Luke Gamble, a University of Bristol alumni and founder of Worldwide Veterinary Services, visited Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences last Thursday [13 June] to promote the Mission Rabies project.  

The aim of Mission Rabies is to vaccinate two million dogs across India over the next two years to help prevent the spread of a disease estimated to kill one child every hour.  The project includes a surgical training programme for local vets as vaccinated dogs will also be neutered.  Central to the project is a state-of-the-art mobile veterinary centre, ‘The Truck’, which Bristol staff and students had an opportunity to look around last week. 

Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences is providing support for the programme by sending veterinary students out to India to work on the project, and the Bristol Vet students’ Centaur Society is also sponsoring a student. Other supporters include the British Small Animal Veterinary Association, whose president is Bristol’s Professor Mike Day, the Dogs Trust and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association.

To find out more visit the Worldwide Veterinary Services website.