Singapore Veterinary Association

27/03/2025

Sign up now for the SVA Annual Conference 2025!

Experience lectures delivered by practicing specialists in many different fields. Learn to find your inner clinician.

Send your paraprofessionals and support staff for CPE. Rarely seen program in Asia and at affordable price of $100 for 2 days.

Meet our exhibitors and have an amazing time connecting with your colleagues and friends.

Sign up today!

22/02/2025

SAVE THE DATE - 26th and 27th April 2025

25/10/2024

Come say hi and join us for a chat at booth F01 right at the entrance @ the Singapore vet show 2024!
Suntec city level 4
Get your freebies - stickers to make your water bottles stand out and the essential sticky notes to tell your colleagues how much you love them!

14/04/2024

07/01/2024

06/01/2024

Big shout out to everyone who contributed to a successful pilot!

12/11/2023

Many thanks to all the vets and vet nurses/technicians who helped in this meaningful initiative!

29/09/2023

Dr Chang Siow Foong is a local veterinarian making nationwide impact.

Kudos!

An unsung hero of the 2015 Group B Strep outbreak.

It was Dr Chang Siow Foong (an aquatic animal vet presently Group Director, Animal and Veterinary Service with NParks) who first warned me about the practice of fish substitution in the food industry at the beginning of the outbreak. This led to my asking the SGH ID physicians to ask patients about raw fish intake, which in turn led to raw fish porridge being implicated.

Even with the food history we still had to find GBS in fish to complete the loop. Cultures are hit-and-miss, and were initially negative.

It was Siow Foong again who recommended direct PCR from fish extract, and it was a direct MLST from DNA extracted from a fish I had purchased at a nearby wet market that provided the first confirmation that we were on the right track.

Such a pleasure to finally meet him in person after all these years!

You can read the story here.

https://10minus6cosm.tumblr.com/post/132590510556/serious-group-b-streptococcal-infection-in-adults

13/08/2023

Brachycephalic (short-skulled / flat-faced) dog breeds are very popular in Singapore.

The physical form of these animals is now so different from the ancestors of the ‘dog’ that brachycephalic animals can face a number of health problems which can impact their quality of life.

The SVA is concerned about the welfare of brachycephalic animals and it is clear that a concerted effort by all stakeholders is needed to improve the welfare of these animals.

Brachycephalic (short-skulled / flat-faced) dog breeds are very popular in Singapore.

31/07/2023

Standards for the breeding and sale of pet cats in Singapore are now aligned to conditions already in place for pet dogs, as part of efforts to ensure their health and welfare.

Standards for breeding, sale of pet cats aligned to those already in place for pet dogs. Read more at straitstimes.com.