Veterinary News Headlines

    Diabetes app brings management into 21st century

    The Royal Veterinary College has launched the Pet Diabetes App - designed to bring diabetes management in animals into the 21 st century and help ongoing research into the condition. The free app - which was designed by Dr Stijn Niessen, a Senior...

    March is Pet Anxiety Month

    Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Adaptil and Feliway, has announced that it'll be running Pet Anxiety Month in March. The campaign will highlight things that can be done to help anxious pets, including getting professional advice from a behaviourist...

    Veterinary Woman survey to identify issues facing female vets

    Veterinary Woman is conducting a six-minute survey to discover the main issues facing women in the veterinary profession, which will remain open till the end of November. All entrants to the survey will also be able to enter a draw to win a £50 Amazon...

    Dechra launches new CPD programme

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched a new CPD programme covering Feline Hyperthryoidism, Canine Hyperadrenoncorticism and Otitis Externa. The CPD is available both as face-to-face sessions, and online at http://www.dechra.com/ The face-to-face...

    Northern practice group wins industry marketing awards

    White Cross Vets , a group with 11 surgeries in the Midlands and the North of England, has picked up two Veterinary Marketing Association awards at an event usually dominated entirely by big pharma. The group was joint winner of Public Relations Award...

    Royal Canin launches summer cat campaign

    Royal Canin is running summer marketing campaign focusing on felines, to help small animal practices further develop their relationships with cat-owning customers. The 'Summer of the Cat' campaign runs till the end of August and aims to help practices...
  • XLVet practices launch dermatology drive

    XLVets, the collaborative group of 45 independent small animal practices, has announced the launch of 'Scratch Below the Surface', a campaign to raise awareness of skin conditions amongst pet owners. As part of the campaign, practices within the group...

    MSD launches the first intramuscular Lawsonia pig vaccine in the UK

    MSD Animal Health has launched Porcilis Lawsonia, the first intramuscular pig vaccine to control Lawsonia intracellularis, the bacteria which causes Ileitis. MSD says Lawsonia intracellularis is found on many finishing farms throughout the UK, and...

    New BVA resources to help Welsh, Scottish and NI vets report illegal pet importation

    The British Veterinary Association has expanded its range of resources to support veterinary surgeons in the rest of the UK in reporting suspected cases of illegal pet importation The Association launched a compliance flowchart and guidance document...

    Vetoquinol increases Rubenal pack size

    Vetoquinol has announced that packs of Rubenal 300mg are now available in bottles of 60 tablets instead of the previous 20. Rubenal, which was launched earlier this year, is a complementary nutritional feeding stuff for the support of renal function...

    AHDA and AMTRA say BVA is wrong about anthelmintics

    The Animal Medicines Distributors Association (AHDA) and the Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority (AMTRA) have both come out against the BVA's call for all anthelmintic medicines to be reclassified as POM-V , which would prevent them being...
  • New report forecasts 50% increase in pet insurance premiums

    Key Note Ltd, has published Pet Insurance 2015 , a report into the state of the UK pet insurance market which forecasts that premiums will rise by 46.7% by 2019. The report notes that the percentage of adults in Great Britain owning at least one dog...

    New time-saver for recruiting practices

    VetSurgeon.org has launched 'Find our jobs', a new badge for practices to add to their websites which links to a display of JUST the vacancies they've advertised on VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk. The example above right demonstrates a badge...

    New initiative to reduce antibiotic use in small animal and equine practice

    RUMA has announced a new initiative to promote the responsible use of medicines in companion animal and equine practice, which will draw on learnings from the farm animal sector. The new RUMA Companion Animal and Equine Group will initially focus...

    RCVS seeks vets to join panel responsible for selecting potential Fellows

    The RCVS Fellowship is looking for members of the veterinary profession to join its Fellowship Credentials Panel, which makes recommendations for who should become an RCVS Fellow. Every year, the RCVS invites members of the veterinary profession...

    More universities accredited for CertAVP

    The RCVS has accredited four more universities to assess modules for its Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP). This means that there are now 78 modules for candidates to choose from, with many modules available through more than one...

    Nominations open for BVA Council elections

    The British Veterinary Association is asking members to put themselves forward as candidates in the upcoming elections for BVA Council. In eight of the 12 regions BVA is seeking regional representatives who are willing to gather and represent the...

    RCVS allows vets to spread the cost of renewal fees

    The RCVS has announced that veterinary surgeons will be able to spread the cost of their annual renewal fees over the course of the calendar year to mitigate against the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The measures agreed by RCVS...

    Improve launches distance learning postgrad programmes

    Improve International has announced the launch of two new distance learning (DL) postgrad certificates, the Certificate in Small Animal Surgery, which will start in February 2021, and the Certificate in Feline Practice, which will start in April. The...

    Endoscopy client information leaflets now available from the BSAVA

    The BSAVA has published seven new client information leaflets covering upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, laparoscopy, laryngoscopy and tracheobronchoscopy, otoendoscopy, rhinoscopy and urethrocystoscopy. The leaflets...

    2023 RCVS Council elections now open

    Voting has opened for the 2023 RCVS Council elections. There are 10 candidates standing this year and vets can vote for up to three of them until 5pm on Friday 21st April 2023: Professor David Barrett FRCVS Linda Belton MRCVS Dr Martin Chamberlain...

    20% of horse owners don't know how to treat redworm

    This year's National Equine Health Survey, conducted by the Blue Cross and supported by Zoetis, has revealed that 20% of owners who claimed to have treated for encysted small redworm (ESRW) used a wormer that was not indicated to treat the parasite....

    Royal Canin to launch something at BSAVA

    Royal Canin has announced that it will be launching something, it's not saying what, at 4:30pm on Friday 7th at BSAVA Congress on stand 611. The company says there will be experts on hand to answer 'highly anticipated' questions about the new something...

    CVS initiative allows vets to work in the land down under

    CVS, which is currently expanding in Australia, has launched a secondment programme through which its vets can apply for an opportunity to work down under for up to two years. A similar scheme will also be run for Australian colleagues wanting to spend...

    Effects of climate change on animal and human health

    A one-day seminar entitled ‘One World, One Disease,’ will take place at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Wimpole Street, London, on 24 June 2008. The event, which has been jointly organised by the RSM and the Royal College of Veterinary...