Career Week Talk 1 FPV UPM

Career week in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

 Day 1

Dr. Paul Chelliah a/l Suppiah

Dr. Ardhy Adnan and Dr. Basharudin Mohd Shariff

The first day for the career week we were introduced to 3 speakers from Department of Veterinary Service (DVS), Veterinary Association Malaysia (VAM) and poultry industry. They are all very experienced speakers which tell us about what their job scope as a Vet and how was their life when they were the vet students back then. Their stories gave me the motivation to become a successful Vet in near future.

1.    Name of speaker: Dr. Paul Chelliah a/l Suppiah

Job Description: Small Animals Clinician located in Seremban

•  Handling, examining and treating all species of animals
•  Meeting and consulting with the owners and carers of various animals
• Carrying out tests such as x-rays, blood samples and ultrasound scans
•  Immunising animals against different types of disease
• Euthanising old and terminally ill animals
•  Performing surgery, including managing anaesthesia
•  Working on out-of-hours emergency cases when on-call
•  Providing suitable paperwork for animals travelling abroad, as well as inserting identification microchips

2.    Name of speaker: Dr. Ardhy Adnan

Job Description:  Veterinary Inspector

• Inspects animals for presence of disease in the farm
• Reports existence of disease conditions
• Advises livestock owners of economic aspects of disease eradication and advises consumers of public health implications of diseases transmissible from animals to humans
• May institute and enforce quarantine or other regulations governing import, export, and interstate movement of livestock

3.    Name of speaker: Dr. Basharudin Mohd Shariff

Job Description: Technical Service Consultant in poultry farm

• Ensures the safety and efficiency of poultry farm operations
• Enforcing workplace sanitation practices to prevent the spread of disease.
• Maintaining safe working practices
• Managing and motivating a team
• Ensuring welfare of livestock
• Ventilation management
• Feed management 
•  Vaccinations
• Production performance
• Record keeping