Veterinary News Headlines

    Protexin Veterinary launches cystophan

    Protexin Veterinary has launched Cystophan, a new product to aid in the management of Feline Idiopathic Cystitis (FIC). Protexin says nearly 50% of cats with FIC will have a recurrent signs within one year, so it is important to offer a high quality...

    Solihull referral practice opens wellbeing room for staff

    Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull has come up with a novel idea to help its employees take time out from the fast-paced veterinary working environment: the wellbeing room. The wellbeing room is designed to offer staff a comfortable...

    New advice on conserving oxygen during coronavirus pandemic

    Hertfordshire-based Davies Veterinary Specialists has produced guidelines for conserving oxygen during anaesthesia, in order to help preserve this limited resource during the coronavirus pandemic. The anaesthesia team has produced a fact sheet, infographic...

    New app offers specialist veterinary consultations for GP vets

    VetCT is launching a new app through which veterinary general practitioners can consult Specialists for £80+VAT for a 15-20 minute consultation, £120 for an extended 30 minute consultation or £195 for a 1 hour consultation, all of which also qualify...

    Vets Now and PDSA collaborate to share skills

    Vets Now and the PDSA are recruiting candidates for an initiative which lets Vets Now staff observe and work on elective surgical cases at PDSA Pet Hospitals, while PDSA’s new graduate vets get a taste of frontline Emergency and Critical Care medicine...
  • New pet owner website: a threat to the profession?

    Marc Abraham MRCVS, the Paul O’Grady Show’s resident vet is setting up a new website for pet owners www.thepet.net , described as being the first to use the power of social networks (think Facebook), to bring pet owners together to share and rate...
  • Bayer lines up 'Be Lungworm Aware' campaign

    Bayer Animal Health has announced it'll be running the 'Be Lungworm Aware' campaign in April 2011. The campaign is targeted at dog owners to raise awareness of the risks associated with the lungworm Angiostrongylus vasorum . A Bayer spokesman said...

    Norbrook launches new dry cow preparation

    Norbrook Laboratories has launched Cefimam DC intramammary ointment, a new dry cow preparation containing the 4th generation cephalosporin, cefquinome. The company has also released a Polish language version of its Best Practice Guide for On-Farm...

    Practices urged to go green with new checklist

    Vet Sustain, the BVA, the BVNA and SPVS are urging veterinary practices to go green and have produced a new checklist to help teams drive change at their workplace In a 2019 BVA Voice of the Veterinary Profession Survey, 89% of vets said that they...

    VMD reviews adverse events associated with veterinary medicines

    The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has published its Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2015 , which reviews 5674 reports of adverse events in animals, humans and the environment following the use of veterinary medicines over the course of the year...

    Dechra launches amlodipine product for feline hypertension

    Dechra has launched Lodisure, a 1mg chicken-flavoured amlodipine tablet for the treatment of feline hypertension. Available in packs of 56 (4 x 14 tablet blister packs), Lodisure tablets are divisible for accurate dosing. The recommended starting...

    CVS announces £3m investment in next-gen MRI

    CVS has announced a two year programme of investment of more than £3 million in two high-field (1.5 Tesla) MRI scanners and seven CT scanners as part of a programme to provide advanced imaging resourcing across the group. The first of the MRI scanners...

    RCVS DC dismisses insurance fraud case against Gloucestershire vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has dismissed a charge against Nicholas Robert William Horniman MRCVS, a veterinary surgeon from Cinderford, Gloucestershire, that alleged he was guilty of pet insurance fraud, along with one of his clients, and of dishonestly...

    Free Hill's roadshows for your nurses

    Hill’s Nurse Roadshows return in May with a 4 venue tour of the southern region. The theme is weight management and mobility and the organisers promise fun-filled, fact-packed events. The evenings will address a broad ranging syllabus that includes...

    Petplan launches PIA award nominations

    Petplan has launched nominations for its Petplan Insurance Advisor of the Year Award. The award is to recognise the hard work and dedication that Pet Insurance Advisors (PIAs) do to highlight the importance of insurance to pet owners as a means of...
  • New poisoning emergency service

    Vets Now, in cooperation with its host practices and the Veterinary Poisons Information Service, is launching a new 'Tox Box' service giving veterinary surgeons 24 hour direct access to the treatments that they are most likely to need, and least likely...

    BSAVA publishes WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines

    The BSAVA is supporting the role of veterinary surgeons as advocates for animal welfare by publishing the WSAVA Animal Welfare Global Guidelines for Companion Animal Practitioners and the Veterinary Team in the May issue of the Journal of Small Animal...

    New JSAP review discusses use of intraperitoneal and incisional analgesia

    The latest capsule review from the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Global Pain Council (WSAVA-GPC), published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), discusses the use of intraperitoneal (IP) and incisional analgesia...

    Royal Canin offers free places on video-making course

    Royal Canin is offering three free places on 'Video-making for social media', a CPD training course organised by the VPMA and SPVS. Advances in mobile phone technology, combined with the simplification of video-editing software and the adoption of...

    Vets: Share your thoughts about the future of your profession

    VetSurgeon.org has started a series of discussions about major changes to the profession proposed by the Legislative Working Party in order to help you form your opinion and give feedback to the RCVS. If they become law, the changes proposed by the...

    New BSAVA laparoscopic spaying fact sheet to give clients

    The BSAVA has published a new factsheet about laparoscopic spaying for pet owners. BSAVA’s client information leaflets are designed to be used as part of the veterinary consultation and provide information to help owners understand what is involved...
  • 15 years after FMD, BVA asks government to reflect on vital role of vets

    On the 15th anniversary of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, the BVA has emphasised the vital role of vets and veterinary surveillance in protecting the UK from devastating disease outbreaks. The outbreak (confirmed in an abattoir on 19 February...

    First trial of breakthrough bTB test in Wales

    Mossman Farming, a dairy farm on the west Welsh coast which has been stricken by bovine TB, has become the first to gain permission to trial PBD Biotech’s rapid Actiphage blood test for Mycobacterium bovis ( M. bovis ). PBD Biotech says the Actiphage...

    Great Western Exotics to host free online raptor triage CPD session

    Great Western Exotics is holding a CPD session on how to triage raptors online at 7:00pm on Tuesday 4th April. The session will be led by Adam Gregory, Head Nurse, who has experience gained around the world both as a veterinary nurse and a zookeeper...

    Boehringer launches liquid version of Vetmedin

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched Vetmedin (pimobendan) 1.5 mg/ml oral solution for dogs in Great Britain, offering a new treatment option for smaller cardiac patients and ones that don't take tablets easily. The company says the two main benefits...