Contrary to rumours currently circulating, the talk by Dr Wigley is NOT about outcrossing of Birmans. It is, as stated, Basic Genetics and talking about the basic laws of inheritance.

NBA SEMINAR 2008

24th May 2008

BUCKS NEW UNIVERSITY, CHALFONT ST GILES,
NR. AMERSHAM, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
08.30hours - 17.30 hours (approx)

Speakers

Dr Susan Little - Pyometra, HCM and Worming

Dr. Susan Little has been in feline practice since 1990 and achieved ABVP specialty board certification in Feline Practice. She is part owner of two feline specialty practices in Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Little is a contributing author to several publications, including the Cat Fanciers' Association Complete Cat Book (2004) and the Royal Canin Practical Guide to Cat Breeding (2005) as well as several veterinary journal articles. She is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and the Canadian Veterinary Journal and is also an internationally known lecturer on feline medicine.

Dr Kit Sturgess - Flat Chested Kittens and Pectus

Dr Kit Sturgess qualified from Cambridge University in 1986 and then spent 6 years in general practice. He was awarded his PhD looking at the mucosal immune response to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in 1997. He spent 5 years as a lecturer in small animal internal medicine at the Royal Veterinary College and Bristol University and since 2003 has been working in private referral practice. He is an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Medicine. Dr Sturgess has published numerous articles and a short textbook on feline internal medicine.

Fillippo De Bellis - Ringworm

Mr De Bellis is a Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Veterinary Dermatology at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He graduated from the University of Bari, Italy, in 2001 and after two years spent working in small animal and equine practice in Italy moved to UK in 2003 and worked for two years at the PDSA before joining the RVC as a Senior Training Scholar in Dermatology. He is currently studying towards the RCVS Certificate and European Diploma in Veterinary Dermatology.

Dr Raymond Wigley - Basic Genetics

A retired army medical officer with specific interest in feline genetics. Has a keen interest in promoting the reduction of Inbreeding within the Birman Breed.