The Small Animal Medicine Society is pleased to announce the launch of the SAMSOC Travel Scholarship

The scholarship, worth £250, can be awarded to any SAMSOC member undertaking CPD to study a particular aspect of Small Animal Medicine.

Applicants should describe how they would use the award in 300-400 words and are free to choose the topic to be studied. Recipients of the award are required to undertake the CPD within the subsequent 12 months.  

Following completion of their trip the winner is required to write a summary article (approx 1000 words) which will be submitted to the Veterinary press for publication and placed on the SAMSOC website.

The award is only open to SAMSOC members.

Applications should be sent to the Ian Battersby ( iab@vetspecialists.co.uk ) to arrive no later than 31^st December 2009, the successful applicant will be notified within 6 weeks. The award will be presented at the SAMSOC Meeting on 7^th April 2010.

I am please to announce that we have our first mini case report posted on the SAMSOC website :-

Pharyngeal pain and oral ulceration as the presenting signs in 2 cases of canine gastric adenocarcinoma
Zoe Belshaw, MA Vet MB Cert SAM MRCVS
Hills' Resident in Small Animal Internal Medicine, QVSH, Cambridge.

To view the case report enter the SAMSOC media section here.

If you would like help loading a case report or details of a research project please feel free to contact me or any other member of the SAMSOC committee

All the best

Ian

See attachment for info on discounted rates for BSAVA manuals at pre congress meeting

Best wishes

Yvonne

Please see attached file for information on submitting clinical research abstracts for BSAVA 2010

Deadline for submissions is October 29th