The opportunity to learn from top-flight speakers in feline dentistry and pain relief and to party in Amsterdam proved a popular combination for the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM, formerly the European Society) Congress (June 18 – 20). Twenty-six countries were represented by the 452 delegates attending from as far afield as the US, China and Korea. UK delegates accounted for a third of those attending.
The ISFM Congress, ‘Feline pain management and dentistry’, sponsors were Boehringer Ingelheim, Hill’s, Merial, Bayer, Intervet-Schering Plough and Pfizer Animal Health.
The keynote speakers on dentistry were Philippe Hennet and Margherita Gracis. Sheilah Robertson, Polly Taylor and Duncan Lascelles spoke on feline pain management.
‘Delegates commented that they found the lectures on pain recognition and control particularly useful. The speakers were able to provide practical tips and share new information in this difficult area of feline medicine,’ said Feline Advisory Bureau’s chief executive Claire Bessant.
MP3 recordings of most of the ISFM Amsterdam Congress talks will soon be available to download from www.isfm.net/shop at £2.99 each or £60 for all 22 sessions. The Congress proceedings cost £40 and can be ordered online or from FAB headquarters on 01747 871 872. Save money by buying the MP3 recordings and the proceedings together for £80.
Don’t miss out next year when the ISFM Congress will be held in Vienna (June 23-26) with the combined themes of feline ophthalmology and respiratory disease. Full details will be posted on www.isfm.net/congress/2011.
Delegates enjoyed a free welcome reception, complete with drinks in ISFM pink,
in the spectacular Winter Garden at the Hotel Krasnapolsky, the venue for the Amsterdam congress, courtesy of Merial.
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ISFM Congress revelers ‘Release the beast’ at the themed Novartis Saturday night party. The dance floor writhed with all manner of jungle beasts and monsters!
Front row from left: wolf-beast Rachel Dean who was chained to her beauty Callum Blair (runners up for the best fancy dress), and Rachel Crowe from Virbac who was awarded the title of best female fancy dress. Back row from left, Estonian delegate Olga Sjatkovskaja (who incidentally won a free registration to the Vienna ISFM congress in 2011 in the Congress draw) and Georgie Herbert. Not pictured is John Helps of Intervet who took the prize for best male fancy dress, a glittering 70s disco ensemble in lurid colours.
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Ends June 28, 2010
For further details contact Karen Bessant, FAB press officer on telephone 01380 827 142, kbessant@aol.com or from the FAB headquarters on 01747 871 872.
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