Veterinary News Headlines

    New website for horse owners

    Horse owner Cate Ashton has launched a new website http://www.manage-my-horse.com/ for 'conscientious horse owners, yard managers and equestrian professionals'. The impressive-looking (and free) site allows members to record almost every facet...

    Buy, Buy, Buy

    Shares in the newly-floated CVS Group have debuted at 222.5p, a premium of 17.5p over the issue price of 205.0p.

    FMD and bluetongue update from BCVA

    FMD There is no change in the situation with FMD. Intensive surveillance is still ongoing in the PZ and SZ and plans are being formulated to allow lifting of the SZ once 21 days after primary C&D of the last premises has taken place. BLUETONGUE At 5pm...

    Equipalazone® has equal or superior palatability to other comparable products

    Dechra Veterinary Products has just concluded a new palatability study which showed that Equipalazone Powder has equal or superior palatability when compared to a suxibuzone based product and a non-microencapsulated phenylbutazone product. During...

    Improved 50ml Somulose kit & new recommendations for administration

    Dechra Veterinary Products has improved its 50 ml Somulose kit and released a new booklet “Guide to Equine Euthanasia using the Somulose 50 ml kit” to assist vets in administering the humane chemical euthanasia agent Somulose® The changes have...

    RSPCA slams new Pfizer drug for dogs

    The RSPCA has come out against Slentrol , Pfizer’s new dieting drug for dogs, in the Daily Mail this week. The charity’s senior scientist, Dr Jane Cooper told the Mail that the drug could cause side-effects such as vomiting and diarrhoea, and...

    Latest pet accessory hits the shelves

    Here's the latest horror to hit the shops in time for Halloween this year: Form an orderly queue please, everyone.

    New website for missing pets

    The Kennel Club has been working with Petlog and the people behind: http://www.themissinglist.co.uk/ to provide a new service to help track down missing pets. Not sure whether it'll take off or not. These sorts of initiatives rely on massive public...

    Bluetongue virus may have survived the winter in adult midges

    Bluetongue virus-infected adult midges surviving winter may have been responsible for the re-emergence of bluetongue this year in northern Europe . In a paper just published in the Veterinary Record*, Anthony Wilson and colleagues of the Institute...

    Gelofusine® Veterinary 4% w/v solution for infusion reintroduced

    Dechra Veterinary Products has announced the reintroduction of Gelofusine®, a collodial plasma volume substitute used in the management of hypovolaemic shock in cats, dogs and horses. The company says that Gelofusine has the added advantage of...

    Smiths Detection to launch a portable diagnostic system for FMD and avian flu

    SMITHS Detection , part of the global technology business Smiths Group, today announces it is to launch a portable detection system that will enable veterinarians to carry out on-site diagnosis of animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth and avian...

    Response Medical launches UK’s first manually retractable safety needle

    Response Medical, a leading UK healthcare supplier, today launched Surety™ Needle , a new retractable safety needle developed specifically to address the growing threat of needlestick injuries - the second most common cause of accidents to NHS...

    100 million thanks from Dechra

    Dechra Veterinary Products is celebrating sales of 100 million sachets of Equipalazone® Powder with a campaign in which customers will get a special deal, and the chance to enter a draw for a VIP, 3-day trip to Badminton 2008 .

    Dechra Veterinary Products launches new VETORYL® 10mg

    Dechra Veterinary Products is launching a new dosage size in its' Vetoryl range. The new 10mg capsules are ideal for dose adjustments and can also be used with dogs that require particularly small doses of trilostane. Vetoryl is the only licensed...

    First new 'human' CT scanner in private practice installed by VRCC

    VRCC veterinary referral centre , the leading European veterinary cancer treatment centre, has announced that it has installed what is believed to be the first and only new 'Human' CT scanner in a UK private small animal veterinary centre, at a...

    Petplan warns of claim delays following postal strike

    Following the latest postal strikes, Petplan is warning vets and customers there may be some delay in policy information and claim cheques reaching them. Royal Mail has suggested that it may take three weeks for them to clear all outstanding items...

    Market analysis: fewer pets, but they're more pampered

    Interesting research from The Pet Market, a new market assessment report from market intelligence providers Key Note Ltd ., which shows that the decline in pet ownership over the last ten years is being offset by an increasing trend towards pampering...

    Grand Meadows launches canine food supplement range

    Following the launch of its equine range to the UK, Grand Meadows Animal Health has announced the launch of a range of canine food supplements, including: Mobility, Grand Tranquility, Grand Vitality, Grand Coat and Grand Complete. New stockists...

    RSPCA measures 'animal footprint' with new report

    The RSPCA has just published the report: The Welfare State: Measuring Animal Welfare in the UK 2006 , a statistical analysis of animal welfare in the UK. The annual report considers 35 animal welfare indicators relating to wildlife, farm animals...

    Pets really are called one of the family

    Hot on the heels of research showing that pets are more pampered, comes the news from Debenhams Pet Insurance of a trend towards pets being given the same names as children. Whereas in days gone by a dog would perhaps wag its tail in response to...

    WIN updates its FMD volume

    Wildlife Information Network (WIN), the international wildlife charity which provides information on the health and management of wild animals and emerging infectious diseases, has revised and updated its existing Foot-and-Mouth Disease volume...

    Vetoquinol launches Marbocyl Solo for bovine respiratory disease

    Vetoquinol UK has launched Marbocyl Solo – a one shot treatment for Bovine Respiratory Disease. Marbocyl Solo is a 100mg/ml solution of marbofloxacin given as one injection IM at 8mg/kg. It treats sick animals fast, killing bacteria in one go,...

    BVA responds to Bovine TB report

    Commenting on the publication yesterday (Monday) of the Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King’s report on Bovine TB in Cattle and Badgers BVA President Nick Blayney said: “We welcome this response to the Independent Scientific Group on Cattle...

    UK flea and tick trouble trebles

    An unprecedented outbreak of fleas and ticks in Britain, posing risks to human and animal health, is being blamed on climate change, the wet summer and tougher strains of pests. Experts also warn the problem is set to worsen as autumn provides...

    Dermatologists impressed by new Cortavance

    Virbac Animal Health reports that two leading dermatologists have expressed favourable opinions about Cortavance, its new treatment for inflammatory and pruritic dermatoses in dogs. Anita Patel, a referral dermatologist in Kent, said the major...