WebinarLIVE!: FeLV: Everything I (Never) Wanted
Centre for Veterinary Education
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Date: Wednesday 9th September, 2020
Start time: 7:00 PM
Cost: £12.5
One virus, but many different expressions of disease or none at all.Mark Westman will bring you up to speed with the latest developments in our understanding of FeLV, including diagnosis
Who is it for?
Veterinarians. Start time is 7.00pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
The Speakers
Mark Westman (BVSc (Hons) MANZCVS (Animal Welfare) PhD) graduated with a BVSc (Hons) from the University of Sydney in 2003. Following graduation he worked mainly in shelter medicine for 10 years, starting with NSW RSPCA (2004 2009) before moving to the NSW Animal Welfare League to take on a management position (2009-2012). During this time he also volunteered for veterinary programs in Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia and India.In 2012 he returned to the University of Sydney to undertake a PhD investigating feline retroviral diseases, in particular FIV vaccine effectiveness in the field and FIV antibody response following vaccination. On completion of his PhD in 2016, Mark moved to the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow to undertake postdoctoral research in the antibody response of FIV and FeLV vaccinated cats, thanks to an Endeavour Research Fellowship and Sydney University Early Career Mobility Scheme Grant.Mark returned to Australia in 2017 to further pursue his reseach into feline retroviruses and a teaching career at the University of Sydney.Mark also co-founded Pets in the Park in 2012, a charity dedicated to providing free veterinary care to pets owned by the homeless, which now has clinics in NSW, Victoria, Queensland, ACT and Tasmania. Mark also enjoys running, particularly ultrarunning, and climbing mountains!
The Venue
Online
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
1 hours
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