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Avian influenza and dog bites among topics discussed at world congress
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.159.19.612
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , companion animal , veterinary medicine , czech , highly pathogenic , medicine , virology , virus , linguistics , philosophy
Some 2000 companion animal veterinarians from 70 countries around the world travelled to Prague in October for the 2006 World Congress organised by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association ( wsava ), the Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations ( fecava ) and the Czech Small Animal Veterinary Association ( csava ). Like previous world congresses, the meeting featured an extensive scientific programme, with numerous topics relating to companion animal medicine and surgery being covered in several parallel sessions over a period of four days. Among the many presentations was an update on h5n1 avian influenza infection in relation to cats and, as reported on p 614, news of a new educational tool aimed at preventing dog bites in young children