Veterinary News Headlines

    New partnership gives CVS employees access to BSAVA library

    The BSAVA has announced a three-year partnership with CVS which will give all of the group's employees access to the Association's online library. Sarah Fitzpatrick, Head of Partnerships and Events at BSAVA said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be...

    Vets invited to take part in Q fever survey

    Ceva Animal Health, maker of Coxevac, has launched a survey of veterinary surgeons and another of farmers to gauge their thoughts about Q fever and current treatment protocols. The survey for vets is about two minutes long: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s...

    New website to support owners of dogs with epilepsy

    TVM has launched myepilepticpet.co.uk , a website to help pet owners with the practical challenges of caring for an epileptic dog and the emotional impact of the diagnosis. A 2022 study 1 conducted to understand owner perspectives, found that pet owners...

    Dechra buys biotech company

    Dechra has announced its acquisition of a Invetx, a biotech company. Invetx specialises in developing protein-based therapeutics for chronic conditions in companion animals, with a focus on monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Dechra says these therapies...

    Reason to visit The Practice Business at BSAVA Congress

    A new company called The Practice Business is to launch at BSAVA with a series of free wine tastings. The company's core offering is the Pet Health Plan. Designed to help veterinary practices conduct their business more effectively, easily and...

    100+ Nottingham vet students to attempt 3 Peaks Challenge

    Over 100 students from Nottingham Vet Society will attempt the 3 Peaks Challenge by climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in under 24 hours on 10 March. The funds raised will be split between VBF , the charity that supports veterinary professionals...

    Improve offers £2500 off flagship courses

    To celebrate its 25-year anniversary, Improve Veterinary Education is offering £2,500 off its two flagship programmes: Small Animal Surgery and Small Animal Medicine. The offer runs until 17th September 2023 and vets who sign up for the face-to-face...

    Ceva's new bluetongue vaccine to be available from mid-October

    Ceva Animal Health has announced that Bluevac-3, its new bluetongue (BTV-3) vaccine, will be available from mid-October. Bluevac-3 is an inactivated injectable vaccine indicated for the active immunisation against BTV-3 for use in sheep and cattle...

    CVS runs clinical improvement project to improve cardiac ultrasound scan rates

    CVS is running a clinical improvement project in 48 of its small animal practices to improve the use of cardiac ultrasound scans in first opinion heart disease diagnosis and treatment. The project looked first at how effective CVS small animal first...

    CPD cards sent to vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses

    The 2009 RCVS Continuing Professional Development Record Cards have been sent to all practising vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses. Undertaking and recording Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a mandatory professional requirement for...

    DNA test to find people who pooh pooh pooper scoopers

    A North Wales-based enviro-tech company called Streetkleen has launched PooPrints, a DNA test used to identify the dogs responsible for leaving faeces in public places, in the UK. Dogs are first added to the DNA World Pet Registry by taking a cheek...

    Run for your life

    Martin Hosegood MRCVS has been selected to run for (your) Vetlife in the Virgin London Marathon. Martin said: "Through my role at VDS where I assist those on the receiving end of an allegation of professional negligence or professional misconduct...

    BSAVA launches new video library

    The BSAVA has launched a new video library containing over 400 videos on clinical topics which have been published in Companion articles and manual chapters. The videos cover a range of topics including imaging, neurology, endoscopy and endosurgery...

    Virbac's flea campaign to challenge retailers

    Virbac - manufacturer of Effipro - has launched the 'Flea Free Zones' campaign to help practices fight back against retail competition in the flea control market. The company says that with an on-pet flea product market estimated to be worth well...

    Vet Charity Challenge 2014 to take place in Wiltshire

    Organisers of The Vet Charity Challenge, which last year raised £50,000 for charity, have announced that the event will take place Saturday 27th September 2014 in Pewsey, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. The event consists of teams of four walking/running...

    Two new guides to equine MRI, free for vets

    Two guides for equine veterinarians have just been produced by Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging covering the role of MRI in diagnosing lameness. MRI Cases in the Standing Sedated Horse looks at fourteen cases from seven clinics in the Hallmarq user...

    New poultry intestinal health website from Intervet/Schering-Plough

    Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has launched the Intestinal Health Center for Poultry website ( www.ihc-poultry.com ), a website to keep producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, academics and students informed about this aspect of poultry production...

    Free marketing seminar for vets at the London Vet Show

    The Veterinary Marketing Association is running a free seminar on Thursday 24 th November from 5-7pm for any delegates of the London Vet Show, or those in the vicinity, that feel they'd like to learn about the principles of marketing. The VMA says...

    Vets Now publishes emergency guidelines for owners

    Vets Now has produced a new set of guidelines for pet owners about how to deal with the top 10 emergency situations seen by the out-of-hours care provider. The guidelines are presented as an infographic - which is free to download from the Vets Now...

    Centaur to offer K-Laser therapy equipment

    Centaur Services has announced a new partnership with VBS Direct which will allow the wholesaler to offer USA-based K-Laser products to its customers for the first time. According to VBS, the K-Laser range can be used to treat a wide range of conditions...

    Numbers of non-vet TB testers continue to climb

    UK Farmcare reports that more than 60 people from across the agricultural community have registered an interest in training to become an Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT) of cattle. The role was created last November when the Animal & Plant Health Agency...

    SPVS launches Veterinary Business Excellence Awards

    SPVS has launched the Veterinary Business Excellence Awards, an initiative designed to honour outstanding veterinary practices that have demonstrated exceptional performance and innovation in areas that are crucial to the success of the profession...

    New expert recommendations for anaesthesia available

    As part of its ongoing "Excellence in veterinary anaesthesia" initiative, and following the launch of Alfaxan, Vetoquinol has published a summary of the latest expert recommendations concerning anaesthesia in cats and dogs in a new document: ...

    Vets Now opens 35th emergency clinic in Aberdeen

    Vets Now, the Dunfermline based out-of-hours emergency vets with 34 clinics across the UK, has announced that it will be opening the doors to its 35 th clinic in Aberdeen on Monday 26 October. The new Aberdeen clinic will be based at Ardene...

    New swine infection screening system

    US-based Life Technologies has launched a new PCR-based test system which, according to the company, allows large numbers of pigs to be screened more quickly and cost-effectively for a range of common pathogens, such as PRRSV, SIV and PCV2. The system...