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NOAH launches competition for extraordinary pets
As part of its Pet Factor campaign, the National Office of Animal Health has
launched a competition via its consumer website Pet Health Information
www.pethealthinfo.org.uk to find a pet with “the Pet Factor”.
NOAH is inviting owners, vets, vet nurses and pet care
specialists to go on to the website and put forward nominations, in no more
than 200 words, of animals that have staged an amazing recovery, shown
exceptional bravery or set themselves apart in some other way.
Click here for more background..
Click here for more on how to enter..
The Pet Health Information website
features a wealth of
animal health
information and advice to help owners and potential owners to make informed
decisions about their pets’ healthcare. With a wide range of topics
including information on buying a pet, health guides, travelling abroad with
your pet and first aid, the site features information on a range of species
from dogs through to fish.
Consumer attitudes to vaccination examined at NOAH
conference
Details of a survey revealing increased consumer awareness of animal
medicines were examined by food industry stakeholders during a NOAH
conference held at The Royal Society in London on 25 February 2009.
The DVD produced from the event is now available.
Titled ‘The role of vaccination in animal health –
future technology and societal acceptance’, the conference presented the
consumer survey results as part of a wider discussion on the role for
vaccination and new technologies in managing the threat of emerging
diseases.
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National Pet Month gearing up for 2010 events
National Pet Month will take place from 3 April - 3 May 2010,
following in the footsteps of an extremely successful 2009 campaign.
With
the current focus on improving the nation’s health, National Pet Month’s
20th anniversary campaign, ‘Healthy Pets Make Happy Pets’ couldn’t
have been more
timely.
National Pet Month 2009, which took place from 4th April –
4th May, once again campaigned for responsible pet
ownership, aiming to improve the health and fitness of the nation’s pets
and their owners.
National Pet Month is looking for sponsors to get
involved for 2010 - contact
info@nationalpetmonth.org.uk.
In 2009 NPM extended its efforts to generate public
awareness and raise funds for numerous UK pet charities in 2009. The year’s activities included a photographic
exhibition at the Ultimate Pet Show* which, the charity hoped,
acted as a spur for other supporters to run
similar events throughout the UK. Check out the National Pet
Month website to see how the Month went!.
Best National Pet Month Event Award being presented to the owners and
staff of the Frome Pet and Aquatic Centre by NOAH chief executive
Phil Sketchley, third from right, Chairman of National Pet Month.
Antibiotics for Animals
Animals, just like humans, can suffer from disease. Healthy animals
mean healthy food. NOAH believes it would be a rejection of our responsibility towards the
production of healthy food to deny animals access to medicines which keep them healthy.
Animals need antibiotics too.
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Donal Murphy is NOAH's new technical executive
The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) is pleased to announce
the appointment of Donal Murphy as its new technical executive.
Donal, a veterinary surgeon, will be joining NOAH from 11
January.
NOAH chief executive Phil Sketchley says: “We look
forward to working with Donal and to the skills which he, as a veterinary
surgeon, will bring. One of his major roles will be input to the review of
the European veterinary medicines directive, which starts next year. This
represents a fantastic opportunity to ensure a healthy future for animal
medicine innovation and availability in the UK.”
2010 edition of the NOAH compendium now available
The 2010 edition of the NOAH Compendium of Data Sheets for Animal Medicines
has been published and a copy sent to each vet practice.
 As ever, the book is an essential information source
containing the full data sheets/SPCs for products from 33 companies. It
includes colour-coded indexes for easier reference, a guide to the cascade,
and the up-to-date edition of NOAH’s Code of Practice for the Promotion of
Animal Medicines.
Click here to order copies..
As the book is published, NOAH reminds veterinary
surgeons of the expertise within companies available for consultation to
support their prescribing decisions.
Read more here.....
NOAH's chairman for 2009
Howard Wilder was re-elected chairman of the National Office of Animal
Health for 2009-2010. He is the managing director of Genitrix Ltd.
2008 top NOAH sales rep students announced
The names of the three top students from NOAH member companies who sat the
Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority (AMTRA) examinations for
sales representatives of marketing authorisation holders during 2008 were
unveiled at the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) annual dinner held
at One Whitehall Place, London, on April 22nd.
The overall winner was Caroline Brockington of Merial Animal Health,
while Gregory Allin of Elanco was runner up with David Roberts of Pfizer in
3rd.
Winner Caroline Brockington with NOAH dinner speaker Peter Slack
Runner up Gregory Allin with AMTRA chairman Bob Stevenson
Research reveals rise in consumer awareness of animal
medicines
Consumer awareness of animal medicines has increased significantly over the
last two years, a survey carried out by the Institute of Grocery
Distribution (IGD) on behalf of the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH)
has revealed. Encouragingly for those who use medicines for the health and
welfare of Britain’s farm animals, the level of consumer concern about
medicine use has not increased correspondingly.
Now 80% of consumers are aware that animals are given
medicines to treat them when they are sick, and 74% know that they are
vaccinated to prevent disease, compared with only 58% for both only 2 years
ago. Yet the proportions having treatment or vaccination as their major
concern remain extremely low, at only 1% and 3% respectively.
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Pfizer Animal Health
found in breach of NOAH Code on promotion
At its meeting on 9 November 2009, the NOAH Code of Practice Committee,
chaired by Mr Guy Tritton, heard two cases.
Pfizer Animal Health were found in breach of four out of six items of
complaint over two cases, relating to the promotion of RIMADYL™ CATTLE.
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Jobs
and Vacancies in the Animal Health Industry
From time
to time, this website publishes details of jobs and vacancies in the animal
medicines industry.
Click here for more..
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