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This award is presented to the first named author of the most valuable peer-reviewed research paper published following a BSAVA PetSavers grant, in the previous 12 months. The BSAVA PetSavers Management Committee votes on this and determines the most valuable research with respect to veterinary practice. Winners of this award receive prize money of £1000, two BSAVA manuals of their choice and a certificate. The awards are presented at BSAVA Congress.
2025 Winner – Sam Khan BVetMed PhD MRCVS
Sam Khan is the recipient of this year’s award in recognition of his research paper; Recovery of ambulation in small, nonbrachycephalic dogs after conservative management of acute thoracolumbar disk extrusion. Published in the July 2024 issue of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. This paper was thought to provide highly relevant prognostic information for clinicians, and may result in fewer dogs being euthanised when presenting with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation where referral and surgical treatment is less of an option, for example in the charity sector
Sam graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2017, and during a rotating small animal internship at the Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital, he developed an interest in neurology and canine spinal cord injury which led to undertaking a PhD focusing on conservative management of canine disc extrusions, which he completed in 2023.