction techniques, and an overview of neurological conditions, including current thinking on Encephalitizoon cuniculi. For tortoises, a case-based approach to post-hibernation anorexia, diagnosis and treatment will be provided.
The course will finish with a case-based discussion session, following which delegates will have the opportunity to tour the Bristol Zoo reptile house.
The fee for the full day course, including refreshments, is £150.
For further information or to book a place, call 0117 974 7300.
Sharon Redrobe BSc (Hons) BVetMed CertLAS DZooMed MRCVS holds the RCVS Diploma and is an RCVS Specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. She has an honorary lectureship at the University of Bristol and is the head of veterinary services at Bristol Zoo Gardens and the Rabbit Clinic at Langford (Bristol University).
Richard Saunders BVSc BSc (Hons) CertZooMed CBiol MIBiol MRCVS is the Bristol Zoo Gardens/Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund's senior clinical training scholar taking Rabbit cases at the University of Bristol's Langford Rabbit Clinic.
Rowena Killick BVM&S MSc (Wild Animal Health) MRCVS is the RCVS Trust senior clinical training scholar in zoo and exotic medicine and surgery at Bristol Zoo Gardens/University of Bristol.
Published: 20 Feb 2009
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