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In the first Vet Futures guest blog Professor Colette Henry, Head of Department of Business Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology, argues that women are “simply less prepared to come forward to take on business leadership roles” and states that, as the veterinary profession becomes increasingly female, this raises serious concerns. Professor Henry joined former RCVS President Jacqui Molyneux in a debate at BVA Congress at the London Vet Show last month “Setting the A-gender” which explored women as veterinary leaders and entrepreneurs. The lively discussion concluded that doing nothing to address the gender inequality that exists within the veterinary profession is not an option, and Professor Henry echoes that sentiment in her blog on the Vet Futures website http://vetfutures.org.uk/veterinary-business-leadership-an-unsuitable-job-for-a-woman/ Vet Futures is a jointly powered project from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), which was launched at BVA Co ...

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General Assembly To Be Held on 14th December

23rd Edition Of Forum To Be Held Next March

Aberystwyth University is exploring plans to bring a vet school to Wales.

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JOHN HUGHES, a retired Department of Agriculture vet, has been disqualified for five years by the Turf Club after being found in possession of "commercial quantities" of a potent anabolic steroid. Hughes had been ordered to donate €10,000 to the Kilkenny Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and pay €3,100 in costs by a judge at Carlow District Court in October last year after pleading guilty to possession of the anabolic steroid ethylestrenol under the trade name Nitrotain. Following a hearing at the Turf Club on Saturday, Hughes was banned from racing with the referrals committee citing the vet's ownership of anabolic steroids as having "very serious ramifications for the integrity and perception of the sport". Two packages addressed to Hughes were intercepted by customs officials at Dublin Airport in February 2012 and were found to contain 6kg of Nitrotain purchased from Australia, where the steroid is legal. The quantity was estimated to total around 1,500 doses. Hughes refused to answer questi ...