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  • ZOOMIES 2026 · DAY 1

Zoomies · The Online Vet Conference 2026

Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis is the Most Common Indication for Antimicrobial Use in Australian Hospitals. Discuss.

  • July 13, 2026
  • 19:30 AEST

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About the webinar

The above statement is taken from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. Worryingly high rates of inappropriate use were reported. The picture is almost certainly similar in veterinary medicine. What can vets do to change the narrative? Which procedures can be safely performed without surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP)? What difference does SAP make on typical surgical site infection rates? What other measures can be adopted to prevent SSIs and reduce the need for SAP? The talk will try to answer these questions and also set targets for future SAP in practice.

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When is it?

Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
Time: 19:30 AEST [Sydney] | 21:30 NZT [Auckland]
Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
Time: 05:30 EDT
All Countries are Invited to Join this Webinar! To check the time in your zone/country, please click here.

Note: This webinar is being recorded. If you are unable to attend the live lecture, a link to the recording will be shared with you a few days following the lecture.

SPEAKER

Dr Fergus Allerton

BVSc, MVS (Murdoch), MVS (Melbourne), MVSc, MANZCVS, DACVAA

Fergus graduated from the University of Bristol and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Liege, Belgium. He is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Medicine. Fergus is actively involved in veterinary antibiotic stewardship and contributed to the development of the PROTECT ME guidelines. Within ENOVAT he is working on recommendations for antibiotic use for canine acute diarrhoea and surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. He is the current editor of Companion and the BSAVA formulary and is also a member of the WSAVA Therapeutics Committee and a clinical medicine lead for RCVS Knowledge.

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This webinar starts at 19:30 AEST
on July 13, 2026.

1 Structured CPD Point

  • This lecture is part of Zoomies:
    The Online Vet Conference 2026

THE ONLINE VET CONFERENCE

ZOOMIES 2026

Our 18th year of learning together
13–23 July 2026

The most loved event on the vet calendar.

The event our community looks forward to all year. 16 hours of structured CPD, with every session recorded so you can catch up anytime.

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Dr Philip Judge

BVSc MVS PG Cert Vet Clin Stud MACVSc (Vet. Emergency and Critical Care; Medicine of Dogs)
Philip graduated from Massey University in New Zealand in 1992, and spent 7 years in small animal practice before undertaking a 3-year residency in veterinary emergency and critical care at the University of Melbourne in 1998.

Following his residency, Philip worked for nearly 6 years at the Animal Emergency Centre in Melbourne, becoming the Senior Veterinarian at the centre in 2004. In 2006, Philip undertook a 1-year surgical externship before moving to Townsville to take up the position of Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care at JCU.
Philip is also co-founder, and director of Vet Education Pty Ltd (www.veteducation.com) – one of Australia’s leading providers of online continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary nurses.

Philip has published numerous manuals and guides concerning emergency medicine, including a CRI manual, haematology and biochemistry interpretation guide, emergency anaesthesia guide, and a ventilation therapy manual for small animals, in addition to being published in peer reviewed literature.

Philip’s key interests in veterinary science include respiratory emergencies, ventilation therapy, envenomations and toxicology.