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    Thoracic x-rays session added to Cardio Academy website

    Ceva Animal Health has added a new session to its Cardio Academy CPD website entitled 'Thoracic X-rays: Normal Features'. In this 30 minute multimedia presentation, the cardiology specialist Nicole Van Israël discusses how the normal thoracic radiograph...

    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...

    ChroMyco Due dermatophyte test enhanced

    Invicta Animal Health has launched an enhanced version of the ChroMyco Duo dermatophyte test. The tests use a new round plate with an improved lid design. In addition, the plates are wider and deeper providing 25% more culture medium. According...
  • 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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    100+ Nottingham vet students to attempt 3 Peaks Challenge

    Over 100 students from Nottingham Vet Society will attempt the 3 Peaks Challenge by climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in under 24 hours on 10 March. The funds raised will be split between VBF , the charity that supports veterinary professionals...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    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...

    Dechra to host CPD on cat inappetence, sedation of dogs, and strangles at London Vet Show

    Dechra Veterinary Products is hosting a series of one hour CPD sessions covering cat inappetence, the sedation of dogs, and strangles at the London Vet Show this year (17th/18th November). At 9.00am on Thursday and 1.45pm on Friday, Dr Sam Taylor,...

    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...

    Buprecare buprenorphine ampoules are back

    Animalcare has announced that Buprecare buprenorphine single dose ampoules are now back in stock and ready to order from all veterinary wholesalers. Production of the product had ceased in July 2011, when the company's previous manufacturer closed...

    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...

    BVA refuses Badger Trust's call to support judicial review

    The President of the British Veterinary Association has written to the Badger Trust to clarify the BVA position on the pilot badger culls in England, stating that it will not be supporting the Trust's application for a judicial review. The BVA Council...

    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...