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IZVG Home Page About IZVG Facilities & Services IZVG Staff IZVG's Zoovet Product Range IZVG Pathology Submitting samples Practice News IZVG publications list	Exotic Animal Clinic Move From 28 November 2011, the Exotic Animal Clinic will be relocating to Hipperholme. Click here for our new address and directions This is as a result of Shearbridge Veterinary Centre closing. Our clinic staff and opening times will be unaffected, and appointments may still be made in the usual way by telephoning our Keighley office on 01535 605033. Newsletter download Our most recent newsletter, IZVG News 17, can be downloaded here. IZVG LLP and Office Move From 1 April 2011, International Zoo Veterinary Group has converted to a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and all business carried out by International Zoo Veterinary Group has been transferred to IZVG LLP. This is purely a change in the way our practice is constituted and every other aspect of our service remains the same. From Tuesday 26th April 2011, our Head Office has moved to: IZVG LLP Station House Parkwood Street Keighley West Yorkshire BD21 4NQ, UK. We are pleased to be in lovely new premises. Our Pathology and Avian and Exotic Clinics have not moved, and remain in their previous locations. Safe use of veterinary medicines Any clients using veterinary medicines under our direction should be aware of new guidelines produced by the Health and Safety Executive under the Veterinary Medicines Directive. Please print off this leaflet, read and display in your vet rooms. It sets out the practical steps you should take to protect the health and safety of anyone who works with veterinary medicines, and to comply with COSHH regulations. The leaflet is here: Veterinary Medicines. New processes for submitting pathology samples from outside the UK All samples from outside the UK submitted for pathology now require an animal health import licence or a letter of authorisation. For EU samples of formalin-fixed invertebrates, fish and reptiles a generic letter of authorisation only is required. Samples from mammals and birds from any country or samples from reptiles, fish or inverts from outside the EU will require a specific licence. Please contact the office immediately at office@izvg.co.uk to discuss licence requirements before sending any pathology samples. We are in discussion with Animal Health about this matter, and will provide more specific guidance when we know more. New packaging regulations for pathology samples Please note that new packaging regulations now apply to diagnostic samples. For more information, see the instructions page. It is important that you follow the packaging guidelines when packing your samples. Failure to do so could result in Royal Mail postal service, or courier companies, refusing to carry your samples. Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Recent outbreaks of the avian influenza virus have occured in the Far East and Eastern Europe, and isolated cases have occurred in the UK. Despite the infectious nature of this virus, the risk of introduction to wild, pet and farmed birds in the UK remains low. If you are concerned about the safety of your birds, we would recommend that you consult the DEFRA website, particularly the links below. Good biosecurity, and care of your birds are advisable at all times, whether a disease risk is present or not. For more information, please consult the following documents: Defra's most recent news Detailed biosecurity information, and information about kept birds Vaccination Information Information on wild birds. If you find sick, or dead wild birds, DO NOT bring them into a veterinary surgery. Contact the DEFRA Helpline (08459 33 55 77) and choose the Avian Influenza option which will be open from 8:30am to 8:00pm. Alternately, follow the instructions on the wild bird information page. Avian Influenza Vaccination for Zoos Defra, in conjunction with the British Association of Zoos and Aquariums, have prepared a programme of vaccination against avian influenza. Zoos may now apply for vaccination. The forms and guidance have been published on the Defra website: AI Vaccination Forms and Guidance. The application form is here: application form, and the guidance notes are here: guidance notes. IZVG clients will need to enter the following address into the Veterinary Supplier box on the application form: W & J Dunlop Ltd Veterinary Wholesalers College Mains Road Dumfries DG2 0NU Telephone no: 01387 274700 BIAZA has published a news page on their website giving more information: BIAZA information on Avian Influenza and Precautions. International Zoo Veterinary Group is a trading name of IZVG LLP, a limited liability partnership no. OC361054, registered England IZVG supports Wildlife Vets International registered charity no. 1109670 Veterinary support for conservation worldwide Make a donation

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Exotic Animal Clinic Move

From 28 November 2011, the Exotic Animal Clinic will be relocating to Hipperholme.

Click here for our new address and directions

This is as a result of Shearbridge Veterinary Centre closing. Our clinic staff and opening times will be unaffected, and appointments may still be made in the usual way by telephoning our Keighley office on 01535 605033.

Newsletter download

Our most recent newsletter, IZVG News 17, can be downloaded here.

IZVG LLP and Office Move

From 1 April 2011, International Zoo Veterinary Group has converted to a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and all business carried out by International Zoo Veterinary Group has been transferred to IZVG LLP.

This is purely a change in the way our practice is constituted and every other aspect of our service remains the same.

From Tuesday 26th April 2011, our Head Office has moved to:

IZVG LLP
Station House
Parkwood Street
Keighley
West Yorkshire
BD21 4NQ, UK.

We are pleased to be in lovely new premises. Our Pathology and Avian and Exotic Clinics have not moved, and remain in their previous locations.

Safe use of veterinary medicines

Any clients using veterinary medicines under our direction should be aware of new guidelines produced by the Health and Safety Executive under the Veterinary Medicines Directive. Please print off this leaflet, read and display in your vet rooms. It sets out the practical steps you should take to protect the health and safety of anyone who works with veterinary medicines, and to comply with COSHH regulations.

The leaflet is here: Veterinary Medicines.

New processes for submitting pathology samples from outside the UK

All samples from outside the UK submitted for pathology now require an animal health import licence or a letter of authorisation.

For EU samples of formalin-fixed invertebrates, fish and reptiles a generic letter of authorisation only is required. Samples from mammals and birds from any country or samples from reptiles, fish or inverts from outside the EU will require a specific licence. Please contact the office immediately at office@izvg.co.uk to discuss licence requirements before sending any pathology samples. We are in discussion with Animal Health about this matter, and will provide more specific guidance when we know more.

New packaging regulations for pathology samples

Please note that new packaging regulations now apply to diagnostic samples.

For more information, see the instructions page. It is important that you follow the packaging guidelines when packing your samples. Failure to do so could result in Royal Mail postal service, or courier companies, refusing to carry your samples.

Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

Recent outbreaks of the avian influenza virus have occured in the Far East and Eastern Europe, and isolated cases have occurred in the UK. Despite the infectious nature of this virus, the risk of introduction to wild, pet and farmed birds in the UK remains low. If you are concerned about the safety of your birds, we would recommend that you consult the DEFRA website, particularly the links below. Good biosecurity, and care of your birds are advisable at all times, whether a disease risk is present or not.

For more information, please consult the following documents:

If you find sick, or dead wild birds, DO NOT bring them into a veterinary surgery. Contact the DEFRA Helpline (08459 33 55 77) and choose the Avian Influenza option which will be open from 8:30am to 8:00pm. Alternately, follow the instructions on the wild bird information page.

Avian Influenza Vaccination for Zoos

Defra, in conjunction with the British Association of Zoos and Aquariums, have prepared a programme of vaccination against avian influenza. Zoos may now apply for vaccination. The forms and guidance have been published on the Defra website: AI Vaccination Forms and Guidance. The application form is here: application form, and the guidance notes are here: guidance notes. IZVG clients will need to enter the following address into the Veterinary Supplier box on the application form:
W & J Dunlop Ltd
Veterinary Wholesalers
College Mains Road
Dumfries
DG2 0NU
Telephone no: 01387 274700

BIAZA has published a news page on their website giving more information: BIAZA information on Avian Influenza and Precautions.

International Zoo Veterinary Group is a trading name of IZVG LLP, a limited liability partnership no. OC361054, registered England

IZVG supports Wildlife Vets International registered charity no. 1109670
Veterinary support for conservation worldwide
Make a donation