Veterinary News Headlines

    Nominations invited for 2009 Petplan Veterinary Awards

    The 2009 Petplan Veterinary Awards are now underway, and you may now nominate those exceptional colleagues in the veterinary profession who you feel deserve to be officially recognised for all their hard work. This year will be a double celebration...

    County Down vet removes himself from the Register after dishonest conduct charge

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has accepted an undertaking from Stephen Cargill Wilson (68), a retired County Down-based vet, to remove himself from the Register. Mr Wilson faced two charges. The first was that in October 2017, he provided inaccurate...

    New Hampshire-based advanced dental referral service

    Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists has launched an advanced dentistry referral service led by Dr Matthew Oxford, BVM&S, GPCert (SAS) MRCVS. Matthew, who holds a European Certificate in Small Animal Surgery, is one of a small group of veterinary dentists...
  • Referral veterinary surgeon launches webinar series

    Anthony Chadwick, a referral dermatologist, has teamed up with other experts to offer a series of web-based seminars with the aim of bringing accessible and convenient CPD to vets. 50 VetSurgeon members can attend the webinars for half price. Just enter...

    Dogs with chronic diarrhoea urgently needed for study

    Specialists in internal medicine from Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies) in Hertfordshire and Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull are urgently seeking canine patients with chronic small intestinal diarrhoea, to help with a...

    Vets asked how they can be supported in delivering contextualised care

    RCVS Knowledge is asking vets working in small animal practice to take part in a survey and share their views on how vet teams can be supported to deliver contextualised care. The survey is part of an initiative to develop a 'roadmap' for what needs...

    RVC named world's top vet school

    The Royal Veterinary College has been named as the top veterinary school in the QS World University Rankings 2021. Compiled by global higher education analysts, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the rankings provide a comparative analysis on the performance...

    Royal Canin launches new promotion for cat-owning clients

    Royal Canin has announced the launch of a summer campaign to help small animal practices develop their relationships with cat-owning clients. 'Summer of the Cat' runs throughout July, August and September. As part of the campaign, cat owners are being...
  • RCVS CEO hears the concerns of the profession

    RCVS CEO Nick Stace has published a refreshingly candid acknowledgement of recent concerns voiced by the profession on his blog, www.nickstaceblogs.org . In his post, he gives a firm commitment to listen to the profession, asking just that...

    New guidance for the treatment of diabetic cats

    The International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM), the veterinary division of International Cat Care, has published Consensus Guidelines on the Practical Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Cats to help veterinary teams deliver optimal management for...
  • Veterinary Nurse title protected in practice

    The RCVS has announced that the Codes of Professional Conduct for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses have been updated to state that you should not refer to yourselves or others as 'veterinary nurses' unless registered. In fact, the change...

    Vetlab offers chance to win new veterinary centrifuge

    Vetlab Supplies, the Sussex-based veterinary equipment and consumables supplier, is holding a draw to win a CombiSpin veterinary centrifuge, worth £895. The draw, which is open to UK mainland veterinary practices, can be entered here until 31st January...

    Veterinary triage service partners with practice management software company to streamline vets' workflow

    Online veterinary triage company, Vidivet, has announced a partnership with the practice management software provider, Provet Cloud, whereby case notes from out-of-hours calls taken by Vidivet are automatically sent to the pet owner's practice so it...

    RCVS announces winners of the 2018 Council election

    The RCVS has announced the results of this year’s RCVS Council election which saw a turnout of 22.7%, compared to 22.8% last year and 15.6% the year before. The results, in order of number of votes, are: Elected: Susan Paterson – 3,976 votes...

    Vet Channel launches waiting room video display system

    The Vet Channel has launched VetPod, a customisable video display system for practice waiting rooms. The VetPod system is comprised of three elements: a website where you select the media you want to display in your waiting room, the VetPod, which...

    Docsinnovent launches first veterinary supraglottic airway devices

    Docsinnovent Ltd has launched what it says is the first ever commercial range of veterinary-species-specific, supraglottic airway devices. Nicki Glen, Marketing Manager at Docsinnovent said: "v-gel is a truly unique, supraglottic airway management...

    Tramadol added to controlled drugs list

    Tramadol has become a controlled drug and has been added to Schedule 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 The change to the regulations, which was made by the Home Office means that the drug is now subject to special requirements when writing...

    Prednidale 5mg recalled

    Dechra Veterinary Products has issued a recall for Prednidale 5 mg Tablets because of a microbial contamination. The following batches are affected: 119501 Prednidale 5mg Tablets Expiry July 2021 120633 Prednidale 5mg Tablets Expiry October 2021...

    First heart disease clinic for puppies and kittens opens in Solihull

    Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, in Solihull, has launched the UK’s first congenital heart disease referral clinic for puppies and kittens. The clinic will assess cats and dogs under six months old where a heart murmur has been detected...
  • RCVS invites vets to comment on Veterinary Surgeons Act

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons is inviting comments on new proposals for bringing the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 up to date. In 2005, following earlier consultations, the RCVS Council called for extensive changes in the arrangements for...

    Disciplinary Committee suspends Cardigan veterinary surgeon

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended a Cardigan veterinary surgeon from the RCVS Register for five months, for failure to perform accurate bovine tuberculin testing and for falsely certifying the test results. During the two-day hearing,...

    RCVS Christmas Box goes to Medical Detection Dogs and The Horse Trust

    RCVS President, Professor Stephen May, has chosen Medical Detection Dogs and The Horse Trust and as the recipients of this year’s RCVS Christmas Box, a £3,000 annual donation. The Horse Trust provides a range of services to support working horses...

    Vets concerned that the care needs of pet reptiles, birds and amphibians are not being met

    The BVA has issued a new policy position on non-traditional companion animals (NTCAs), aka exotics, after finding that 81% of vets are concerned that their needs are not being met, with many saying that owners being unable to care for them properly is...

    Zoetis offers alternative to Equip Rotavirus as new supplies delayed till March 2024

    Zoetis has been granted a Wholesale Dealer Import Certificate (WDIC) to supply practices with an alternative rotavirus vaccine after being hit by manufacturing delays with this year’s season of Equip Rotavirus. Practices which want to buy the alternative...

    Propofol inventor amongst the winners of the 2021 RCVS Honours and Awards

    The RCVS has announced the winners of its 2021 Honours and Awards, which this year included the veterinary surgeon who developed propofol and the ex-BVA President who steered the Association through the early stages of the pandemic. The awards were...