Wild animal medicine: celebrating success

High achievers were celebrated last month at the annual prize-giving for two Masters degree courses run jointly by the Royal Veterinary College and the Zoological Society of London. Students achieving top marks and producing the best projects on the Masters degree courses in wild animal biology (WAB) and wild animal health (WAH) were celebrated at the event held at London zoo’s Tiger Territory. The MSc WAH is for qualified vets – it equips them with knowledge of the management of wild animals, and the epidemiology, treatment and control of wild animal disease. Aimed at non-veterinary biological science graduates, the MSc WAB provides teaching on wild animal species, wild animal health, and welfare and conservation. This year’s ‘best student’ awards went to Lucy Eckersley and Allan Muir. Eckersley studied hybridisation of the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) and the domestic cat (Felis catus) during her WAB course and found high...
Source: Veterinary Record - Category: Veterinary Research Tags: News section Source Type: research