Veterinary News Headlines

    New joint supplement for cats and dogs

    Nutravet has launched Nutraflex, a new joint supplement for cats and dogs. Nutraflex contains turmeric curcumin complex and boswellia extract, which Nutravet says work synergistically to support the natural systems that control inflammation. The...

    Virbac launches sex aid

    Virbac Animal Health has launched a new pet owner information pack to help practices raise awareness of reproductive health issues in dogs and cats. The pack consists of a leaflet holder with four different leaflets covering unwanted sexual behaviour...

    RCVS Disciplinary Committee dismisses case against London vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has dismissed a case against a London-based veterinary surgeon, having found charges related to fraudulent registration not proved. Miss Maria Becerra Parga was charged with fraudulently entering her name on the Register...

    Enterprising student appeals for help overcoming financial barrier to becoming a vet

    Amber Cordice, an aspiring veterinary student from Gravesend in Kent, is appealing for financial help to overcome the barriers to entering the veterinary profession. 21-year-old Amber recently graduated with a first class degree in Zoology from the...

    BSAVA 2021 programme is now live

    The BSAVA has published the full programme for this year's Congress, which will be held online from the 25th to the 27th March. The programme includes more than 130 hours of CPD delivered by over 100 speakers from home and abroad, with talks for all...

    Should you treat preclinical canine MMVD with ACEIs?

    According to a review published in the May edition of the Journal of Small Animal Practice , administration of ACEIs to dogs with preclinical MMVD and cardiomegaly results in little or no difference in the risk of developing congestive heart failure...

    Zoletil anaesthetic licence has in-use stability increased to eight days

    Zoletil, Virbac's 2-in-1, injectable anaesthetic for cats and dogs has had a licence change increasing its extended in-use stability from 24 hours to 8 days. A single vial can now be used for 8 days after reconstitution when stored in a fridge at between...

    Novartis presents research for new anthelmintic class

    At the WAAVP (World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology) Congress last week, Novartis Animal Health presented what the company describes as promising data on potentially the first new livestock anthelmintic class in 25 years...

    Vetoquinol launches new wormer for dogs

    Vetoquinol UK has launched Dolpac®, its new wormer for dogs. Dolpac® is a broad spectrum anthelmintic for dogs containing pyrantel, oxantel and praziquantel. Individually these ingredients are effective against individual worm species and the...

    Boehringer Ingelheim allows vets to use online consultation platform free

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has partnered with VetHelpDirect to offer all UK and Irish veterinary practices free access to an online video consultation platform for a period of three months. By offering an alternative to face-to-face consultations...

    Vetoquinol completes acquisition of Drontal and Profender

    Vetoquinol has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Profender and Drontal from Elanco, and now owns the brands in the UK and Ireland. The company says the return to a ‘new normal’ post-lockdown provides a significant opportunity for...

    Scotland to get first new vet school in 150 years

    Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has announced plans to create Scotland's first new vet school in 150 years, in Aberdeen. SRUC, which is the biggest provider of veterinary nursing, livestock husbandry and animal care training in Scotland, says it will...

    Kit Sturgess becomes new editor of Veterinary Evidence

    Dr Kit Sturgess FRCVS, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Veterinary Evidence, the free, open access, peer-reviewed journal published by RCVS Knowledge. Kit, or, to give him his full title, Dr Kit Sturgess MA, VetMB, PhD, CertVR, DSAM, CertVC, FRCVS...

    VetPlus launches powdered potassium supplement for cats and dogs

    VetPlus has launched a powdered version of Kaminox, its potassium supplement for cats and dogs. Kaminox contains potassium gluconate and B-vitamins to help dogs affected by hypokalaemia. Originally released as an oral liquid supplement, Vetplus says...
  • Equine infectious anaemia detected in Northumberland

    Equine infectious anaemia (EIA) has been detected in a horse in Northumberland following importation from the Netherlands, Defra confirmed today. The premises is currently under restriction and the infected horse will be humanely destroyed in line...

    Dechra warns of Oxyglobin supply problem

    Dechra Veterinary Products is warning veterinary professionals it is experiencing supply issues with Oxyglobin , Haemoglobin Glutamer-200. Dechra has supplied Oxyglobin under an exclusive UK distributor agreement with Biopure Corporation since 2002...

    Elanco's equine flu vaccines now cross-protect

    Elanco Companion Animal Health has announced that its Duvaxyn IE and IE-T Plus vaccines have been licensed for active immunisation against OIE recommended clade 1 and clade 2 equine influenza strains, the first vaccines to be so licensed. The company...

    Bimeda adds phenylbutazone to its equine range

    Bimeda has announced the launch of Butagran Equi (phenylbutazone), to join its range of analgesics and anti-inflammatories. Bimeda says that Butagran Equi provides rapid onset of activity with the added convenience for horse owners or professionals...

    Equine Flu Awareness Month coming up in April

    Merial Animal Health has announced that the second Equine Flu Awareness Month will be held in April this year, with the objective of further educating owners and improving herd protection against this highly contagious disease. Following last year...

    DC reprimands East Sussex-based vet for failing to declare driving conviction

    East Sussex-based Maria Elena Marin Crespo MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS DC for twice failing to declare a conviction for failing to provide the police with a specimen of breath for analysis. Dr Crespo appeared in front of the Disciplinary...

    New cardiology course takes it 'piece by piece'

    Dechra Veterinary Products (maker of Cardisure) has launched a new online CPD course which consists of a series of short presentations about treating congestive heart failure in dogs, developed with cardiology consultant Mike Martin. According to the...

    BEVA to hold essential equine nutrition course online

    The British Equine Veterinary Association will be holding a one-day CPD course: 'From superfoods to supplements: How to know more than the owner' online on the 7th July 2021. During the course, which counts as 7 CPD hours, some of the best-known veterinary...

    Only half of vets are recommending vaccination against strangles

    Dechra has published the results of a survey which shows how vets and horse owners could do more to prevent strangles. The survey of 50 vets carried out in May this year 1 found that only half of them are recommending strangles vaccination to their...

    CEVA offers FLUTD review for vets, plus Cystease® S in smaller pack size

    Cystease ® S, CEVA Animal Health's urinary tract support product for cats, is now available in a new 100 tablet pack size for greater convenience to the practice. CEVA`s small animal veterinary advisor Fraser Broadfoot said: "Previously Cyst...

    Vets invited to ISFM Congress 2023: Between a Urolith and a Hard Place

    The International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) will be hosting its annual Congress in Dublin from 29th June to 3rd July 2023, with the theme of ‘Between a Urolith and a Hard Place: Acute upper urinary tract disease and beyond…’ The ISFM says Congress...