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    Sogeval launches veterinary marbofloxacin

    Sogeval has launched Efex, a marbofloxacin tablet designed for veterinary use. Efex tablets are available in three blister pack sizes of 10mg, 40mg and 100mg that break into halves for cats and halves and quarters for dogs, facilitating accurate dosing...
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    Vetoquinol continues wetlab service in 2009

    Vetoquinol has announced that it will continue to offer a wetlab service to support Alfaxan®, its injectable anaesthetic for dogs and cats, throughout 2009. The company has hosted 101 Alfaxan® wetlabs around the UK since the product was launched in...
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    Three new practical clinical DVDs from CPD Solutions

    Three new DVDs on practical clinical subjects are now available from CPD Solutions. Vets can watch videos by leading experts in key areas of small animal practice, see how to perform procedures and return to the DVDs for further help whenever it is...
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    Last call for entries to ECC fast track programme

    Vets Now has announced its selection centre dates for young vets applying for a place on the new 'Cutting Edge' Emergency and Critical Care fast track programme. With the 20 August deadline for applications fast approaching, Vets Now has confirmed...
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    Dechra launches Cushing's Campaign

    Dechra has launched ‘They’ve got Cushing’s. You’ve got us’ marketing campaign to highlight the company’s support for Vetoryl. Across Europe, the company has over 30 technical experts who get over 2,500 technical calls each year about Cushing’s. The...
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    New research to assess the impact of flea treatments on the environment

    The University of Bristol and CVS are launching a 'citizen science' project to assess the impact of companion animal ectoparasiticides on the environment. The study is being conducted with pet owners and veterinary professionals to develop a greater...
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    Royal Veterinary College offers evolved BSc Bioveterinary Sciences course in 2008

    In response to growing demand for graduates equipped for a wide range of careers in veterinary and biomedical science, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has developed the BSc (Hons) course in Bioveterinary Sciences. The Bioveterinary Science...
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    Merial launches UK’s first PMWS vaccine

    Merial Animal Health has launched CIRCOVAC®, the UK’s first vaccine for PCV2 – the virus involved in post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and other PCV2-related diseases. An inactivated vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2...
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    Janssen says: 'think chicken'

    Janssen Animal Health is encouraging vets and nurses to think 'chicken' this spring. According to the company, all the evidence suggests that there has been a massive increase in the number of people keeping a few chickens in their garden, resulting...
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    Virbac calls on practices to prepare for Prostate Awareness Month

    Virbac Animal Health is calling on practices to prepare for Canine Prostate Awareness Month (CPAM), being held by the company in November to highlight the prevalence of the disease and to encourage owners and practices to test for it. Last year,...
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    RVC images scoop Wellcome Awards

    The RVC has picked up three of the twenty Wellcome Image Awards 2015. The awards are internationally renowned for showcasing the best in science imaging talent and techniques. Two of the images (below) were taken at the Lanyon Museum of Comparative...
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    Bursary to attend the Veterinary Biomedical and Pharma Sciences Congress

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust is offering a bursary for one delegate to attend the Veterinary Biomedical and Pharma Sciences (VBMPS) Congress on 15 and 16 October 2012 at the ICC in Birmingham. Members of the RCVS with...
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    Woodley launches range of veterinary stains

    Woodley Veterinary Equipment has launched a range of eight veterinary stains. The company says that the range offers a comprehensive product base to suit most requirements, and that they are all quick and easy to use. The range is made up of the...
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    Purina launches new practice support programme

    Purina PetCare has announced the launch of the Purina Partners Programme, through which the company will offer practices their own business consultant tasked with giving advice that reflects the unique challenges facing each practice. Through the...
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    Protexin launches canine urinary health product

    Protexin Veterinary has launched CystoPro, a new product to aid in the management of urinary tract infections in dogs. According to the company, the key active ingredients in the new product are proanthocyanidins (Type A PACs), derived from cranberries...
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    New initiative to encourage early diagnosis of Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

    kcs-intervet.swf Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health is running a challenge over the next few months to encourage the early diagnosis of Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), a painful disease which leads to permanent blindness (see right). Practices...
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    Fort Dodge launches new sheep parasiticide

    A new long acting sheep injection has been launched by Fort Dodge Animal Health which the company says will offer significant benefits to sheep farmers for both internal and external parasite control. Cydectin 2% LA for sheep is the latest product...
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    Genitrix launches Omegaderm+ for skin conditions in cats and dogs

    Genitrix has launched a new Essential Fatty Acids (EFA)-based treatment to aid the management of skin conditions in cats and dogs. Called Omegaderm+, and offered in an airless pump applicator for mess-free use, it helps to soothe irritated skin...
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    BVA launches member survey

    The British Veterinary Association has launched a survey of its members: "Your BVA, Your Say". The focus of the research, which will take place throughout June and July, is to measure and evaluate the levels of satisfaction BVA members have with the...
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    Veterinary loan company starts national marketing campaign

    CarefreeCredit , the loan company set up by Somerset vet Stewart Halperin so that practices can offer their clients interest free loans to cover emergency veterinary treatment, has embarked on a national PR campaign to raise awareness amongst pet owners...
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    Veterinary surgeons needed

    VetSurgeon.org has launched a completely revamped classified jobs section for the profession which allows members to subscribe for alerts when someone advertises a vacancy in their area. VetSurgeon Jobs has been designed from the ground up to be as...
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    'Preventers' keep spending on their pets

    Pet owners who believe in preventative healthcare have maintained or increased the money they spend on their pets this year, and 84% visited their vet at least once in 2010, up from 78% in 2007, according to a survey commissioned by the National Office...
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    New domestic poultry resource for vets

    Vetlexicon has launched Avis, a resource designed to provide comprehensive, up-to-date clinical information to veterinary professionals to support diagnostic and treatment decision-making in domestic poultry. Avis includes over 350 articles, images...
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    Vet nurse reprimanded after stealing animals from people's properties

    Shakira Free Miles RVN has been reprimanded and warned by the RCVS VN Council Disciplinary Committee after pleading guilty last year to six counts of theft and one of the attempted theft of animals which she and her co-defendants mistakenly believed...
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    Orthopaedics and neurology referral service to expand into Staffordshire

    Movement Referrals, the independent orthopaedics and neurology service opened by Professor John Innes, Mark Lowrie, Mark Morton and Ben Walton in Preston Brook, Cheshire, last year, has announced plans to open a new site in Staffordshire next year. ...