Veterinary News Headlines

    MSD launches new Bravoxin 10 Farm Pack

    MSD has announced that the broad-spectrum clostridial disease vaccine for sheep and cattle, Bravoxin 10, is now available in a new 6 x 100ml farm vaccination pack. The pack contains enough vaccine for 600 sheep or 300 cattle boosters. Buyers of the...

    Free workshop for vets on creative thinking

    The RCVS ViVet innovation project is holding an interactive workshop to introduce veterinary professionals to creativity techniques that can help them develop innovative thinking within the practice team. The two 60-minute interactive sessions are...

    DC refuses to restore vet to practise and research herbal medicine

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has refused an application by Kent-based Warwick Seymour-Hamilton to be restored to the Register in order to prescribe his own herbal treatments and to obtain peer review that would allow his treatments to be licensed...

    Companion Care and Vets4Pets now under one roof

    Pets at Home has announced the acquisition of the joint venture practice business, Vets4Pets , adding 93 stand-alone veterinary practices to the 116 in-store practices it already operates under the Companion Care brand. Providing veterinary and grooming...

    Virbac launches Propofol-Lipuro Vet for use in cats and dogs

    Virbac has launched Propofol-Lipuro Vet, a short-acting intravenously administered and short-term maintenance general anaesthetic for use in dogs and cats. Propofol-Lipuro Vet contains no preservatives so its use can be repeated, even in cats, for...

    Krka launches Selehold 3-pack range

    Krka has launched a 3-pack range of Selehold, its selemectin-based spot-on. Krka says the new pack, available for cats and for toy, small, medium and large dogs, is designed to offer practices greater dispensing flexibility and to encourage quarterly...

    Bayer launches parasite reminder app for pet owners

    Bayer Animal Health has launched a free mobile app for pet owners, offering a bespoke parasite treatment reminder service, to help them follow their parasite protection plan prescribed by their vet. The app was launched following a survey that found...

    Royal Canin launches new pet obesity campaign

    Royal Canin has announced a new campaign for which it has teamed up with TV broadcaster and wellness expert Kathryn Thomas to raise awareness of pet obesity and help cat and dog owners manage their pets’ weight. Kathryn hosts one of Ireland’s highest...
  • Intervet / Schering-Plough launches Nuflor Minidose

    Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has announced the launch of Nuflor Minidose - a 50% more concentrated, but less viscous solution of its proven Nuflor antibiotic. Nuflor Minidose is licensed for the treatment and prevention of bacterial BRD...

    Small Animal Medicine Society first to use social networking online

    The Small Animal Medicine Society has become the very first veterinary society to use online social networking to bring its members closer together, with its own dedicated section within this site. The new SAMSoc section of VetSurgeon contains a host...

    New poster to alert pet owners to spring dangers

    TVM UK has developed a poster to help practices educate owners about the common dangers to their pets in the spring. The poster gives information about common dangers such as: Lilies, which can cause kidney failure in cats Chocolate and sweet...

    Boehringer launches support for risk-based parasite control

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched an online educational hub to help practices use a risk-based approach to responsible parasiticide prescribing in their practice. whatstherisk.co.uk has been created for all practice staff and contains advice from parasitologists...

    Somerset vet has a winning tip

    Phil Kenward from Farm Vets South West in Bridgewater, Somerset has won a bottle of port from the Veterinary Benevolent Fund for submitting the best practical veterinary tip. The tip was: "Do not allow the owner's diagnosis of his problem to...

    New product for cats and dogs with fluid retention

    Dechra has launched Furosoral for the initial treatment or maintenance therapy of conditions associated with fluid build-up in cats and dogs. Furosoral contains furosemide and is indicated for the treatment of hydrothorax, hydropericardium, ascites...

    Jane Feneley becomes UK's first Master General Practitioner

    Jane Feneley MRCVS from Summerhill Veterinary Centre in Norfolk has been recognised as the UK’s first Master General Practitioner (GP) in small animal surgery by the ISVPS. Jane, who has also just been appointed to chair IVC's Small Animal Clinical...

    New research identifies canine lungworm risk factors

    The University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences has published* the results of a study which concludes that young dogs and those that are not wormed regularly are significantly more likely to be infected with the life-threatening, parasitic...

    Unite trade union opens its doors to the veterinary profession

    Unite , the largest trade union in the country, has announced that up to 17,000 members of the UK veterinary profession could become members within the next five years, following the establishment of the British Veterinary Union (BVU) The union says...

    Animal Health Trust helps solve mystery Icelandic equine disease epidemic

    The Animal Health Trust (AHT) has - in partnership with UK and Icelandic research and veterinary institutions - helped identify the cause of a mystery respiratory disease epidemic which infected Iceland’s native horse population and also dogs, cats and...

    RCVS and BVA guidance on 'key worker' status for vets

    The RCVS and the BVA have issued a joint statement to help the veterinary profession interpret the guidance released by Government on 19 March about who qualifies as ‘key workers’ in relation to the closure of schools. The relevant section of the Government...

    New calf scour vaccine with prevention claim

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced the launch of Fencovis, a new calf scour vaccine with a prevention claim, which will be available in the UK and Ireland before the end of the year. A 2021 German study reported the incidence of diarrhoea...

    Animalcare says Pentoject will be back in February

    Animalcare has announced that its Pentobarbital product, Pentoject, will be back in wholesalers in February. The company says a combination of unprecedented demand for the product and logistics issues, together with an issue involving the manufacturer...
  • RCVS Election winners announced

    The Royal College has announced the winners of the 2009 RCVS Council and VN Council elections. This year, a special elections section was set up here on VetSurgeon.org and on VetNurse.co.uk for members to engage directly with candidates in a members...

    Hill's new diet for weight loss and mobility management in dogs

    Hill’s Pet Nutrition has launched Weight Management & Active Mobility pet food, which it says is clinically proven to help dogs reach and maintain ​a healthy weight, with additional mobility support. The company points to research which shows that...

    Virbac launches new spot-on ectoparasiticide

    Virbac has launched Prinovox, a new prescription-only spot-on ectoparasiticide for dogs and cats. The company says the new product contains the same combination of Moxidectin and Imidacloprid as the market leader, but is offered with a unique and...

    Mandisa Greene elected RCVS Junior Vice-President

    Mandisa Greene has been elected Junior Vice-President of the RCVS for 2019-20. Mandisa (pictured right) was first elected to Council in 2014 and then re-elected last year. She is currently Chair of the Practice Standards Group, which coordinates the...