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Increase in cases of Canine Cough in New Zealand (May 2022)

We have been informed that veterinarians are seeing an increase in cases of canine cough in dogs in certain parts of New Zealand. There is no evidence to suggest that this is in any way related to Covid-19 and it is not a zoonotic disease (it is not transmitted from animals to humans)

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Canine cough update

Over the last two weeks, we have been made aware of increased case numbers of canine cough in parts of the country. Reports have also detailed that a number of these cases have developed an acute bronchopneumonia.

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99th NZVA Annual General Meeting

Join our Team! NZVJ Administrator

Are you looking for a part-time role that can be worked from home? We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent writing skills and computer literacy to support the New Zealand Veterinary Journal (NZVJ) as NZVJ Administrator.

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Changes to NZ immigration

As part of the staged border reopening, the criteria for long term critical workers has been changed.

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Some useful COVID-19 documents

These useful documents outline how a few relevant systems work at Phase Two of the Red Light Setting of the COVID-19 Protection Framework.

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Government confirms critical worker scheme

A new close contact exemption scheme will keep critical supply chains running through Omicron.

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Reopening of the New Zealand border

We were pleased to hear the announcement from the Government detailing the plan to reopen New Zealand’s border. We are confident that these changes will streamline the pathway for international veterinarians to enter and join the workforce, helping to provide some respite from the current veterinary shortage clinics in New Zealand are facing.

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Veterinary clinics and the three-phase Omicron plan

The three-phase plan for the Omicron outbreak aims to slow down and limit the spread of an outbreak. As the country moves through the phases both testing and isolation approaches will change in response.

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