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    Vet Direct launches new haematocrit / haemoglobin detector

    Vet Direct has launched the AniPoc Handheld Monitor, a new portable haematocrit / haemoglobin detector designed to produce reliable results in 10 seconds. Vet Direct says the unit, which is used for the diagnosis and monitoring of anaemia in dogs...
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    New treatment to reduce transition diseases in cows

    Elanco Animal Health has launched Imrestor, a new treatment designed to help prevent transition diseases in cows and potentially reduce antibiotic usage 1 . During the 60 days before to 30 days after calving, dairy cows experience a dip in their natural...
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    Can endoparasites be controlled without drugs?

    Veterinary Prescriber has published its latest module, which asks whether endoparasite infections in cats and dogs can be prevented without the use of prophylactic medicines. The module, which was produced with Ian Wright, head of the specialist parasitology...
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    Spring offer on Eqvalan Duo from Merial

    Merial is offering four free tubes of Eqvalan Duo to practices that buy 20 tubes in February and March. In addition, to further boost the targeted worming message, Merial will supply 20 free worm egg count vouchers worth £10 each. Eqvalan Product...
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    New support for start-up veterinary practices

    Provet Cloud, which provides veterinary practice management software, has announced a new support package for start-up practices in the UK and Ireland. The package includes pre-built templates, dedicated support during implementation, comprehensive...
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    Slaughterhouse CCTV to be compulsory from spring 2018

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced that from Spring 2018, CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England. New legislation will be introduced in the New Year making slaughterhouse CCTV a legal requirement in all areas where...
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    Hampshire-based vet escapes verdict of serious professional misconduct

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has ended an inquiry against Hampshire-based veterinary surgeon Jose Ignacio Messa MRCVS, after finding no case of serious professional misconduct against him. The case against Jose Ignacio Messa MRCVS related to two...
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    Davies Veterinary Specialists increases capacity

    Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS) has announced that it has completed development work on its premises in Higham Gobion, Hertfordshire, to improve capacity and workflow for diagnostic procedures including MRI, CT and endoscopy. The new development...
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    New Manual of Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine

    Improve International has launched the first volume of the Improve International Manual of Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine. The book is described as giving comprehensive information to support the diagnosis and treatment of commonly seen pathologies...
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    New RCVS guide to help vets navigate the 2024 Veterinary Medicines Regulations

    The RCVS has published a short guide to help veterinary professionals understand, interpret and act upon some of the significant changes to the Veterinary Medicines Regulations that were introduced earlier this year by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate...
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    Linnaeus recruiting next cohort for graduate development programme

    Linnaeus is inviting applications from final year undergraduates and newly-qualified veterinary surgeons to join its two-year Graduate Development Programme (GDP). As part of the scheme, Linnaeus offers one-to-one mentoring, professional and clinical...
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    Ceva to host free BRD CPD webinar

    Ceva Animal Health is hosting a free one-hour webinar on bovine respiratory disease (BRD) on Tuesday 1st December at 7pm. The webinar, titled: ‘When the coughing won’t stop…. what to do when standard BRD treatment protocols aren’t getting to the bottom...
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    New Specialist-led parenteral nutrition service in the Midlands

    Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull has launched a parenteral nutrition referral service. The service is being led by Isuru Gajanayake, a board-certified specialist in veterinary nutrition. He said: “Since launching our clinical...
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    Christine Pye, Alberto Susana, Deborah Komianos, Rosemary Perkins and Claudia Franzini win BSAVA Clinical Abstract Awards

    The BSAVA has announced the winners of its Clinical Abstract awards for 2025. Undertaken in practice, industry and academia, submissions are open each year offering the chance to present a Clinical Abstract, presented as a poster or an oral presentation...
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    TVM adds Remend to its Corneal Focus range

    Following its acquisition of SentrX Animal Care, TVM has added Remend Corneal Gel and Remend Dry Eye Lubricant Drops to its Corneal Focus range. Remend Corneal Gel is used to aid the healing process of superficial corneal ulcers in dogs, cats and horses...
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    Creative colouring books for Boehringer Academy registrants

    Boehringer Ingelheim is offering free creative colouring books and the chance to win an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to veterinary surgeons and nurses who sign up at The Boehringer Academy, the company’s free online CPD resource. The Boehringer Academy...
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    XLVets chief urges female vets to propose to their boss this leap year

    XLVets' Chief Operating Officer, Kerrie Hedley is encouraging female vets to break from the tradition by which they can propose marriage on the 29th February, and instead consider proposing a business partnership with their boss. Kerrie was inspired...
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    Neutered female dogs three times more likely to leak

    A study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice has found that neutering female dogs makes them three times more likely to develop urinary incontinence (UI) 1 . The research, carried out by the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) VetCompass...
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    Mandisa Greene becomes Medical Director at Vets Now

    Vets Now has appointed the ex-RCVS President Mandisa Greene as its Medical Director. Mandisa qualified from the Royal (Dick) Vet School in Edinburgh in 2008 and has since spent much of her career working in emergency and critical care. She served...
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    Animalcare launches Hydrocortisone Cutaneous Spray Solution

    Animalcare has launched Hydrocortisone Cutaneous Spray Solution (Hydrocortisone Aceponate 0.584 mg/ml), a topical spray for the symptomatic treatment of inflammatory and pruritic dermatoses and the alleviation of clinical signs associated with atopic...
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    Three ways the RCVS now plans to enhance veterinary careers

    The RCVS Council has approved a new project to enhance veterinary clinical career pathways in three ways. The first is the introduction of Specialist training and status for general practitioners in primary care, for which the RCVS project will now...
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    RCVS announces short-term changes to PDP

    The RCVS Education Committee has announced short-term changes to the Professional Development Phase (PDP), which helps new veterinary graduates transition into veterinary practice, to provide further support to participants. The changes follow a jointly...
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    New licensed indications for Advocate

    Bayer Animal Health has obtained two new licensed indications for its antiparasiticide, Advocate. The first is that the product is now licensed for the treatment of Crenosoma vulpis using a single dose. The second is that in addition to the existing...
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    Royal Canin unleashes its Christmas promotion

    Royal Canin has announced the launch of its Christmas promotion through which practice clients will be rewarded with activity balls for cats and leashpods for dogs. The stocking fillers will be distributed to practices along with promotional materials...
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    New pet travel rules for 2012

    Defra has announced that new rules on pet travel will be introduced from 1 st January 2012. The changes will mean that the rules on rabies vaccination for entry into the UK will be in line with the rest of Europe. Defra has carried out a risk assessment...