CityU Centre for Animal Health and Welfare (CAHW)

I'll be presenting our donkey emotion research. Wednesday, 24th July 2024, 04pm HKT. Please scan the QR code for the Zoom link to view some interesting work on donkey welfare.

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease of profound public health importance. I am excited to share our research findings on Leptospira seroreactivity in free-roaming community cats and owned cats in Hong Kong. The overall seroprevalence was 9.35% and was significantly higher among community (13.3%) than privately-owned cats (4.9%; OR 2.98 [95% CI 1.68–5.25], P < 0.001), especially to serogroup Javanica (7.65% of community cats versus 0.58% of privately-owned cats (P < 0.001). Cats in Hong Kong are exposed to a diversity of different serovars (14 of 22 tested) and one in three seroreactive community cats with paired urine and blood samples had leptospiruria. Cats can silently shed Leptospira and we should wear gloves when handling their urine. #feline #onehealth https://lnkd.in/gX9sDNET

YouTube channel with the recorded talks from our recent workshop (June 19 & 20, 2024) on Animal Welfare and Impact. #AnimalWelfare #ResearchImpact Matt Parker Elodie Briefer Tamara Tadich Hannah Mumby Rebecca Parkes Marianne Mason George Hodgson Tania Perroux [+ Drs. Kate FLAY & Xin HUO]

🎉 Congratulations Sabrine Marangoni! 🎉 Sabrine is this year’s winner of the Scientific Committee Best Abstract Award, with her abstract titled ‘Characterization of pain behaviors in kittens undergoing ovariohysterectomy using video assessment’.       🎉 Sabrine is also the winner of the Delegates’ Choice Best Poster Award, decided by this year’s attendees at ISFM Congress in Malta. Huge congratulations! 🎉    🎉 Congratulations also to Beatriz P Monteiro who received her 2023 JFMS Resident Best Paper Award for her paper ‘Can cat caregivers reliably assess acute pain in cats using the Feline Grimace Scale? A Large Bilingual Global Survey’.     #JFMSNews #JFMS #eyeSFM #ISFM #Malta #Vet #VetLife #VetCPD #VeterinaryScience #VetMed #VeterinaryMedicine #FelineMedicine #FelineLearning 

What a pleasure it was to talk all things cat at the #ISFMCongress2024 with Paulo Steagall and Julia Beatty from CityU Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences. Thanks to the amazing team at International Society of Feline Medicine and International Cat Care for hosting a fun, inspiring and informative conference in beautiful Malta. #feline #cats #veterinary

It’s a wrap! Team CityU Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS), CityU Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences heading home from a very successful #ISFMCongress2024. So good to catch up with old friends and meet so many new ones, all working to make life better for cats and their people. Thank you International Cat Care & International Society of Feline Medicine #feline #cats #veterinary

🩺🌎 Veterinary professionals from around the world joined us for a free Shelter Medicine Stream on the final day of #ISFMCongress24 in Malta as part of our Cat Friendly Homing Programme (supported by Battersea & MDC). The day included lectures on hot topics in shelter medicine from leading veterinarians and experts in the world of unowned cats, including:  💉 Injectable anaesthesia in early-age neutering with Paulo Steagall  🐱 Secrets to TNR success with Nathalie Dowgray and Harry Eckman   🦠 Interactive panel discussions on challenges to managing infectious disease in a shelter environment and TNR programmes, with Nathalie Dowgray, Vicky Halls, Julia Beatty, Vanessa Barrs, Harry Eckman, Maggie Roberts and Christian Pace    Do you work with unowned cats? 🐈 Sign up for our newsletter to be the first to know about our free iCatConnect virtual event (13 – 14 November) ➡️  https://lnkd.in/ekRy3V4i Learn more about Cat Friendly Homing ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gb4Z5vN #UnownedCats #iCatConnect

Day 2 of #ISFMCongress24 left us with stars in our eyes 🤩 after a full day of feline-focused CPD! 🐈 Ursula Dietrich shared her expertise on feline conjunctivitis, glaucoma, uveitis and retinal disease in the Main Congress Stream, and was joined by Paulo Steagall and Renata Stavinohová for a panel discussion on triage and management of the traumatic eye. A top triage tip: “Sometimes there could be multiple injuries and you could miss these if you don’t look properly and lift up the eyelid.” 🔬 Delegates also took a deep dive into advanced ophthalmic surgery with Renata Stavinohová and feline hepatitis-B virus with Julia Beatty in the Advanced Stream, before exploring chronic pain in cats with the 2023 winner of the JFMS Resident Best Paper Award, Beatriz P Monteiro (sponsored by Zoetis UK). 😿 Unable to join us in person? Don’t worry! The learning content from Malta will be available for ISFM Vet Members to watch on-demand from 22 July. Not a member? Sign up today at ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esvxiWff   #eyeSFM #ISFM #Malta #Vet #VetLife #VetCPD #VeterinaryScience #VetMed #VeterinaryMedicine #FelineMedicine #FelineLearning 

Excited to be at International Society of Feline Medicine Congress in Malta. Together we can change the world for cats and their people! Proud to be flying the flag for CityU Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS), Hong Kong with Paulo Steagall & Vanessa Barrs. CityU Centre for Animal Health and Welfare (CAHW) CityU Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences

Our Buffalo Public Seminar from June 13th is now accessible on our website. If you couldn't join us live last week, click here to watch 👉 https://lnkd.in/dtKfsPpA Alan McElligottCityU Centre for Animal Health and Welfare (CAHW)