Veterinary News Headlines

    London Vet Show announces business programme

    The London Vet Show, which takes place on Thursday 19th November and Friday 20th November at the Olympia Grand , has announced the business programme for 2015. The programme will include: ‘Preparing to double your veterinary practice profits...

    Twycross video offers insight to life as a zoo vet

    Twycross Zoo has released a video on YouTube in which Sarah Chapman, Head of Veterinary Sciences, describes the challenges of being a zoo vet, explains why she loves the job and introduces the zoo’s partnership with the vet school at University of Nottingham...

    Vet Empowered Live coming to Manchester

    Vet Empowered, a provider of personal development and coaching services in the veterinary profession, will be hosting a live event designed to boost vets' confidence, help navigate imposter syndrome and realign with their goals, on Sunday 24th March...

    Dan O'Neill awarded RCVS Impact Award for his work on VetCompass

    Dr Dan O’Neill, Associate Professor in Companion Animal Epidemiology at the RVC, has been given the RVCS Impact Award for his work developing the pioneering VetCompass initiative which gathers epidemiological data from 1800 first opinion and referral...

    Surrey mobile vet wins 15 minutes of fame

    Amy Bergs MRCVS, owner of The Cat Doctor in Surrey and co-founder of the new British Mobile Veterinary Association , has won a week's worth of free advertising for her practice on national TV. The competition was run by the mobile payments company...

    Nearly 50% of farmers not vaccinating against enzootic abortion of ewes

    Ceva Animal Health, the manufacturer of Cevac Chlamydia, has published the results of a new survey which showed that 47% of farmers are not vaccinating against enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) 1 . 322 farmers took part in the survey, 83% of which had...

    Free Metacam trial for cats

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica is giving veterinary practices the chance to offer cat owners a free 3ml pack of Metacam to trial treatment in cats with chronic pain. Boehringer says each free Metacam pack will provide up to seven days' pain relief...

    Jersey vet's enthusiasm wins an Ipad for veterinary nurse

    Gardner Llewlyn Veterinary Recruitment and VetSurgeon.org / VetNurse.co.uk have announced the winners of a competition in which people were invited to nominate nurses for a special thanks for the work they do. 67 entries from veterinary surgeons,...

    Registrations open for RCVS symposium on veterinary mental health

    The RCVS has announced that its third Mind Matters Mental Health Research Symposium will take place live online from 10am on Wednesday 24 November, and is now open for registration. Professor Susan Dawson (pictured right), Chair of the Mind Matters...

    Sniffing out cancer

    The Company Of Animals has announced its support for a new charity: Cancer & Bio Detection Dogs, which claims to have proved unequivocally that dogs can be trained to detect human cancers by smell. The charity trained dogs to discriminate between...

    New company to help practices secure PSS accreditation

    Diverse Undertakings Ltd. has announced that it is extending its services to include support for veterinary practices in securing their RCVS Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) accreditation. The company was originally formed to provide business advisory...

    BVA Congress moves to London Vet Show from 2013

    The BVA has announced that from 2013, its annual Congress will take place at the London Vet Show. The association says that the move is being done to bring together political debate and clinical CPD on a large scale and to ensure that the BVA can...

    New on VETS.TV - BVA AWF Discussion Forum 2008 and the Young Vet Network

    Anyone unable to attend the latest in the increasingly popular BVA Animal Welfare Foundation discussion forums, held in May, can now catch up on the presentations on VETS.TV - the new web TV service currently being piloted by BVA - which can be accessed...

    New President and President-Elect at BVA

    Harvey Locke has been elected President of the British Veterinary Association, and Carl Padgett its President-Elect for 2010/2011. The ceremony took place during the Annual General Meeting of the BVA at the close of its Annual Congress, held in Glasgow...

    MSD launches Summer Staycation pet parasites campaign

    MSD Animal Health has launched its Summer Staycation campaign with a range of resources to help veterinary practices keep their clients safe from parasites while holidaying in the UK. MSD says the Summer Staycation campaign is designed to support the...

    Study shows racism is still a problem in the UK veterinary profession

    A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), London South Bank University and the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society, has found racism continues to be a problem experienced by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) members of...

    €3,000 European Pain Management Award Announced

    A new award aims to ‘reward innovative and outstanding work' by a veterinarian, in the field of pain management in companion animals or horses. The Merial Animal Health sponsored initiative was announced at a recent Pain Management Symposium...

    RCVS announces review of extra-mural studies

    Recent changes in the way veterinary schools teach clinical and practical skills, coupled with increasing financial pressure on students and new graduates, have triggered the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to review its guidelines for Extra-Mural...

    Solicitor launches CPD-qualifying dog law training webinars

    Canterbury-based solicitor Cooper & Co , which specialises in dog law, has launched a series of CPD-qualifying webinars for veterinary professionals available at www.doglaw.tv . The webinars, which are presented by Trevor Cooper, cover a wide variety...

    BVA launches updated poultry poster

    The BVA Animal Welfare Foundation has announced the availability of an updated version of its A3 poultry poster designed to assist veterinary surgeons identify diseases in free-range birds. Based on information compiled by Victoria Roberts,...

    Permanent identification to be required for Canine Health Schemes

    The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the Kennel Club's confirmation that, from January 2010, all dog owners and breeders wishing to participate in the Kennel Club/BVA Canine Health Schemes (CHS) for eye disease and hip and elbow dysplasia...

    Dechra launches wound case history competition

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched a case study competition to find out how veterinary professionals are using Celox, its new haemostatic agent designed to stop heavy bleeding. According to the company, Celox Veterinary forms a gel-like clot...

    Boehringer launches new Canikur Pro website

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has launched a new Canikur Pro website - www.canikurpro.co.uk - to provide pet owners with advice on digestive upset and offer a quick reference guide to using Canikur Pro. The site offers information about the common...

    AHT calls for help with Eosinophilic Keratitis research

    Researchers at the Animal Health Trust are appealing for information from veterinary surgeons who have seen recent Eosinophilic Keratitis (EK) conditions, an emerging issue in UK equine ophthalmology. The AHT says that despite the increased awareness...

    Abattoir study highlights need for lung protection therapy when treating cattle for pneumonia

    Pneumonia-induced lung damage could be costing some cattle almost 74kg a year in lost lifetime growth potential with even moderate damage resulting in animals losing 39kg over an 18 month beef finishing system. These are the figures from a major...