Other Events (UK and International)
Clubs, Veterinary Assocition and other Organisation Conferences and Events
Neil Forbes and the team at Great Western Exotic Vets not only put on training events at the hospital in Swindon, but are also regularly called upon to talk on a national and international basis, within their recognised fields of expertise. We find that many vets and veterinary nurses are interested to know at which events are staff will be speaking.
2014 Events
World Small Animal Veterinary Conference September 2014. Capetown. (Neil Fobes)
- Avian tracheal disease, diagnosis, medical and surgical therapy
- Approach to the feather plucking case
- Managing avian pelvic limb development abnormalities
- Sick bird - what the heck is going on
- Avian therapeutics
2012 Events
26/01/2012 Improve International, Swindon. (Neil Forbes)
Avian Medicine and Surgery Day Course
3/2/2012 South Hants Budgerigar Society Meeting (Neil Forbes)
Diseases of small cage and aviary birds
4/3/2012 EXCEL Exotic Animal Veterinary Day Course (Neil Forbes)
Nursing, fluid and nutritional support of avian patients
Welfare and behavioural needs of the pet parrot
Introduction to avian medicine, to include anaesthesia and diagnostics
Orthopaedic surgery of birds
Soft tissue surgery of birds
Nutritional diseases of birds
Treating the traumatised avian wildlife case
Approach to the feather plucking parrot
Ninth International Congress on Wild and Exotic Animals, Ecole Nationale v
8/3/2012 Ninth International Congress on Wild and Exotic Animals, École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (National Veterinary School of Alfort), France (Mikel Sabater)
Opthamology in Small Mammals (Exotics)
4/4/2012 World Small Animal Veterinary Association Conference, Birmingham, UK (Neil Forbes)
Medication and diagnostic sampling techniques in birds
Avian diagnostic sampling & clinical pathology
Avian surgical techniques
Approach to feather plucking - a welfare issue?
22/4/2012 Companion Animal Welfare Council. Cambridge (Neil Forbes)
Problems associated with keeping the wrong species
17 & 18/5/2012 Crieff Small Animal Vets Conference, Scotland (Neil Forbes)
Dental disease of rabbits; diagnosis & treatment
GI Tract disease of rabbits; diagnosis & treatment
CNS and urinary disease of rabbits; E cuniculi - more important than many think.
7/6/2012 Yorkshire Falconry Club (Neil Forbes)
Common diseases of falconry birds
29/06/2012 North Downs Budgerigar Society (Neil Forbes)
Diseases of small cage and aviary birds
11/08/2012 Annual Conference of the Associaton of Avian Vets, Lousiville, Kentucky, USA (Neil Forbes)
Increased risks associated with rearing imprint raptors
5-7/10/2012 British Vet Nursing Association Annual Conference. Telford. (Neil Forbes)
Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease
Hospital Care of the Critical Exotic Patient
2/12/2012 EXCEL Veterinary Training Course (Neil Forbes)
Diseases of Backyard Poultry, ducks and geese
If you would like us to provide a lecture at your event call 01793 603 800 or email us
Previous years events
2011 Events
10-14/10/2011 World Veterinary Association Conference. Capetown, South Africa (Neil Forbes)
Common Diseases of Captive Raptors
Neoplasia in birds
The diagnostic approach in sick birds
Common parasitic diseases of birds
Orthopaedic conditions and treatments of birds
Treating bumblefoot
Medical, fluid and nutritional support for sick birds
Common parrot behavioural disease
15-16/10/2011 SIVAE, Cremona, Italy (Elizabetta Mancinelli)
Thymoma in Rabbits
29/10/2011 Rabbit Welfare Foundation Conference, Solihull (Elizabetta Mancinelli)
The ins and outs of rabbit diagnostic imaging
12/11/2011 British Veterinary Zoological Society Conference, Chester (Neil Forbes)
Roundtable Chair – Avian Diagnostics
29/11/2011 European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Vets, Stuttgart Germany (Neil Forbes)
Soft Tissue Surgery
15-17/12/2011 Third International Festival of Falconry, Jahili Fort, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi (Neil Forbes)
