Identifying and contacting owners of injured and/or lost cats and dogs, registered on the NSW Companion Animals Register

The Office of Local Government, which operates the NSW Companion Animals Register, is encouraging veterinarians and veterinary practice staff in NSW to become ‘Approved Persons’.

Approved Persons are operators or employees of ‘Approved Premises’, which include veterinary clinics, approved animal welfare organisations and national private microchip registers.

Approved Persons can carry out online searches of the Companion Animals Register using animals’ identification (or...

The Australian Racing Board (ARB) has just announced a large number of amendments to the Australian Rules of Racing.  The more pertinent rules for EVA Members are the introduction of a cobalt threshold (effective 1 January), the change to “being a party to attempting to stomach tube a horse within one clear day of racing” (effective 1 February), the introduction of some discretion for stewards where an elevated testorone level in geldings and fillies...

Please note that the Australian Veterinary Association 2014 Annual Workforce Survey is still available for you to complete

2014 survey link

The purpose of the annual survey is to examine the current profile of the veterinary profession and anticipate future trends and changes. The information collected will help the profession, government, veterinary boards and others to understand how the provision of veterinary services may be affected by various factors, including...

The Board and Racing NSW continue to negotiate, with the assistance of representatives of the State government, in order to reach an alternative to the licensing regime proposed by RNSW. We have been advised by Racing NSW that the commencement of Local Rule 82C and licensing has been deferred indefinitely.