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BVZS Meetings are usually held on the second weekend of May and November each year at different venues. There was no official BVZS Spring Meeting in 2007. However a Satellite day at BSAVA was held for the first time and details are as posted below or can be found on the BSAVA page in members area. A second Satellite day was held on April 2nd 2008.
BVZS Spring meeting 2008 May 17/18th at Woburn Safari Park
See past meetings page for details of this very successful Conference.
Theme: - "Artichokes to zebra; all you need to know about herbivores"
BVZS Autumn meeting 2008 Theme: Reptiles and Lower Vertebrates
See future meetings page for more details.
This meeting is to be held at the Park Royal Hotel, Stretton, Cheshire on November 8/9th 2008. For directions click
For more details of the Park Royal click this link The Park Royal near Warrington, Cheshire - Luxury 4 Star Hotel - Accommodation, Weddings, Business, Leisure, Dining - QHotels
BVZS greatly appreciates the enormous help given by the Chester and Cheshire Conference Bureau in helping organize the venue and booking faclities. Chester and Cheshire Conference Bureau. A division of Visit Chester & Cheshire
Delegates are urged to book accommodation for this event as soon as possible as hotel can only guarantee availability and rates up until 27th September.
For hotel and other accommodation bookings please follow this link ConferenceBookings and type in the code CHSBVZS08 to find more details. For those delegates without internet access a pdf booking form is available. If delegates require more budget B&B accommodation they can contact Chester Conference Centre on 0845 073 1314. Due to the limited number of bedrooms that B&B’s in the Warrington area they are unable to allocate bedrooms and so requests for cheaper alternatives will be looked at on an individual basis.
Spring meeting May 2009 BVZS is investigating the possiblity of having this meeting in Jersey. Anyone wishing to express an interest in attending please contact Derek Lyon at secretary@bvzs.org
The 2nd Annual WEZAM Marine Mammal Conference will be held in Madison on November 8th/9th 2008. The conference format will entail morning lectures and afternoon wet labs. Two cadaver based wet labs will be offered this year. The first wet lab will demonstrate clinical diagnostic techniques (blood sampling, CSF collection, blubber biopsying, ultrasound) is sponsored by ALOKA ultrasound systems. The second wet lab will be limited on a first come first served basis and will be dedicated to necropsy examination. The conference is aimed at students, veterinarians, veterinary technicians and researchers with an interest in marine mammal medicine, health and pathology. Up to 13 hours of CE certification is available for non-student registrants depending on the level of participation. A student dinner hosted by Morris Animal Foundation will be held on the Saturday night for student registrants. Anyone planning on presenting a poster at the poster session must register for the conference. Further information can be found in the brochure, at the website www.vetmed.wisc.edu/ce or by emailing Dr. Sophie Dennison at dennison@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu. Registration will open on September 2nd 2008.
For registration details and programme please click here
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Any BVZS members wishing to know details on how to access the members site please contact Derek Lyon at secretary@bvzs.org or see link below to Yahoo Groups
