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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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    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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    New equine standing CT in Berkshire

    Valley Equine Hospital in Lambourn has installed a Hallmarq standing CT scanner, which it says will revolutionise the early identification of distal limb pathology. Thus far, the hospital has relied on conventional radiographs or referred for MRI for...
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    Research provides new insights into feline pancytopenia outbreak

    The RVC has published two studies which give a greater insight to the 2021 outbreak of feline pancytopenia. The outbreak, which was widely covered in the media , caused concern amongst cat owners. The findings of an investigation found a link between...
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    Elanco launches social media campaign for Milbemax

    Elanco Animal Health has launched #PetMagicMoments, a social media campaign designed to drive engagement between veterinary practices and their clients and encourage customer footfall to veterinary practices. As part of the #PetMagicMoments campaign...
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    BSAVA adds dentistry, exotics and surgery to PDP Resource Bank

    The BSAVA has added the first learning resources in dentistry, exotics and surgery to its free online CPD bank, matched to the RCVS Professional Development Phase (PDP) competences. The new sections will sit alongside the Emergency and Critical Care...
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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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    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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    Intervet publishes the evidence for Plerion

    A study published in the Veterinary Record has shown that Plerion, the broad-spectrum anthelmintic combination preparation for dogs (5 mg pyrantel + 20 mg oxantel + 5 mg praziquantel per kg body weight) is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment...
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    Invicta launches treatment for equine lameness

    Invicta Animal Health has launched SynVet-50, a licensed synthetic Sodium Hyaluronate (HA), for intra-articular treatment of lameness caused by joint dysfunction associated with non-infectious synovitis in horses. The product is Invicta's first...
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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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    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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    Practice Premises Register opens for registrations

    The RCVS has announced that registrations for the new RCVS Register of Veterinary Practice Premises will be accepted from 1 November 2008, allowing all those who wish to supply medicines from veterinary practice premises from 1 April 2009 onwards a full...
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    RCVS helps vets develop leadership skills

    The RCVS has launched the Leadership Library, designed to support the development of leadership skills within the veterinary profession. The College says the online library, which is free to access, aims to encourage people to develop their leadership...
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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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    West Sussex-based vet nurse struck off after pet insurance fraud conviction

    Gemma Louise Cole has been struck off by the RCVS Veterinary Nurse Disciplinary Committee following her conviction for pet insurance fraud in 2024. Mrs Cole pleaded guilty to fraud in July 2024 at Crawley Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced to eight...
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    Academics battle over benefits of canine vegan diets

    A skirmish has broken out between academics from the University of Liverpool and the University of Winchester after the former published a study which refuted the claimed benefits of a canine vegan diet identified in an earlier study by the latter. ...
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    Vetoquinol launches new wormer for dogs

    Vetoquinol UK has launched Dolpac®, its new wormer for dogs. Dolpac® is a broad spectrum anthelmintic for dogs containing pyrantel, oxantel and praziquantel. Individually these ingredients are effective against individual worm species and the...
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    RCVS publishes new fitness to practise guidance for veterinary students

    The RCVS has published Fitness to Practise - A Guide for UK Veterinary Schools and Veterinary Students, a guide for veterinary students which aims to introduce them to the concept of fitness to practise and help prepare them for professional life. ...
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    New exotics resource for vets

    A group of exotics vets have come together to create Just Exotic, a new resource for general practitioners and students who want to broaden their exotic species knowledge. The brainchild of Sonya Miles CertAVP(ZM), CertAqV, MRCVS, Just Exotic ( www...
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    New canine heart disease campaign

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched 'Love Your Dog's Heart', a campaign designed to help veterinary practices communicate important messages about canine heart disease to clients. At the heart of the campaign is a website - www.beatdogheartdisease.co...
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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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    BEVA Congress to focus on colic

    The British Equine Veterinary Association has announced that colic will be a key topic on the scientific programme at Congress this year, which runs from 11th to 14th September at the Birmingham ICC. Global names in gastroenterology will be sharing...
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    Disciplinary Committee reprimands Hampshire vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded and warned as to his future conduct a Hampshire veterinary surgeon found guilty of serious professional misconduct for cumulative failures to provide adequate professional care, and insufficient regard...
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    New campaign to tackle falling pet vaccination

    Intervet /Schering-Plough Animal Health has announced plans for a third National Vaccination Month Campaign to take place in May. The campaign, which is aimed at owners of unvaccinated animals, is being fronted by TV presenter and wildlife expert...