Prime Health Vets support VIVA

Prime Health Vets was set up in early 2013 by ten veterinary practices in Munster to work together to benefit their farmer clients and promote herd health.One of their initiatives is to organise practical training days and seminars where experts in a specific topic share their knowledge with their farmer clients. At one of their recent seminars in Fermoy Mart on dairy fertility all the admission fees were donated to VIVA. This raised a total of €2,500 for our overseas projects.

VIVA would like to thank their chairman, Paul Redmond and all the participating practices for their generous support.

Paul Redmond of Prime Health Vets (left) presents a cheque to Mike Burke (VIVA)

Mike O'Leary Travel Bursary Lecture

The 9th winner of the Mike O'Leary Trust, Sarah Irwin, delivered a lecture on her experiences in Uganda in the Veterinary College in UCD recently. Sarah, a 4th year veterinary student, spent three weeks on VIVA's animal traction project in Uganda last summer. This travel bursary is funded by the Mike O'Leary Trust which was set up to commemorate the memory of Mike O'Leary, a Kerry veterinary surgeon who died tragically in 2004. Each year, a veterinary student is funded to spend three weeks on a VIVA overseas project.

You can read Sarah's report on her trip on the link below

Sarah Irwin's report