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  • Webinar to show practices how to handle difficult people

    Premier Vet Alliance is hosting 'Managing Challenging People & Handling Difficult Conversations’ a free webinar which will give vet practice staff guidance and practical tips. The webinar, which takes place on Thursday 30th June at 7.30pm, is being...

    Animalcare launches antibiotic for sheep and cattle

    Animalcare Ltd has launched Tilmodil (tilmicosin 300mg/ml solution for injection), a semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic licensed for pneumonia in cattle and sheep, foul in the foot in cattle, and footrot and mastitis in sheep. According to the company...
  • Stark message to vets from BVA on Antibiotic Awareness Day

    To mark today's European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2010, the British Veterinary Association is warning veterinary surgeons in the UK that failure to use antimicrobials responsibly could result in their use being restricted. The BVA promotes the...

    Zoetis award recognises practices and students for good EMS

    Zoetis has announced the winners of its awards to recognise the contribution of veterinary practices and the commitment shown by students to the extramural studies programme (EMS) at the University of Bristol. The awards, comprising academic book...

    Welsh Government commits £5m to fighting sheep scab

    Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has announced a £5m programme to help eradicate sheep scab. The disease had been identified as a priority by the Wales Animal Health and Welfare Framework Group. Further...

    BVA seeks nominations for new President

    Nominations for the President of the British Veterinary Association for 2019/20 are now open and will run until 15 January 2018, with all veterinary surgeons invited to self-nominate or nominate a fellow BVA member with their consent. The BVA officer...

    New Midlands-based chronic pain referral clinic

    Solihull-based Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service has announced it is to launch a chronic pain clinic on Monday. Led by Jacques Ferreira, an RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (pictured right), the new...
  • RCVS calls for evidence about 24-hour emergency cover

    The RCVS is inviting responses from veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and animal owners to a call for evidence on the provision of 24-hour emergency veterinary care, in order to understand how best to meet the expectations of all those involved...

    Gerard McLauchlan joins Fitzpatrick to launch interventional radiology service

    Dr Gerard McLauchlan has joined Fitzpatrick Referrals to launch a dedicated interventional radiology service based at the Oncology and Soft Tissue Hospital in Guildford, Surrey. Prior to joining Fitzpatrick Referrals, Gerard was a Senior Lecturer...

    RCVS Knowledge announces winners of first Veterinary Evidence Student Awards

    RCVS Knowledge has announced the winners of the inaugural Veterinary Evidence Student Awards, which were launched last year to engage veterinary students in evidence-based veterinary medicine and to recognise high-quality research from undergraduates...

    New one-day cardiac courses led by Luca Ferasin

    Improve International has launched two one-day cardiac courses, led by Dr Luca Ferasin DVM PhD Cert VC PGCert (HE) Dip ECVIM-CA (Cardiology) MRCVS, a European and RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology. According to the blurb, A Practical...

    RCVS launches neurodiversity resource hub

    The RCVS is marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week by launching a new ‘neurodiversity resource hub’ area of its website and adding new modules on the topic to its Mind Matters Initiative Kite App. Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative...

    Awards recognise people and products committed to cats

    International Cat Care has announced the winners of it's 2018 awards which recognise those products and people that have demonstrated commitment to cats. The Easy to Give Awards are given to pharmaceutical companies that have made it easier to give...

    Virbac announces the return of Ovarid

    Virbac has announced that Ovarid is back in stock following the resolution of a manufacturing problem. The megestrol acetate tablets are indicated for the postponement or prevention of oestrus and the treatment of hypersexuality in male dogs. In cats...

    Life may be getting better for vets

    The organisers of the VET Festival (20-21 May 2022, Loseley Park) have published the results of research they carried out with the Veterinary Management Group which seem to show tentative signs of improvement in the wellbeing of veterinary professionals...

    Salmonella vaccine for cattle gets makeover

    MSD Animal Health has given Bovilis Bovivac S, its salmonella vaccine for cattle, a makeover so it can be easily differentiated from other vaccine bottles. Bovilis Bovivac S is used for active immunisation to induce serological and colostral antibody...

    Two new positioning aids for CT scanning and surgery

    The Big Dog Bed Company is launching two new positioning aids for CT scanning and surgery. The new aids will make their debut at this month's Vet Festival (20-21 May 2022, Loseley Park, Surrey). The Flexi-Wedge (pictured) positioning aid aims to...

    New range of vet-exclusive pet health supplements

    Vita Animal Health has announced the launch of a new range of pet health supplements which be available exclusively through veterinary practices. This is Vita's first foray into the companion animal sector after more than 20 years developing health...

    Startup aims to give vets the chance to own a practice

    Three ex-partners of the Willows Veterinary Group have launched North Star Vets, a new veterinary group which will give vets an opportunity to own a stake in their practice without any capital investment. MsRCVS Sean Cleary and Richard Thomas, and...
  • VPMA offers top tips for compliance with new data regulations

    The Veterinary Practice Management Association (VPMA) has published its ten top tips for practices to become compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules coming into force in May 2018: What data are we talking about? The...

    Competition for vets to encourage toothbrushing

    Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Logic Dental Hygiene Gel and Logic Orozyme Dental Chews, is running a competition amongst veterinary surgeons and nurses to raise awareness of the importance of pet dental hygiene and toothbrushing. To enter the...
  • Two Bristol graduates are the first home grown vets in ten years to become Official Veterinarians

    Lucy Blount and Rosanna Moss MsRCVS have become the first English vet school graduates to become Official Veterinarians (OVs) in a decade, after being appointed by Eville and Jones. Lucy and Rosanna have joined the business in hybrid positions as Novice...

    Vets asked to help recruit puppies for pheromone research

    The University of Lincoln and Ceva Animal Health are asking vets to help recruit puppies and their owners for a study into puppy behaviour and the effect of a pheromone collar on puppy development. The double-blind placebo-controlled study will examine...

    Vets' diagnostic accuracy not significantly impaired by viewing radiographs on smartphones

    A new study , published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), suggests that diagnostic accuracy is not significantly impaired by viewing radiographs on a smartphone 1 . It comes hot on the heels of the as-yet-unsubstantiated...
  • Vets Now introduces menopause support for staff

    www.youtube.com/watch Following the campaigning work of the broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, journalist Alice Smellie and others to raise awareness of the menopause, Vets Now has launched Peppy, a new app to support those of its staff who are going through...