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Nottingham vets rise to bake-off challenge
Students and staff from Nottingham Vet School organised the charity bake-off to raise money for Vets in the Community.
Profiter-sheep and penguins highlight important issues 

Sweet-toothed staff and students from Nottingham Vet School rose to the annual charity 'Cake-Off' challenge last week, cooking up an array of creative bakes with an animal-science theme.

Now in its seventh year, the competition is organised by students and staff from the Sutton Bonington Campus. To date, the event has raised £500 for Vets in the Community, a Nottingham Vet School project that helps homeless people and their pets.

This year, climate change and its effect on wildlife was a strong theme. A Madeira cake called ‘Survivors’ displaying a group of penguins on melting ice won overall winner and winner of the Dynasties’ Desserts: David Attenborough category.

The Grossest Cake award went to a cake showing fly strike in rabbits - aptly named ‘Who didn’t check Roger Rabbit’. In spite of its unpleasant looks, judges also deemed this cake to be the best-tasting bake of the competition!

A sheep made out of profiteroles called ‘profiter-sheep’ scooped first prize in the Farm-to-Fork category, while a bra-shaped cake named ‘It’s a Woman’s World’ topped the Baking Bad News current affairs category.

“This year’s cake-off was a great day! We had brilliant, hilarious and inventive entries as well as some cakes highlighting important issues,” said Sarah Febry, a fourth-year veterinary student and one of the organisers of the event.

“An example of this is the It’s a Woman’s World cake which was inspired by the current gender pay gap in the veterinary industry despite the majority of its members being female!

“We are so proud to have raised this money for Vets in the Community who provide free veterinary care for the animals belonging to the homeless and vulnerably housed in Nottingham.”

Nottingham Vet School is currently in the latter stages of funding to buy a specially-fitted trailer to serve as a mobile clinic. For more information about the project, and to make a donation, visit the Vets in the Community JustGiving page.

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Vets to run marathon for World Animal Protection

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 Two recently graduated veterinary surgeons will be running the London Marathon in April to raise money for the charity World Animal Protection.

Alex Bartlett and Maeve O'Neill plan to run the race together if they are given the same start times.

Dr O'Neill said: "You're always limited in what you can do to help animals, so it is nice to raise money for a charity that helps animals around the world."

Dr Bartlett added: "I have never run a marathon before and am excited to run my first one for such a good cause!"

Both Dr Bartlett and Dr O'Neill have fundraising pages online. 

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BSAVA releases new Guide to Procedures

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) has published a new edition of its Guide to Procedures for Small Animal Practice.

It has added four new procedures; cystostomy tube placement, endotracheal intubation, point-of-care ultrasound and wet-to-dry dressings.

BSAVA says that it is an essential step-by-step guide to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed in practice. The textbook includes new images and illustrations, as well as high-definition videos for use prior to procedures.

Nick Bexfield and Julia Riggs, editors of the new edition, said: "We have built upon the success of the previous editions by responding to the feedback received from the BSAVA readership, and hope this new guide helps to further increase the confidence and accuracy with which these procedures are performed."

Print copies are available in the BSAVA store, with a digital version in the BSAVA library.