Royal Canin Health Nutrition for Cats and Dogs Veterinary Science Scholarship – 5th Year BVSc

This scholarship is funded by Royal Canin New Zealand. Royal Canin is a pet food company specialising in dog and cat food.

What you'll be studying

Eligibility criteria

Application checklist

Include the following with your application:

• a personal statement including your intended plans for work within the Veterinary industry after graduation, why you deserve to be awarded this scholarship and how you intend to use the scholarship funds
• your CV
• two written references
• a 1500-word essay on the following topic: Gastrointestinal patient presentations at the clinic can take up nearly 30% of your consulting time. While many of these cases will be straight forward, some could be of the most challenging that you could face during your clinical careers. Understanding the anatomy and physiology of our patients is critical for possible differentials, as is the best practice recommendations for approaching a diagnostic work up for these patients. ROYAL CANIN® offer a range of gastrointestinal diets, including those within the Gastrointestinal and Dermatological Diet Portfolios to support these cases which is important as diet modification is recommended as management in the short or long term. Write an evidence-based essay focused on 1-2 top Gastrointestinal presentations for a cat AND a dog including details of the pathophysiology of the disease, most recent best practice approach to diagnosis and management, as well as which ROYAL CANIN® diet would be recommended for that condition justifying the nutrients utilised in that diet to support the condition for either recovery or long-term patient success.

Selection considerations

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