Bad science: exposing media scaremongering, quacks and charlatans at BVA Congress 2017
Dr Goldacre will outline the use of bad science in bamboozling the public, in this year's BVA Congress Wooldridge Memorial lecture (Photo: John King)
Best-selling author, broadcaster, campaigner and medical doctor Ben Goldacre, who topped the paperback non-fiction charts with ‘Bad Science', will share his specialism of unpicking scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists,...
Bad science: exposing media scaremongering, quacks and charlatans at BVA Congress 2017
New paper calls on profession to routinely prescribe analgesia alongside local anaesthesia to manage pain in calves
BVA and BCVA's position paper specifically recommends the use of NSAIDs in addition to local anaesthesia when conducting disbudding and castration in calves
Calves should be routinely provided with appropriate analgesia alongside local anaesthesia to effectively manage pain during necessary veterinary and husbandry procedures, stated the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the British Cattle...
Human, not animal, behaviour to take centre stage at BVA Congress 2017
BVA Congress sessions are open to all London Vet Show attendees
BVA Congress, held at London Vet Show (16 – 17 November), will this year look at new ways of tackling familiar issues with a focus on human behaviour, with Congress debates featuring a line-up of experts digging deep behind the headlines and sharing...
Human, not animal, behaviour to take centre stage at BVA Congress 2017
