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    Virbac launches antimicrobial-free treatment for canine otitis externa

    Virbac has launched Cortotic, a corticosteroid-only treatment for the clinical signs associated with canine otitis externa, without an antimicrobial. Cortotic contains hydrocortisone aceponate (HCA), a diester glucocorticosteroid to reduce inflammation...
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    Animalcare offers free Oralade waiting room posters

    Animalcare has published two free waiting room posters with hydration charts for cats and dogs. The posters are designed to educate clients about what their pet should be drinking on a daily basis, according to their weight. The company has also...
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    CVS launches app for vet locums to book shifts

    CVS is launching an app which will allow veterinary locums to see available shifts at its practices, negotiate rates, book shifts, message practices and submit invoices for payment. The new app has been specifically developed for CVS, is unique to...
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    Cevac Chlamydia supplies dried up till October at least

    Ceva Animal Health has announced its EAE (enzootic abortion of ewes) vaccine, Cevac Chlamydia, will not be available as anticipated in September for the main 2024 vaccination season. There had already been a gap in supply of the vaccine between June...
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    North Somerset vet found not guilty of serious professional misconduct

    Somerset-based Nikolay Kirilov Radev MRCVS has been found not guilty of serious professional conduct by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee. Dr Radev faced three charges concerning his treatment of an American Bulldog in 2021. The first charge, which...
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    Dog's Trust research reveals we may love our dogs too much

    Dog's Trust has conducted a survey of dog owners in which 89% said that losing a dog is like losing a close family member. The survey of 2067 past or present adult dog owners, of which 1,170 had experienced the loss of a dog, also found that about...
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    Probiotic use use limited by a lack of dog owner awareness

    Vita Animal Health has shared the results of a survey it commissioned which has found that 68% of dog owners either ‘don’t know’ or are ‘not sure’ about how pre and probiotics can support gastrointestinal upset. In the online survey of 392 dog owners...
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    SPVS launches Congress 2025

    SPVS has announced that its 2025 Congress, aimed at the whole practice team, will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from Thursday 30th January to Saturday 1st February 2025. The opening speaker will be Cassie Leonard (pictured), engineer...
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    New support for contextualised care from RCVS Knowledge

    RCVS Knowledge has produced a series of free contextualised care discussion guides designed to help communication between veterinary professionals and clients. The guides have been developed for vet teams to share with their clients and work through...
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    New formulation of Virbac's Veterinary HPM diet promises enhanced oral care for small and toy breeds

    Virbac has launched an improved formulation of Veterinary HPM Small & Toy which, the company says, offers both high quality nutrition and advanced oral care in a single product. Virbac highlights research which shows that 90% of all dogs over one year...
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    Vet practice audit reduces medication errors by 100%

    A small animal practice in Cornwall has found that a clinical audit of its prescribing and dispensing errors resulted in 100% fewer errors and more than 50% fewer near misses. Rosemullion Veterinary Practice is a three-site small animal practice owned...
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    SPVS to host Employee Ownership Trust webinar

    SPVS is hosting a CPD webinar exploring Employee Ownership Trusts, a business model which transfers ownership of a company to its employees, on Tuesday 1st October 2024 at 7:30pm. The session is designed for business owners who are considering succession...
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    New equine infectious disease resources for vets

    BEVA has launched a collection of resources for vets about equine infectious diseases. The new resources include: A tool to check endemic and exotic infectious differentials for various presenting signs Clinical pathway tools for cases presenting...
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    Vetlife wins award for neurodiversity work

    Vetlife has won The Association of Charitable Organisations (ACO) Campaign of the Year Award 2024 for its work raising awareness about neurodiversity within the veterinary profession. Vetlife's campaign included talks at various veterinary events,...
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    You're nicked: new project to identify canine livestock killers

    A team at Liverpool John Moores University has developed Early Evidence Kits to help with the collection of dog DNA from attacked livestock so that irresponsible dog owners can be held accountable. According to the NFU, last year farm animals worth...
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    Ceva's new bluetongue vaccine to be available from mid-October

    Ceva Animal Health has announced that Bluevac-3, its new bluetongue (BTV-3) vaccine, will be available from mid-October. Bluevac-3 is an inactivated injectable vaccine indicated for the active immunisation against BTV-3 for use in sheep and cattle...
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    Virbac announces arrival of bluetongue vaccine

    Virbac has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Syvazul BTV3, a bluetongue vaccine made by Spanish pharmaceutical company, Syva, the first doses of which have already arrived in the UK. The announcement came hot on the heels of announcements...
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    New product for cats and dogs with fluid retention

    Dechra has launched Furosoral for the initial treatment or maintenance therapy of conditions associated with fluid build-up in cats and dogs. Furosoral contains furosemide and is indicated for the treatment of hydrothorax, hydropericardium, ascites...
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    Canine cardiology webinar coming up in November

    Ceva Animal Health is hosting a free two-hour canine cardiology webinar about myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) on Thursday 14th November 2024 at 7:00pm. The webinar will cover the entire disease process of MMVD in dogs from pathology to current...
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    Vet nurse's audit reveals medetomidine instead of ACP reduces perioperative hypotension

    Francesca Beorby, Head Veterinary Nurse at Putlands Veterinary Centre, has performed a clinical audit which has revealed that neutering patients premedicated with medetomidine and methadone were significantly less likely to become hypotensive than when...
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    Waltham-funded study finds more 'love hormone' in children with dogs

    A study by Gnanadesikan et al, supported by the Waltham Petcare Science Institute and published in Psychoneuroendocrinology has found higher levels of the so-called 'love hormone', oxytocin, in children after they interacted with dogs. In the study...
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    New practice support materials encourage owners to take a risk-based approach to parasites

    Krka has launched 'Ears to Tail', a range of veterinary practice resources designed to encourage a responsible, risk-based approach to the use of parasiticides. The materials include pet owner guides, reception posters and slides to display on waiting...
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    Zoetis to launch the first AI-powered cartridge-based haematology analyser at London Vet Show

    Zoetis is going to preview its new cartridge-based point-of-care haematology analyser, Vetscan OptiCell, at the London Vet Show (Stand N50, London Excel, 14th/15th November). Zoetis says the Vetscan OptiCell represents a significant leap forward in...
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    Nominations now open for RCVS Honours and Awards 2025

    The RCVS is inviting nominations for its 2025 Honours & Awards, to recognise veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople, both in the UK and overseas, who are doing their utmost for animal health and welfare, the professions and society at large...
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    New menopause films for veterinary teams

    WellVet has published a series of films about the menopause which aim to help reduce the impact of physical and psychological symptoms associated with perimenopause for veterinary team members. The films, which include information and practical advice...