Veterinary News Headlines

    Vets invited to attend RCVS AGM online

    The RCVS is inviting all vets to attend its Annual General Meeting, taking place online, on Friday, 9 July 2021. The proceedings will begin at 10am with the formal adoption by RCVS Council of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2020, which...

    Exotics anaesthesia and analgesia CPD coming to the West Country

    Sonya Miles CertAVP(ZM), CertAqV, MRCVS, an Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine, has announced 'Anaesthesia and Analgesia in Exotic Pets', a day of CPD lectures at The Hive, Weston-Super-Mare on Friday 25th August 2023. The lectures, which...

    Uninsured pet owners increasingly choosing euthanasia over vets bills

    In the most recent Petplan Pet Census, an annual study of pet ownership in the UK, 97% of vets reported that a lack of funds had led to owners choosing euthanasia over treatment. Whilst some cases are the result of one-off ‘emergency' treatment, manageable...

    Channel 4 searching for TV vets and nurses

    Maverick Television is looking for three veterinary surgeons and two veterinary nurses to front a new Channel 4 television show. Maverick, makers of Embarrassing Bodies and Bizarre Animal ER , says the new show will be about embarrassing animal behaviours...

    Woodley appointed distributor of Mythic 18 haematology analyser

    Woodley Equipment Company Ltd has been appointed as the UK and European master veterinary distributor for the Mythic 18 Vet haematology analyser manufactured by Orphee-Medical, Switzerland. The Mythic 18 Vet is a fully automated, 18 parameter haematology...

    Coronavirus testing programme to help vets back to work

    A new company called ReCoVa-19 has launched a coronavirus testing and wellness programme designed to help veterinary professionals back into the workplace. The programme offers employers a variety of options, including antigen and antibody testing...

    Alison Brough, Kirsty French and Hannah Hunt shortlisted for Young Vet of the Year

    The British Veterinary Association has announced that Alison Brough, Kirsty French and Hannah Hunt have been shortlisted for Young Vet of the Year 2022. Alison (pictured right) was nominated for making a significant difference to the lives of aquatic...
  • Vets invited to open day for new exotics referral clinic in Shropshire

    Evolution Exotics, a new, independent exotics referral clinic which is opening on the 1st October in Cleobury Mortimer, South Shropshire, is hosting an open day for vets on Saturday 21st September from 10:00am to 4:00am. The new clinic is led by Marie...

    BVA and BCVA welcome Defra's announcement on badger cull

    The British Veterinary Association and its specialist cattle division the British Cattle Veterinary Association have welcomed today's announcement by Defra that it is strongly minded to include a controlled cull of badgers as a key component of the bovine...

    RCVS non-payers removed from Register

    The RCVS has published a list of 369 veterinary surgeons who missed the 31st May deadline for retention fee payments, were removed from the Register and not restored by 24 June, on its website . The College says it publishes the list to alert those...

    Ceva launches practice 'Build a Den' fireworks competition

    Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Adaptil and Feliway, has launched its annual ‘Build a Den’ competition to help practices highlight the benefits of building a den to calm and reassure dogs during the firework festivities. To enter the competition...

    White Cross Vets loves Manchester

    White Cross Vets , which has 16 UK practices, including one in Manchester, has donated £5500 to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital following the terrorist attack in the city two weeks ago. The veterinary group made the donation on behalf of...

    Paisley-based veterinary nurse suspended for dishonesty

    Paisley-based Laura Benson RVN has been suspended for nine months by the RCVS VN Disciplinary Committee for stealing from her veterinary practice and asking a colleague to input false clinical records about her pet. Ms Benson faced six charges. The...

    Simon Tappin appointed Clinical Director at Dick White Referrals

    Cambridgeshire referral centre Dick White Referrals (DWR) has appointed European and RCVS internal medicine specialist Simon Tappin as its new clinical director. Simon, who has worked at DWR for 15 years, graduated from the University of Cambridge...

    Vets asked to help with 'biggest ever' feline hypertension survey

    Dr. Sarah Caney, RCVS recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine, is asking all vets to take part in what she hopes will be the biggest online feline hypertension survey conducted so far, with the aim of getting an accurate insight into how vet teams currently...

    Horse Trust reports horse owners hit by recession

    Equine charity The Horse Trust has reported an unprecendented number of enquiries from people wanting to rehome their horses and ponies. In the three weeks since the financial crisis resulted in repossessions, job losses and cash shortages, more than...

    Petlog launches Microchipping Month at Aylesbury practice

    Petlog has kicked off its annual National Microchipping Month by joining forces with Hampden Veterinary Hospital in Aylesbury. Petlog holds National Microchipping Month throughout June each year to promote the benefits of microchipping and the importance...
  • Agria launches practice display competition

    Agria Pet Insurance has launched a competition in which the practice that creates the most informative and effective pet insurance display using the company's new display kit will win £500 cash. Agria says its new display kit is designed primarily...

    Groundbreaking 3d printing service for vets

    A groundbreaking 3d printing service offered by Replica 3DM, a spin off of Salisbury NHS District Hospital, has helped referral veterinary orthopaedist Andy Moores in carrying out surgery on dog that won the 2013 Crufts Friends For Life Award. Haatchi...

    VetSurgeon overhauled to raise the standard of clinical information sharing

    VetSurgeon.org has undergone its biggest overhaul since the online community was first launched over a decade ago, specifically to offer a far better platform for clinical discussion than Facebook, and to give referral practitioners a major new incentive...

    Veterinary experts work on new guidelines for detecting fetlock injury in racehorses

    Veterinary experts from around the world have stepped closer to defining guidelines for the identification of pre-fracture pathology in the racehorse fetlock at a meeting held last week. The two-day collaborative workshop was hosted by the Jockey Club...

    Webinar tonight to help practices plan their way out of lockdown

    Bayer Animal Health is hosting ‘Planning your way out of the crisis’, a free webinar at 7:00pm tonight in which veterinary business guru Alan Robinson will offer support and advice for practices emerging from lockdown. Alan, who is MD of the veterinary...

    All members of the veterinary profession invited to take part in SPVS Salary Survey

    The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons has opened its 2021 Salary Survey and is inviting everyone in the profession, in clinical or non-clinical roles, from vets and nurses to support staff and those in industry, to take part. The SPVS Salary...

    NVS survey reveals top 5 ways vets improve wellbeing at work

    NVS has shared the results of a survey in which veterinary professionals shared their most common strategies for improving staff wellbeing. The survey of 76 vets and nurses, which was conducted by the company in September and October 2024, found that...

    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...