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    Lords warn Brexit could compromise animal welfare

    The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published Brexit: farm animal welfare , a report which highlights both the need for the UK to retain EU veterinary surgeons who currently comprise over 90% of the country's Official Veterinarians, and the...
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    Pfizer launches business consultancy team to support the profession

    Pfizer Animal Health has launched Vet Support+ a dedicated veterinary business consultancy team with a brief to boost the profitability and productivity of veterinary practices across the UK. Staffed by a team of seven business consultants who have...
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    Breakthrough in Strangles vaccine development

    An international group of scientists has published new results that herald a breakthrough in finding a vaccine against the most commonly diagnosed infectious disease of horses, strangles. UK experts from the Animal Health Trust collaborated with scientists...
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    MSD reintroduces liver fluke treatment

    MSD Animal Health has reintroduced Zanil, the flukicide drench for cattle and sheep. Based on the active ingredient oxyclozanide, MSD says Zanil is highly effective against the adult fluke responsible for chronic disease and - significantly for...
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    BVA offers free three-month trial membership

    The BVA is now reaching out to non-members with a three-month, no strings attached, free trial. The offer ends on 31 August. Over the past few years the BVA membership package has changed significantly in response to the needs of veterinary surgeons...
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    Dechra offers Cushing's CPD as podcasts

    Dechra Veterinary Products is offering CPD sessions as podcasts for the first time, as part of a new series of presentations on canine hyperadrenocorticism. The Cushing's Challenge series, which will also be available as webcasts with supporting...
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    Virbac launches VeggieDent chews for toy dogs

    Virbac Animal Health has launched an extra small version of its VeggieDent dental chews for dogs weighing less than 5kg. Research commissioned by the company shows that 9% of all dogs in the UK weigh less than 5kg 1 and that periodontal disease...
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    Matt Dawson lends support to tick awareness campaign

    Matt Dawson, the former England rugby captain, has lent his support to MSD Animal Health's Big Tick Project, the company's campaign to raise awareness of the health risks from tick bites. Matt, who contracted Lyme disease early last year, has been...
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    Merial launches 'Webinar Wednesday' for LA vets

    Merial Animal Health has launched a programme of monthly CPD webinars, hosted on its Nexus online portal, to support large animal veterinary surgeons. The webinar programme includes both clinical and non-clinical topics. Clinical topics include...
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    Survey to explore attitudes to pharmaceutical waste on farm

    Ceva Animal Health is carrying out a survey to discover what livestock and mixed practice vets think about pharmaceutical packaging and the environment, and how you think farmers are disposing of empty glass and plastic pharmaceutical vials. Ceva introduced...
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    New look for Simparica Trio

    Zoetis has updated the packaging for Simparica Trio, its monthly chewable parasiticide for dogs. The refreshed packaging keeps the same colour scheme, but the graphics indicating the product uses stand out better. The company has also added an area...
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    New study looks at efficacy of vapocoolant spray for catheter pain

    The Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has published a new study which aimed to determine whether the application of vapocoolant spray before intravenous catheterisation resulted in reduced reaction and placement success. The study was a randomised...
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    Free diagnostic test for oedema disease in pigs

    Hysolv Animal Health UK has announced that it is offering a free diagnostic test which allows vets to identify the E. coli sub-types that produce the Shiga toxin associated with oedema disease in pigs. The test, known as STEC-Check and worth £150...
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    Prescribe narrow spectrum, long-acting antibiotics for otitis, says leading dermatologist

    Leading veterinary dermatologist Sue Paterson has called for veterinary surgeons to prescribe narrow spectrum, long-acting antibiotics for first line cases of otitis externa (OE) to reduce concerning levels of multiply-resistant, chronic infections....
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    Webinar Vet launches UK's first virtual veterinary CPD congress

    Webinar Vet Anthony Chadwick MRCVS (pictured right) has launched the UK's first virtual CPD congress for veterinary surgeons. The event will 18 hours of CPD lectures via two live streams and one recorded stream. Anthony said: "Covering topics such...
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    Bayer to run second Profender TV ad campaign

    Bayer Animal Health has announced that following the success of its educational TV advertising campaign, which ran earlier this year and promoted the need to worm cats, a second advertising campaign will now run in September. Bayer (makers of Profender...
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    Call for entrants to Vet Charity Challenge

    Organisers are calling for entrants for this year's Vet Charity Challenge, an outdoor sporting fundraiser which also serves as a team building event for practices. Competitors take part in walking, running, cycling and kayaking challenges, along...
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    Prescription charge ban ends

    From 31 October 2008, veterinary surgeons will again be allowed to charge animal owners for writing prescriptions, when a three-year ban on such fees comes to an end. The Supply of Relevant Veterinary Medicinal Products Order 2005 was introduced by...
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    SPVS EMS survey finds 76% of vets love helping students

    SPVS has published the results of a survey of its members' views about EMS provision, finding that 76% of practitioners love helping students and providing Extra Mural Studies (EMS). 239 members took part in the survey, 46% from independent practices...
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    Lydaxx 100 mg/ml solution recalled

    Vetoquinol has initiated a Class I recall of Lydaxx 100 mg/ml solution for injection, an antibiotic for cattle, pigs and sheep. The company initiated the recall after identifying a potential for the sterility/stability of the product to be compromised...
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    Vet to cycle round every practice in Somerset for Vetlife

    Vet Oscar Sinfield is to cycle round every practice in Somerset over two days in September to raise money for Vetlife. The route covers a distance of approximately 400 miles. Oscar said: “My goals for the event are to raise awareness about mental...
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    Half of England set to apply for TB-Free status

    The Government has announced that England is set to apply for Officially TB-Free (OTF) status for more than half of the country next year - two years ahead of schedule. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says this is evidence...
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    BEVA launches new wound management resources

    The BEVA has launched a range of resources to support primary care veterinary professionals in equine practice. The new resources include the Equine Veterinary Journal’s (EVJ) publication of BEVA’s Primary Clinical Care Guidelines on wound management...
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    Virbac launches complementary feed for inappetent cats and dogs

    Virbac has launched Nutribound, a complementary feed to help stimulate eating and drinking in inappetent cats and dogs. The company says the product has been designed to help animals recovering from surgery or illness and those that are just experiencing...
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    BEVA launches equine insurance guides

    The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has launched two guides to help veterinary professionals and their clients negotiate the complexities of equine insurance. BEVA highlights that with up to 40% of horses becoming ill or injured in...