SA Veterinary & Paraveterinary Congress, Durban, 6 – 9 June 2006

Erica van der Westhuizen

Every two years the veterinary profession holds a congress where members share knowledge and expertise with colleagues from all over the country.

The Library was very grateful to be able to share the Faculty’s stand so that we could market our products and services to help the practising veterinarian, veterinary nurse and veterinary technician to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in their fields.

As Continuing Professional Development is now compulsory for every practitioner the Library certainly has a role in helping him to achieve this.


The Faculty & Library’s display stand

Antoinette and the “Tall man”
To quote from an article which appeared in the British publication Veterinary Practice ( Nelson, Mike. 2006 The Nelson Touch; RCVS Council heralds some mandatory CPD . Veterinary Practice 38 (1) : 2)
”No one who wishes to keep abreast of the advances in veterinary science can afford to neglect the regular reading of the professional journals. They record for him, and thus enable him to benefit by the results of the experiences and researchers of others, at home and abroad.”

We held 2 lucky draws to win a book bag plus one year’s free subscription to our Journal Contents Pages / Article Service.

The winners were Dr Cedric Tutt from the Veterinary Dentistry and Oro-Facial Surgery Clinic in Cape Town and Dr Leith Meyer from Wits University.


Erica with Dr Leith Meyer

Erica with Dr Cedric Tutt