LAHORE:The 3-day faculty development workshop titled ‘‘Knowing Cancer in Small Animal to Improve Their Quality of Life’ organized by the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in collaboration with Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC) concluded here on Sunday. Federal Joint Secretary Ministry of Inter-provincial Coordination Usman Sarosh and Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad co-chaired the concluding session of the workshop and distributed certificates among participants. Usman Sarosh lauded the UVAS and PVMC for organizing workshop on an informative topic which was the key way to learning innovative knowledge for young veterinarian. Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad urged the participants of training to learn about practical knowledge and techniques for the enhancement of professional competencies.
The objectives of training were to give acquaintance to the participants about the latest trends in animal cancers, update them on the latest molecular and histopathological tools for cancer pathogenesis and promote the awareness and importance of animal cancers in the society. During the three-day workshop national and international experts delivered lectures on the topics of cancer overview with regard to small animals, cancer pathogenesis and cell cycle, canine cancer classification and diagnostic techniques, cancer mitigation using local herbs, biopsy trimming/tumor margins, tissue preservation and processing, histopathology of normal tissues of companion animals in Pakistan, common cancers in companion animals and gene expression analysis of canine cancer, etc.
UVAS Pro VC/President (PVMC) Prof Dr Masood Rabbani, President Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association Dr Muhammad Arshad, Vice-President (PVMC) Dr Nazeer Hussain Kalhoro, Chairman Department of Pathology Prof Dr Asim Aslam, Director (IBBT) Prof Dr Waseem Shahzad, Associate Prof Dr Muhammad Waseem, Dr Sehrish Firyaland number of faculty members and professionals from different institutions were also present.