West Indies Veterinary Conference

The deadline to complete the post-WIVC conference survey to get your CE credits is this Wednesday, Nov. 30th! Plus if you complete the survey you’ll get this awesome cooler bag (our original swag bag!) mailed directly to your house! Check your email for your own personalized survey link, and email [email protected] if you need it resent.

The post-conference survey has been emailed out. Thank you to those who already submitted - this feedback is essential to our planning on future conferences. And remember - to get your CE credit, you will need to complete the survey and indicate which CE you attended. Safe travels home everyone! We miss you already!

We’re on a boat! The best way to end conference week.

This is how we end our conferences, how about you?

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Even with all the weather challenges, it’s been a fabulous week!

We love our Great Dane sponsor, Banfield, and check out these amazing shirts they made! You can pick one up at their exhibit table.

Nothing better than celebrating the end of day 2 with an awesome RUSVM alumni reception fundraiser at Sprat Net! We love our Rossies! (Photo credit: Jon-Paul Carew)

This is what happens when you bring this many vets together - it rains cats and dogs! Thanks for brightening up our day and making it a great conference with your sunny personalities! ☀️

A fun and worthwhile opportunity if you’re in still in town Nov. 11!

We will be using the conference phone app, available for iPhone and Android, for all communications related to the conference. The app itself is called Cvent Events - once you download it, search within the app for West Indies Veterinary Conference and it will come up. We'll be emailing you every day this week with info on the conference and how to use the app, so be on the lookout!

One week from today our committee will be hard at work putting conference swag bags together and preparing for registration! What are you most excited about for WIVC 2022? Rumor has it there may be some Killer Bees in your future…

Today we highlight our last (but certainly not least) upper level sponsor, Southern Veterinary Partners!

Based in Birmingham, Southern Veterinary Partners (SVP) is a veterinarian owned and operated network of animal hospitals throughout the country. Our mission is to be a community of veterinary teams providing personalized care with exceptional hospitality.

SVP provides centralized support including, HR, finance, inventory management, and enhanced benefits to your team members. By leveraging our infrastructure, SVP allows the hospitals in our network to focus on medicine and their patients to facilitate best-in-class veterinary services and exceptional client experiences.

The hospitals retain their names, culture, and local commitment to their communities as well as veterinarians and staff that provide their clients with high-quality veterinary care. Hospitals can also leverage SVP's growth resources, including marketing, recruiting, purchasing, a best-in-class business intelligence team, and regional operator support.

With its remarkable growth, Southern Veterinary Partners employs over 5,000 employees nationwide to date. The organization’s success has not gone unnoticed, landing them well-deserved industry accolades early on, most notably Inc. 5000’s List of "Fastest Growing Companies in America" (2018, 2019, and 2020) and the Birmingham Business Journal's "FastTrack 30" of the Fastest Growing Companies in Birmingham (2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020). For more information, please visit https://www.southernvetpartnersllc.com/.

Today's WIVC Sponsor highlight is Rarebreed Veterinary Partners!

After decades spent entrusting our pets to excellent veterinary healthcare teams, we saw the daily struggles that staff endured. From long hours to being underpaid and undervalued, the industry challenges were causing fatigue and early burnout. There weren’t enough hours in a day to focus on clients, patients, and their business. So, with the support of countless mentors, advisors, friends, and industry contacts, Rarebreed was founded in 2018 in Portland, Maine. Our goal? To reimagine the veterinary experience.

Today, our goal remains the same. We focus on building trusted, lasting relationships with our partners and teams. And we continue to create a broad network of practices that values healthcare teams, provides compassionate care, and offers the innovation and tools necessary for them to grow – and most important, be happy. We believe that if we treat healthcare teams as our most important priority, they will thrive at work and focus on what they love doing most – caring for pets and their owners. For more information, visit https://rarebreedvet.com/.

Today's WIVC Sponsor highlight is PromoVet, which was founded by our very own Rossie, Mickey Axelband!

PromoVet is a licensed wholesale pharmaceutical distributor and sells exclusively to licensed veterinarians. We understand the competitive challenges facing independent veterinarians in today’s market so we have created an e-commerce platform that optimizes the supply chain and passes those savings on to our clinics, with every order. Our products are the highest quality available and are the same products available to all veterinary hospitals. We source from leading drug manufacturers and distributors to deliver all our products in their original manufacturer packaging, always at a discount - and Rossies get a special discount! For more info, visit https://promovet.vet/.

Today's WIVC Sponsor highlight is the O'Brien Veterinary Group!

The O'Brien Veterinary Group is a family-run, family-owned business committed to multi-generation ownership and a legacy of doing what's right. Founders Greg and Emily O'Brien had an idea that letting veterinarians do what they do best is the best way to run a veterinary practice. Their philosophy: The O’Brien Group manages the back-end details, so the team at each practice can choose what’s best for pets, pet-owners, and the communities the practices are a part of. For more information, visit https://obrienveterinarygroup.com/

23 days and counting until WIVC!! And this year we have a WIVC phone app - details will be sent to your email with how to access it in the next two weeks!

Today we will be featuring WIVC Sponsor, Nutramax!

Since 1992, Nutramax Laboratories has been developing products for people and their pets. Located in Lancaster, South Carolina, Nutramax Laboratories Veterinary Sciences, Inc. researches and develops high quality products to support animal health. Nutramax Laboratories Consumer Care, Inc., located in Edgewood, Maryland, focuses on researching and developing products to promote consumer health. Nutramax Manufacturing, Inc. manufactures products in both the South Carolina and Maryland locations. For more information, visit https://www.nutramaxlabs.com/.

Nutramax Laboratories, Inc. Nutramax Laboratories has been providing #1 recommended supplements for people and their pets for over a quarter-century.

Today's sponsor highlight is Zoetis!

Zoetis is the world’s leading animal health company. Our name comes from “Zoe,” the Greek word for life. The use of science to sustain life is at the foundation of everything we do. How can science create longer, more fulfilling lives for pets? Better life-saving treatments for veterinarians to use? More sustainable livelihoods for ranchers and livestock farmers, with safer food for the people they serve?

We answer all of these questions through a mixture of innovation and compassion, leaning on cutting-edge technologies and deep-seated connections to our communities to create advancements in animal health vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and technologies. We ensure science is always at the center of our journey forward. For more information, visit https://www.zoetis.com/our-company/our-story/about-us.

Today we'll be highlighting WIVC Sponsor, Veterinary United!

At Veterinary United, we focus on what’s best for you,
not our bottom line. We are healers first and foremost. As a vet-owned and vet-centric company, we are committed to empowering you to deliver the best care for your patients by providing the support and resources you need to grow your practice and team. For more information, visit https://veterinaryunited.com/

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: After much consideration and input from various stakeholders, including the RUSVM alumni community, the West Indies Veterinary Conference planning committee has made the decision to hold the West Indies Veterinary Conference every other year, versus every year as in the past (pre Covid-19). Holding the conference every other year will ensure that the planning committee has time to create the best conference possible, allowing additional coordination time for speakers, social events, etc. Thus, after this year’s conference in November, we look forward to presenting another dynamic conference in fall 2024!

Today's sponsor highlight is Bond Vet!

At Bond Vet, we’re on a mission to strengthen the human-animal bond through better pet care, and we started with a new approach: urgent care.

Because much like humans, pets often show symptoms for which an ER visit is not necessary, but a primary care clinic may not be able to make time for. We felt there should be a comforting, transparent, and thorough place for pet parents to get answers, quickly.

Since we opened in June 2019 in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, we’ve treated tens of thousands of cats and dogs. And as we’ve grown, we’ve expanded our services into those of a full-service veterinary clinic, offering our trademark urgent care, as well as routine care, like wellness exams, vaccines and spay/neuter, as well as surgeries, dental cleanings, and international health certificates.

This range not only benefits our clients — who can almost always get a same-day appointment when needed — but also our medical team, for whom a broad case mix provides opportunities to learn, grow and practice at the top of their license. Diverse cases keep the team engaged and deepens their passion for veterinary medicine.

And that’s what we’re all about — at our core, Bond is focused on the people. That might sound unexpected for a vet clinic, but it’s true. We developed Bond to provide both sustainable veterinary careers and outstanding medical care. That’s a win for everyone because caring for our team helps them care for your pets. And with current trends in pet ownership, there are a lot more pets out there to care for! https://bondvet.com/

Today we are highlighting WIVC Sponsor BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital!

BluePearl Specialty and Emergency Pet Hospital grew from the dreams of numerous veterinarians who believed pets should have access to cutting-edge healthcare. Our veterinarians use innovative procedures, high-tech equipment and the latest treatment methods to provide comprehensive medical care to pets. We combine this expertise with a love for animals and the belief that kindness is the foundation of veterinary medicine. For more information, visit https://bluepearlvet.com/

Today we're highlighting WIVC Sponsor, Alliance Animal Health, where you can experience the benefit of ownership without the burdens. Alliance Animal Health has a simple mission: to serve those who love pets. That’s you. You choose what’s best for the care of your patients, we’ll customize the support and tailor our business solutions based on your goals, all while maintaining your practice’s culture you worked so hard to build. For more information, visit https://allianceanimal.com/.

Today we're highlighting WIVC Sponsor, VCA Animal Hospitals!

Founded in 1987, VCA is a family of hometown animal hospitals committed to making a positive impact for pets, people, and our communities. We care about the communities we serve and every pet within them, not just those we see in our hospitals. Every hospital carries a sense of pride for the legacy of excellence they’ve built and the stories of service that are deeply connected to their local communities. VCA joined the Mars family in 2017. Together, we are writing a powerful story about what’s next in veterinary care. For more information, visit https://vcahospitals.com/.

Today we're highlighting WIVC sponsor Nave Veterinary Group, who have been providing veterinary care in Southern Nevada since 1971, helping both Nevada pets and their owners! To learn more, visit https://navegrouplv.com/about-us/.

Today we're highlighting WIVC sponsor, Vet Strategy!

VetStrategy is the leading veterinary provider in Canada, with an expansive network of clinics and hospitals coast-to-coast. Veterinary teams are the foundation of our community. Taking care of them means providing more support and resources so they can focus on practising quality medicine their way.

Wherever you are in your career journey, we have a place for you. Ready to start the conversation? Click to learn more!
https://www.vetstrategy.com/international-vet-recruitment/

We're super excited to have Arthrex sponsoring our opening lecture at the 2022 WIVC conference! We hope you'll join us.

Today we're highlighting WIVC sponsor, Ready, Vet, Go!

Ready, Vet, Go is a one-of-a-kind online veterinary mentorship program designed to help new veterinarians feel more confident, capable, and empowered. With individualized support, a caring community, and six carefully crafted learning modules, Ready, Vet, Go equips new and soon-to-be grads with the practical skills to communicate and build trust with clients, manage time effectively, and contribute positively to practice culture and bottom-line.

Ready, Vet, Go mentorship lets you bypass the stressful, awkward, and messy parts of your first year as a veterinarian while building the foundation for a long, successful, and sustainable career. (BONUS: Ready, Vet, Go is also RACE-approved for 12 CE credits!)

So there’s only one question…are you Ready? Visit our booth at !

Ready, Vet, Go — Veterinary mentorship, elevated. https://readyvetgo.co/