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Proceedings of the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress & 8th European Symposium of Porcine Health Management
Pat Kirwan
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As President of this unique collaborative Pig Conference I want to take this opportunity to welcome you, the delegates, to our special and historic event in Dublin. I hope that your attendance in Dublin will forever be remembered with a smile! In the weeks before we qualified as Veterinary Surgeons in 1989 from University College Dublin we were reminded by an elderly colleague of the verb “to vet” and his interpretation of it as being “to strenuously test / examine and give your seal of approval to”. He made the clear distinction between this verb and others associated with the other professions like “to doctor” meaning” to alter or amend”, “to nurse” meaning “to care and / or coax along” and “to solicit” meaning………… We as veterinary surgeons / veterinary practitioners / veterinarians are uniquely placed to apply the seal of approval to our endeavours within the pig industry that we serve. This “vetting” is possible through the practical translation of science that we have learned into onfarm meaningful solutions ...
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President IPVS 2016
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