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    MSD launches Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy campaign materials

    MSD Animal Health's equine division has launched a new series of materials to support its Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Campaign. For veterinary practices, there's a Vet Reception Pack designed to help receptionists educate owners why they should...
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    AHT recruiting for Equine Grass Sickness trial

    The Animal Health Trust is appealing to veterinary surgeons and nurses to encourage clients who keep their horses on premises that have been affected by Equine Grass Sickness to sign up to the second year of its nationwide EGS vaccine trial. Equine...
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    RCVS opens final Practice Standards Scheme consultation

    The RCVS has announced the launch of its final consultation in the latest review of the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS), and is seeking feedback on the proposed detail of the revised Scheme. The College says that in particular, it needs feedback about...
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    Vets invited to nominate a nurse for an award

    The RCVS is encouraging vets to nominate members of their nursing team for this year's VN Golden Jubilee Award, which recognises exceptional contribution to veterinary nursing. The award was launched in 2011 to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the...
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    Cat charity launches vet clinic photo competition

    International Cat Care has launched a competition in which veterinary practice staff are invited to take a 'selfie' of themselves with their favourite cat and upload it to the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) Facebook page ( www.facebook...
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    Former vet from Kent refused restoration to the Register

    Warwick Seymour-Hamilton, a former veterinary surgeon who practised in Kent, has had his third application for restoration to the Register refused by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee this week. Mr Seymour-Hamilton was struck off in 1994 following an...
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    Equilis Prequenza advert found in breach of NOAH Code

    The National Office of Animal Health Code of Practice Committee has found MSD Animal Health in breach of the NOAH Code on promotion for its advertisment for Equilis Prequenza. The advert appeared in three separate issues of Veterinary Times (15, 22...
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    Axiom launches new pet allergy test

    Axiom Laboratories has launched MiPetAllergy, a pet allergy test which the company says is not affected by medication and which requires no withdrawal period prior to testing. Axiom developed the MiPetAllergy in partnership with ALK, which makes Artuvetrin...
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    £1m put towards veterinary mental health and wellbeing

    The RCVS has announced a total of £1 million funding to address mental health and wellbeing within the veterinary profession over the next five years. The RCVS Operational Board has agreed £100K of funding for the first year of the Mind Matters initiative...
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    Improve International acquired by Benchmark Holdings

    Benchmark Holdings has announced that it has acquired Improve International limited , the Swindon-based veterinary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) business. Improve will be added to Benchmark's Technical Publishing division, which provides...
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    Virbac launches deltamethrin pour-on for cattle and sheep

    Virbac has launched Deltanil, a deltamethrin-based pour-on solution indicated in dairy and beef cattle for use against flies and lice with a zero milk withdrawal period. It is also effective in sheep against ticks, lice, keds and blowfly strike and against...
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    Virbac launches mini microchips

    Virbac has launched the BackHome Mini Chip, a microchip which is 8mm long compared to the existing standard which is 12mm. The new Mini Chips are made of a pharmaceutical grade glass with an anti-migration coating. Because of their smaller size, they...
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    RCVS now accepts debit cards for annual renewal fees

    The RCVS has announced that this year, for the first time, it will accept debit card payments from veterinary surgeons who are renewing their registration. The annual renewal fee should be paid by 31 March. Those who have not paid by 30 April will...
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    BEVA urges vets to be alert to Atypical Myopathy

    The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) is urging veterinary surgeons to be on the lookout for outbreaks of Atypical Myopathy (AM) this spring. Atypical Myopathy is a serious muscle disease found in the UK and Northern Europe. It is linked...
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    Kruuse launches Premium Buster Collar

    Kruuse has launched the Buster Premium Dog Collar, described as the greatest innovation in Elizabethan dog collars since the original. The company says the new collar has been designed with two things in mind. First and foremost, patient comfort....
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    Bayer launches Drontal Dog Tasty Bone

    Bayer has announced that it has launched a new bone-shaped version of the Drontal Plus tablet with greatly increased palatability to increase client compliance. In a field study, new Drontal Dog Tasty Bone proved to be voluntarily consumed by 88%...
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    RCVS Director of Education retires

    Freda Andrews, the Director of Education at the RCVS, has announced her retirement from the position on 2nd April after nearly 16 years at the College. Freda joined the RCVS as Head of Education in September 1999 and became Director of Education in...
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    MSD launches Big Tick Project

    MSD Animal Health has announced the launch of The Big Tick Project, both to investigate whether ticks are carrying more pathogens and to raise awareness amongst the public. The company highlights research which shows that nationally, tick distribution...
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    If you want cats to relax in theatre, Bach

    New research 1 published in in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery by veterinary clinicians at the University of Lisbon and a clinic in the nearby town of Barreiro in Portugal, suggests that cats may benefit from reduced anxiety, stress and perceived...
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    Merial to launch Frontect spot-on for dogs

    Merial is to launch Frontect (fipronil and permethrin), a spot-on solution for dogs with dual action: treatment and prevention of fleas and ticks, and repellency against ticks, sandflies, biting flies and mosquitoes. According to the company, Frontect...
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    Demand for pet crematoria sparks opening of new centre in Gloucestershire

    CPC has announced the opening of a new pet crematorium in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire to meet rising demand. According to the company, there has been an increase of 12% in individual pet cremations over the last four years, and about half the pets...
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    Time to Chewz

    A new company supplying pet chews to the veterinary profession has launched this month. The Soft Chew Company has been set up by Kevin Ingram, owner of the veterinary supplier J.A.K Marketing and Niall McFerran, who has in the past worked for a number...
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    Labradors most likely to do a runner

    Labrador Retrievers are the breed most likely to run away, according to a survey of 2000 pet owners commissioned by the Blue Cross . In addition, the survey found that the average dog owner has had their pet run off three times. One in five haven...
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    SPVS Launches 2015 Fee Survey

    The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS) has launched its 2015 Fee Survey, which enables veterinary practices to review their pricing structure and benchmark it against other practices around the country. Open to both SPVS members and...
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    Vetmedin now indicated to delay CHF in Dobermans

    Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that Vetmedin Chewable Tablets have been licensed for treating pre-clinical dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in Doberman Pinschers 1 . Boehringer says DCM is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in dogs and the second...