UK Vet Wins Digital Video Camera In France

John Dawson, from Willows Veterinary Group in Cheshire, has won a Kodak Playsport HD digital video camera by proving his prowess in a quiz held in France on cattle reproduction. The quiz was run by Ceva Animal Health at the second European Buiatrics Forum, which took place last month in Marseille, France. John Dawson is a partner a Willows Farm Animal Veterinary Practice in Cheshire. He was one of around 150 delegates who gathered to listen to three specialist speakers at the Forum. Dr Irina Garcia Ispierto, a researcher and lecturer at the Spanish University of Lleida, reported on recent data concerning the use of eCG in anoestrus dairy cows. Prof. Patrick Lonergan from University College Dublin, presented an insight on the role of progesterone in pregnancy establishment in dairy cows. Highlighting the link between Q fever and reproduction, Dr Philippe Camuset, a French veterinary practitioner, shared his experience of Q fever eradication in a dairy herd through vaccination.

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