Veterinary News Headlines

    New service offers latest veterinary ECC evidence updates

    Vetbytes, the point-of-care clinical support tool, has added a 'latest updates' feature to its emergency and critical care app, allowing veterinary professionals to see condensed summaries of the most recently published papers relevant to ECC. Zoë...

    Reason to visit BVA at BSAVA Congress

    BVA has announced that it is launching a pilot of VETS.TV , and invites you to come and preview the service at its stand at BSAVA. Anyone willing to surrender their name and email address will also be entered into a prize draw to win an HP 530...

    Medivet buys Bedfordshire practice

    Medivet Veterinary Partnership has announced the acquisition of a two-branch practice in Bedfordshire, Ridgeway Veterinary Centre, Flitwick, and Kempston Veterinary Clinic, Bedford, belonging to John Wakely, BVetMed MRCVS. Current practice vets, John...

    Freelance Surgical now sole distributor for IMEX fixation products

    Freelance Surgical Ltd has announced that it is now the sole UK distributor for IMEX Veterinary, Inc. external fixation products. In fact, Freelance Surgical has been a supplier of IMEX products for over a year, but says that most customers had been...

    Vets invited to cardiology roundtable with Prof Mike Herrtage

    Improve International is hosting a free online roundtable at which Professor Mike Herrtage and other leading lights from the field of small animal cardiology will share memorable cases and key clinical insights, on 27th July at 8:00pm. Mike, an RCVS...

    Voting opens for the 2021 RCVS Council elections

    Voting has now opened in the 2021 elections for RCVS Council. There are 14 candidates standing in this year’s election, including one current RCVS Council member eligible for re-election and 13 candidates not currently on Council. They are: Dr...

    New dosing syringe for canine anti-epileptic Epiphen

    Epiphen, Vétoquinol's canine anti-epileptic drug, has been re-launched with new packaging and a useful dosing syringe. "Some of our customers reported that they were having difficulty administering the drops accurately," explains Slavica...

    Surrey veterinary surgeon wins VetSurgeon iPad

    Andy Trevan , a veterinary surgeon at the Gayton Veterinary Group in Redhill, has won the VetSurgeon.org prize draw to win an Apple iPad. The draw was held to raise awareness in the profession of the growing community on VetSurgeon.org, and...

    British researcher wins award for FIV work

    William McEwan BSc MRes PhD, now working at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, has been awarded the ABCD and Merial Young Scientist of the Year Award 2010 for his work on the replication and cross-species transmission of feline immunodeficiency...

    Exotic vet app now on Android

    Trinity Vet Centre has launched an Android version of its iPhone / iPad app: Veterinary Care of Exotic Pets . Designed for veterinary surgeons, veterinary students and veterinary nurses, the app gives the viewer an interactive experience in the...

    Merial launches online support for large animal vets

    Merial has announced the launch of Nexus ( http://merialnexus.co.uk ), a new online information resource which offers large animal vets and Suitably Qualified Persons (SQPs) CPD training modules, webinars, technical articles, product information, marketing...

    Medivet celebrates 30th year with 200th practice

    Medivet is celebrating two milestones this month: 30 years in the profession and its 200th veterinary practice. The company, which has added over 50 practices to the business this year alone, puts its success down to the group's family feel, and the...

    New Equine Parasites Manual from Fort Dodge

    Fort Dodge (makers of Equest equine worming brands, and Deosect), is launching a new Equine Parasites Reference Manual. The manual, which is supported by AHDA, AMTRA and BEVA, is billed as 'an objective and comprehensive reference guide covering...
  • Pfizer client feedback system debuts at Bicester practice

    Bicester Vets in North Oxfordshire has become the first to install Improvet, a touch-screen unit through which the practice can gather client feedback. Improvet is one of a range of services offered by Pfizer as part of Vet Support+. It's designed...

    Vétoquinol launches joint support products

    Vétoquinol has launched Flexadin, a new range of joint support products for cats and dogs with osteoarthritis (OA) Robert Simpson, Flexadin Product Manager said: "This new range is made up of two products: Flexadin Plus and Flexadin Advanced, both...

    New study shows there is no escaping fleas

    A new study carried out to look at the efficacy of spinosad (Comfortis) in cats has shown that they can acquire a flea infestation even when kept in a controlled laboratory environment. The study was conducted on a laboratory colony of 15 cats that...

    Vetlife seeks vet with a passion for mental health

    Vetlife is seeking a veterinary surgeon with a passion for mental health to serve as a trustee on its board. Vetlife is independent of all other veterinary organisations and is managed by a Board of 11 elected Trustees, all of whom are veterinary surgeons...

    BEVA Congress box office now open

    BEVA has opened the box office for its 60th Congress, taking place from 8th–10th September 2022 at the ACC in Liverpool. This year’s programme includes five live streams running in parallel throughout the conference with clinical research presentations...

    New clinical facilities at the University of Bristol

    The University of Bristol's Langford Veterinary Services (LVS) has announced the completion of its new clinical facilities. The first phase of the £13 million development includes a new small animal surgery building, comprising five theatres, an ICU...

    RCVS launches online learning platform

    The RCVS has launched a new digital learning platform, with free-to-access interactive CPD-qualifying courses for veterinary professionals. Called the RCVS Academy, the new platform offers training in the following areas: Leadership and coaching...
  • Success in Veterinary Practice reviewed

    Success in Veterinary Practice by Dr. Bradley Viner DProf BVetMed MSc(VetGP) MRCVS is now available from Wiley Blackwell at £28.99. Teeside general practitioner Rob Reid BVM&S MRCVS has reviewed the book for members of VetSurgeon.org: There...
  • RCVS Audit and Risk Committee to be prioritised

    RCVS President, Dr Jerry Davies, has committed to prioritise the establishment of a new Audit and Risk Committee, following publication of the recommendations of a report into two overspends at the College. Earlier this year, outgoing President Peter...
  • BEVA debate suggests equine practice needs to adapt to family life

    Moral Maze, a debate held by members at the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress earlier this month, has concluded that equine practice needs to adapt to accommodate family life. 92% of voters agreed with the motion: Equine practice...

    RCVS joins forces with Doctors’ Support Network in new campaign to tackle mental health stigma

    The RCVS has announced that it has joined forces with the Doctors’ Support Network (DSN) to launch the ‘&me’ campaign which aims to tackle mental health stigma in the health professions by encouraging prominent members to speak out about their own experiences...

    Change in antibody used for cortisol test

    The BSAVA is working with the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology (ESVE) to inform veterinary surgeons about a change in the antibody used to test for cortisol. The ESVE has become aware through its Endocrine Quality Assurance (EQA) Scheme...