Veterinary News Headlines

    A third of homeowners annoyed by neighbours' noisy pets

    Insulation manufacturer Saint-Gobain Isover has published the results of a survey of 2000 homeowners which found that 36% are annoyed by noise made by neighbours' pets. The Noise Report was commissioned to discover how many homeowners suffered with...

    Free special edition of the EVJ explores the link between human behaviour and equine welfare

    The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has published a special virtual edition with a free collection of 20 articles exploring the relationship between horse-owner behaviour and equine health and welfare. Until now, research in equine veterinary science...

    Controlling skin exposure to chemicals

    The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has announced the publication of a book on controlling skin exposure and wet work. The book aims to fill a knowledge gap about dermal exposure risk management in workplaces which are particularly affected...

    Vets Now ECC CPD coming to a town near you

    Vets Now has announced the dates for its 2020 UK tour, during which it'll be delivering Specialist-led emergency and critical care CPD for veterinary surgeons and nurses. The programme, which offers six hours of CPD, will cover topics such as damage...

    Pet Doctors searches for new grads

    The Pet Doctors Group has announced that it will continue its New Graduate Programme for Autumn 2010, an initiative which the company says has proved successful since its launch in 2008. The aim of the scheme is to appoint new graduates to work in a selected...

    Vets say half of all pets are overweight

    The Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) has published the results of research which found that veterinary surgeons believe 45% of all pets are overweight. In addition, 77% of the 180 vets surveyed at the London Vet Show 2013 believe that the...

    Royal Canin offer to highlight importance of feeding hospitalised patients

    Royal Canin has announced a special offer designed to highlight the importance of feeding hospitalised patients. The company is offering up to £50* worth of vouchers to use at J.A.K Marketing Ltd when purchasing GI diets (including canine and feline...

    RCVS amends microchipping and client confidentiality guidance

    Guidance for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses on client confidentiality and microchipping has been amended by the RCVS. The amendments deal with situations when a client presents an animal registered in another person's name, and a new...

    BSAVA partners with Idexx to provide more learning resources for vets

    The BSAVA has partnered with Idexx to provide a series of new learning resources for veterinary surgeons. The two organisations are collaborating to produce a topical monthly webinar with an expert speaker, supported with a collection of resources...

    Vetlife seeks volunteer ambassadors

    Vetlife is on the hunt for people to become ambassadors and help raise awareness of the charity's work. Vetlife Ambassadors attend veterinary events, deliver talks and promote fundraising activities on behalf of the charity, which equips them with...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists wins gold

    Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS) the leading, private veterinary referral practice based near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, has won a coveted gold in the Feline Advisory Bureau (FAB) Cat Friendly Practice Awards 2007, with the judges commenting...

    Dechra launches Equine Passport information campaign

    Dechra Veterinary Products, manufacturer and distributor of Equipalazone®, has launched a new information leaflet to support the Equine Passport scheme. Since 2005, when equine passports became mandatory, 958,000 have been issued. The passport...

    BCF launches breakthrough in ultrasound scanning

    BCF Technology has announced the launch of its new BUG ultrasound goggles. The company says that by using cutting-edge OLED display technology, BUGs deliver significant improvements in viewing images from fertility and pregnancy scanning of cattle...

    IVC steps up support for vets doing clinical research

    IVC Evidensia has announced plans to expand its support for those of its vets who want to do clinical research work. The company has set up the Group Veterinary Medical Board (GVMB) Research Fund to offer practical support and financial assistance...

    RCVS launches free training course to help vets train student nurses

    The RCVS Academy has launched a free course to help vets develop the skills they need to support and supervise student veterinary nurses. The Clinical Supervisor course is designed to help veterinary surgeons to guide their students in developing the...

    Free party bag to celebrate Alfaxan's first birthday

    Alfaxan®, Vetoquinol's injectable general anaesthetic, is one year old this month. To celebrate the occasion, and the product's use by 860 UK practices in over 80,000 procedures so far, Vetoquinol is offering a free Alfaxan party bag. The...

    New owner leaflet about equine back pain

    Ceva Animal Health has produced a leaflet to help horse owners understand the cause, diagnosis and management of equine back pain. The company says the management of back pain in the horse can be a particular challenge to vets and a source of...
  • Referral centre to support Mission Rabies

    The Hertfordshire-based referral centre Davies Veterinary Specialists , has announced it is to support Mission Rabies, a charity which aims to reduce the number of children in India that die as a result of contracting rabies from dogs. According to...

    WellVet Virtual does an encore

    WellVet Virtual, the day-long virtual wellness conference for veterinary professionals, has re-opened ticket sales for its recorded sessions after what the organisers describe as the 'overwhelming success of the event'. The conference, which was held...

    Dechra adds hairball feed to its portfolio

    Dechra Veterinary Products has added Lax-a-Past – a complementary feed designed to help eliminate the problem of hairballs in cats – to its portfolio. Lax-a-Past is a palatable paste that can be administered orally to kittens and cats aged over 6...

    New award for the ‘Young Dairy Vet of the Year’

    A new award to recognise the ‘Young Dairy Vet of the Year’ is being added to the 2021 Dairy Industry Trade Awards, called the CREAM Awards, run by British Dairying magazine. The new award, sponsored by Krka UK, will recognise an exceptional farm vet...

    Linnaeus launches menopause support resources

    Hot on the heels of Vets Now and the BVA , Linnaeus has launched new resources to support the 5000-odd members of its workforce that will going through the menopause. The resources comprise guidance materials, a health and wellbeing assessment, associate...

    FMD - Should the government pay?

    The Government's website has a petition on it calling for: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call on the government to provide financial compensation to all farmers who suffer financial loss as a result of the government restrictions...

    Mobile dog blood bank collects first 32 pints

    Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk) launched its new mobile blood collection unit, donated by Royal Canin, at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science on Wednesday, simultaneously collecting enough blood to save the lives of...

    Entries invited for Veterinary Student Clinical Cases Study Awards 2010

    Cats Protection and Dogs Trust have launched an awards scheme inviting veterinary students to submit a series of three feline or canine case studies. The Clinical Cases Study Awards 2010 encourage students to highlight the differential diagnoses and...