Clinicians and students have been recognised for their work following a major veterinary conference.
The BSAVA has announced the winners of five clinical abstract awards for 2025 following presentations made at its annual congress in Manchester from 20 to 22 March.
The award winners and their topics were as follows:
Winners
- Medicine Award – Christine Pye. A longitudinal study of age, sex and health-related changes in physical biomarkers in pet cats
- Surgery Award – Alberto Sesana. Outcome of lip-to-lid subdermal plexus flaps to reconstruct defects of the lower eyelid in dogs and cats: 46 cases (2005-2022)
- Practitioner Award – Deborah Komianos. Reducing use of critically important antibiotics: a clinician-led improvement project across 21 UK small animal veterinary practices
- Poster Award – Rosemary Perkins. Swimming emissions from dogs treated with spot-on fipronil and imidacloprid: assessing the environmental risk
- Student Award – Claudia Franzini. Does the surgical method for management of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs affect clinical outcome?
‘Recognised’
Dr Pye, a research assistant at the University of Liverpool and clinical vet for the RSPCA, said: “Being recognised by BSAVA means so much to me, especially considering the quality of the Clinical Abstracts presented this year.
“Receiving this award has further inspired me to continue our research into improving the health and welfare of ageing cats.”
Mr Sesana described his recognition as a “humbling experience, while Dr Komianos said it was “an exciting moment in my career as a clinical lead”.
Dr Perkins said her award was “a wonderful surprise and a true honour,” while Miss Franzini, a final year RVC student, hailed her own recognition as a “fantastic confidence boost”.
Entries were particularly encouraged from clinicians working in general practice, but they were open to vets, nurses, researchers and practice managers from across the sector.
Researchers hoping to present their abstracts – which can focus on preliminary study results, case descriptions, or discussion of new techniques – at the 2026 BSAVA congress can submit their entries from 8 September. More information will be provided via the event’s website in due course.
Credit to: BSAVA reveals abstract awards winners (Vet Times)
Vet Times. (2025). BSAVA reveals abstract awards winners [online]
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