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TB Awareness Meetings (BAS)Sat, Dec 26 2009 03:45 | Health Bulletin
A series of meetings presented by BVCS Vet, Gina Bromage, MA, VetMB, DVM, MRCVS. TB is a serious, notifiable disease which can be passed to humans. It can be caught from wildlife, from other infected livestock and from infected alpacas and llamas. The disease kills alpacas, llamas and other camelids, in some cases very quickly. The British Alpaca Society has arranged a series of TB Awareness... Meetings at 14 venues around the country at which respected camelid vet, Dr Gina Bromage, MA, Vet MB, DVM, MRVCS, will give the veterinary perspective on the facts about the disease, the symptoms to look out for, the precautions you can take to reduce the risk of your herd becoming infected, the actions that you have to take if you find TB in your herd, and the tests available. She will also answer questions on the subject. These meetings are FREE OF CHARGE to ALL CAMELID OWNERS. Details of the meetings are given below. Details are also available on the BLS website (www.BritishLlamaSociety.org). Please tell any camelid owners that you know who may not be BLS members about the meetings and encourage them to attend. It will be a great help if you can let us know to which venue you will be coming. The meetings are supported by Animal Health and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency and representatives of these organisations will be in attendance wherever possible. These meetings give you a chance to get the facts about TB. You owe it to your herd, and all other herds with which your animals come in contact, to attend and we look forward to meeting you there. Please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to let us know which meeting you plan to attend. James Barnett from the Veterinary Livestock Agency will be speaking after the AGM on 13 March 2010 on the subject 'The VLA, Disease Surveillance and Camelids'. This meeting is supported by British Camelids Ltd and is open to non-members. Thank you for your participation – let's beat TB together! Liz Butler – Health & Welfare Officer BLS Mike Birch – Chairman, British Alpaca Society TB Meetings venues & dates 
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