Association of Companion Animal Practitioners of Sri Lanka

13/05/2026

🎉 Proud Moment for ACAPSL & Sri Lankan Veterinary Profession 🇱🇰

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Chathura Priyadarshana, Current Education Officer of ACAPSL, has been appointed as a Committee Member of the Membership and Nominations Committee (MNC) of the WSAVA representing Asia. 🌏

This prestigious appointment is a recognition of his dedication, leadership, and valuable contributions to the veterinary profession both locally and internationally.

We warmly congratulate Dr. Chathura Priyadarshana on this remarkable accomplishment and wish him every success as he takes on this important international responsibility representing Asia and Sri Lanka on the global stage 🇱🇰✨

“A milestone. A privilege. A commitment to the profession 🫡”

28/04/2026

සෑම සුරතලෙකුටම කතාවක් ඇත. සෑම පශු වෛද්‍යවරයෙකුටම මතකයක් ඇත. 🩺🐾

PETEXPO 2026 මහා වෙලඳ සහ අධ්‍යාපනික ප්‍රදර්ශනයට සමගාමීව පවත්වනු ලබන විවෘත කෙටි චිත්‍රපට තරගාවලිය
සඳහා අයදුම් පත් බාරගැනීම දැන් ඇරඹී ඇත..

චිත්‍රපට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමේ නිර්ණායක

1. ආකෘතිය- චිත්‍රපට MP4 ආකෘතියෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුය. H.264 codec එක නිර්දේශ කෙරේ.
වෘත්තිමය කැමරා මෙන්ම, ජංගම දුරකථන මඟින් පටිගත කල නිර්මාණ ද බාරගනු ලැබේ.

2. කාල සීමාව- චිත්‍රපටයේ උපරිම කාලය, Credits ඇතුළුව විනාඩි 20කට වඩා නොවිය යුතුය.

3. භාෂාව- ඉංග්‍රීසි, සිංහල, දෙමළ

4. උපසිරැසි- ඉංග්‍රීසි හෝ සිංහල නොවන චිත්‍රපට සඳහා ඉංග්‍රීසි උපසිරැසි අනිවාර්යය වේ. උපසිරැසි පැහැදිලිව හා නිවැරදිව සමමුහුර්ත කර තිබිය යුතුය.

5. රභේදය- ප්‍රබන්ධ (Fiction)

6. විභේදනය- අවම විභේදනය 1080p (Full HD) විය යුතුය. 2K/4K වැනි ඉහළ විභේදන ද පිළිගනු ලැබේ.

7. දර්ශන අනුපාතය- කැමති දර්ශන අනුපාතය 16:9 වේ. කලාත්මකව සාධාරණීකරණය කරන්නේ නම් වෙනත් අනුපාත ද පිළිගනු ලැබේ.

8. ශබ්දය- පැහැදිලි ශබ්දයක් තිබීම අනිවාර්යය වේ.


10. මුල් නිර්මාණ විය යුතුය- සියලුම චිත්‍රපට මුල් නිර්මාණ විය යුතුය. කතුහිමිකම් සහිත ද්‍රව්‍යයක් ඇතුළත් නම් ඒ සඳහා නිසි අවසරය ලබාගෙන තිබිය යුතුය.

11. අයදුම් කරන ආකාරය- අයදුම්පත් අපගේ වෙබ් අඩවියෙන් බාගත කළ හැක. සම්පූර්ණ කරන ලද අයදුම්පත් [email protected] වෙත යැවිය යුතුය.

12. බහු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම්- චිත්‍රපට නිර්මාපකයෙකුට චිත්‍රපට එකකට වඩා ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකි නමුත්, එක් එක් නිර්මාණය වෙන වෙනම ඉදිරිපත් කළ යුතුය.

13. අවසාන දිනය- සියලුම අයඳුම්පත් 2026 ජූනි 01 වන දින හෝ ඊට පෙර ලැබිය යුතුය.
සියලුම ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් ඔබේ email වෙත එවනු ලබන උපදෙස් වලට අනුව 2026 ජූලි 25 හෝ ඊට පෙර උඩුගත කල යුතුය.

14. තෝරාගැනීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය- සියලුම චිත්‍රපට තේරීම් කමිටුවක් මගින් සමාලෝචනය කෙරේ. තෝරාගත් චිත්‍රපට උළෙලේදී තිරගත කෙරේ. තේරීම් මණ්ඩලයේ තීරණය අවසාන වන අතර එයට යටත් විය යුතුය.

තරඟාවලියට අදාල සියලුම නිර්ණායක සහ අදාල මාතෘකා අයදුම්පත්‍රයෙහි පැහඇදිලිව සටහන් කර ඇති අතර, අයදුම්පත්‍ර පිරවීමට පෙර හොඳින් කියවන්න.

අයදුම් පත බාගත කර ගැනීම සඳහා පිවිසෙන්න:
https://petexpo.lk/downloads/short_film_competition_application.docx

11/04/2026

The Potential of the Holistic System of Ayurveda in Veterinary Practice
Time: Apr 20, 2026 07:30 PM Colombo
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89207674076?pwd=oWWMEYr5quHdocpnr3oC4pAYXxNZ6n.1

Meeting ID: 892 0767 4076
Passcode: 600900
The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) – Section A: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Science, in collaboration with ACAPSL, is pleased to invite you to an upcoming webinar titled “The Potential of the Holistic System of Ayurveda in Veterinary Practice.”

This insightful session will be delivered by Dr. Theresa Sita Rosenberg, an expert in Ayurvedic animal health and natural medicine. The webinar will explore the integration of ancient Ayurvedic principles into modern veterinary practice, highlighting holistic approaches to improving animal health and wellbeing.

We believe this session will be highly beneficial for veterinary professionals, researchers, students, and anyone interested in integrative and holistic animal healthcare.

Please find the event details in the attached flyer. We warmly encourage your participation and kindly request you to share this invitation with interested colleagues.

We look forward to your participation.

11/04/2026

Happy International Pet Day!🐾

Today, we celebrate the incredible bond between humans and animals. The love, loyalty, and joy our patients bring into everyday lives.

As veterinarians, we are privileged to not only care for animals but also to support the deep connections they share with their families.☺️

Here’s to all the pets who make our world brighter and to all of you who work tirelessly to keep them healthy and happy. 💙🐶🐱🐰🐧

05/04/2026

Happy Easter to our wonderful veterinary family!🐣🐰

Wishing you all a joyful and peaceful season filled with hope, renewal, and happiness.

May you and your furry patients have a beautiful Easter! 💛🧺

31/03/2026

Happening Today !!!

PET EXPO 2026 – Practitioners Launch

Dear Doctors,

You are warmly invited to the Practitioners Launch of PET EXPO 2026 Sri Lanka’s first veterinarian-led national pet exhibition and Vet Congress.

Date: 2026 March 31st
Time: 10.00pm
Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89212211456?pwd=QGWVP8bQhrcGHI2d18sDFH6eimLOTG.1

Meeting ID: 892 1221 1456
Passcode: 927089

This marks the beginning of a historic initiative by the veterinary community, bringing together clinicians, academics, industry professionals, and pet care stakeholders under one platform.

Your participation will be highly valuable as we take the first step towards making this national event a success ❤️

29/03/2026

PET EXPO 2026 – Practitioners Launch

Dear Doctors,

You are warmly invited to the Practitioners Launch of PET EXPO 2026 Sri Lanka’s first veterinarian-led national pet exhibition and Vet Congress.

Date: 2026 March 31st
Time: 10.00pm
Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89212211456?pwd=QGWVP8bQhrcGHI2d18sDFH6eimLOTG.1

Meeting ID: 892 1221 1456
Passcode: 927089

This marks the beginning of a historic initiative by the veterinary community, bringing together clinicians, academics, industry professionals, and pet care stakeholders under one platform.

Your participation will be highly valuable as we take the first step towards making this national event a success ❤️

21/03/2026

ACAPSL Surgery Training Program – Rabies-Free Sri Lanka🇱🇰

ACAPSL in collaboration with Dogstar Foundation continues its successful Surgery Training Program aimed at enhancing practical surgical skills in veterinarians.

Program Highlights:
• 49+ veterinarians successfully trained by Feb 2026
• Limited intake – Only 100 participants

Program Structure:
• Online learning followed by hands-on practical training
• Only 5 veterinarians per month for focused training

Clinical Training:
• 2 Days – Cat Clinic
• 2 Days – Dog Clinic

Flexible training dates
Personalized training approach

Be part of the mission towards a Rabies-Free Sri Lanka!

Register via the provided link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHPH-vYh7IJ2oddl4lqnwY0fP0gP4EAvpCW89PzbMVr_lbWQ/viewform?usp=send_form

📞 For inquiries:
Dr. Nuwan Wickramasinghe
+94 77 772 1460

21/03/2026

Wishing all our members a blessed Ramadan 🌙✨
May this holy month bring peace, happiness, and countless blessings to you and your loved ones 🤍💛

16/03/2026

March ACAPSL Lecture Series!

11/03/2026

PET EXPO 2026 – Official Launch Kandy

The PET EXPO 2026 launch meeting was successfully held at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Peradeniya, with the participation of the Dean, academic staff members, representatives from VAAP, SLVC, DAPH, the Sri Lanka Police Kennel Division and EXCO members.

This initiative marks a historic milestone, as PET EXPO 2026 will be the first ever veterinarian-led national pet exhibition in Sri Lanka, bringing together the entire pet care industry under one platform.

During the session, the concept, objectives, and national importance of PET EXPO 2026 were presented. The Dean and the faculty members expressed their full support for the initiative and confirmed their willingness to actively collaborate in making the event a success.

Several faculty based stalls were proposed for the exhibition, including stalls representing the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH), Centre for Aquatic Animal Disease Diagnosis and Research (CAADDR), and Veterinary Public Health, which will showcase the academic, research, clinical, and public health contributions of the veterinary profession to the general public.

The Sri Lanka Police Kennel Division also expressed strong interest in participating and being actively involved in the event.

Representatives from the faculty, Veterinary Alumni Association of Peradeniya (VAAP), Department of Animal Production and Health (DAPH), and the Sri Lanka Veterinary Council (SLVC) highly appreciated this initiative, recognizing its potential to strengthen the pet care industry while enhancing public awareness of the veterinary profession.

The program concluded with a panel discussion, where participants actively shared valuable ideas, suggestions, and strategies to further strengthen the planning and ex*****on of PET EXPO 2026.

Overall, the launch meeting marked the beginning of a truly historic journey. 🙌🏻✨