Veterinary News Headlines

    Young people to get a taste of life as a vet with the RVC

    Fifty young people from low and middle income backgrounds will have the opportunity to learn what it takes to become a vet and prepare to apply to a veterinary school, at a summer school run by the Sutton Trust and the Royal Veterinary College. The...

    Derbyshire veterinary nurse struck off for unlawful possession of medicines

    Lindsay Newell, a Derbyshire veterinary nurse, has been struck off by The Veterinary Nurses Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS, after she was found guilty of the unlawful possession of veterinary medicines and failing to give regard to welfare in respect...

    New guidance on controlled drugs legislation

    The RCVS has brought out a new publication to help members of the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions understand their legal and professional obligations regarding controlled drugs. Controlled Drugs Guidance is a consolidation of existing...

    Vets invited to discuss inequality in society

    As yet another Chancellor of the Exchequer bites the dust and the economic turmoil highlights the gulf between rich and poor, VetSurgeon.org is offering vets a chance to find out about the causes of inequality in special forum discussion with Sebastian...

    New research on veterinary suicide rate

    A new paper by D J Bartram and D S Baldwin, published in this week's Veterinary Record, has found that veterinary surgeons are four times as likely as the general public, and around twice as likely as other healthcare professionals, to die by suicide...

    New Human to Animal MRSA Advice Service

    The Bella Moss Foundation (BMF) is to launch the Human to Animal MRSA Advice Service at the offices of the British Veterinary Association on Friday 22nd October. The charity says this new online service has been created to provide information and...

    NVS unveils new brand of sustainable products

    NVS has launched Select, its new brand of sustainable veterinary consumables, healthcare products and instruments. The company says its new brand has also been designed to communicate choice more clearly, thereby making vets' busy lives a little easier...

    Virbac announces surfin' CPD day

    Virbac has announced that it is hosting another day of CPD and surfing on Friday 26th April. During the morning's session, Senior Field Veterinary Advisor Alex Allen BVM&S MRCVS will discuss 'Current thinking on companion animal vaccines', including...

    Eli Lilly to buy Novartis Animal Health

    Eli Lilly and Company , which owns Elanco Animal Health , has announced an agreement to acquire Novartis Animal Health for approximately $5.4 billion in cash. Lilly says that on completion of the deal, Elanco will be the second-largest animal health...

    Vet practices: Your neutering data needed

    RCVS Knowledge is calling for all veterinary teams performing neutering in dogs, cats, and rabbits to submit their data to the National Audit for Small Animal Neutering (NASAN) on the vetAUDIT website before the 15th of October. The NASAN is an audit...

    RCVS launches campaign to encourage vet practices to make adjustments for disability

    The RCVS has launched ‘Let’s talk adjustments’, a campaign to raise awareness of reasonable adjustments employers should make to remove or reduce a disadvantage related to an employee’s disability, whether it be physical or mental. Reasonable adjustments...

    FMD and bluetongue update from BCVA

    FMD Most of you will be aware that IP8 was declared yesterday. This is a farm in the POZ that was slaughtered on suspicion after detection during surveillance visits. This has lead to further slight changes in the boundaries of the PZ and SZ. These were...

    SMB launches QuickVet Analyser

    Scandinavian Micro Biodevices (SMB) has launched its new diagnostic device: QuickVet Analyzer. The device brings novel ‘point of care’ testing to the clinic. The QuickVet Analyzer and QuickVet COAG test cartridge provide analytical results in...

    Strongid™-P introduces 'Love your horse'

    Pfizer, manufacturer of the wormer Strongid™-P has launched a new promotional campaign. Love your horse is based on simple, straightforward and unbiased educational messages to help ensure the optimum health and wellbeing of horses and ponies in...

    Genitrix Introduces Dispensing envelopes for Xeno 450 and Xeno 50-Mini spot on

    Genitrix has introduced special envelopes for its Xeno 450 and Xeno 50-Mini spot on parasite control ranges. The envelopes, provided in packs of 30, enable practices to dispense lesser numbers of pipettes than are in the complete boxes to pet owners...

    Genitrix brings new autologous equine treatment to UK

    Genitrix has launched a new system called Osteokine, which produces Platelet-Rich-Plasma (PRP). PRP, an autologous solution containing therapeutically significant concentrations of platelets, is known to accelerate the healing of injuries and is already...

    New website for Vygon Vet

    Vygon Vet, a division of Vygon (UK) Ltd, has announced the launch of its website - www.vygonvet.co.uk . Vygon has been supplying the veterinary market for 15 years. The new website means the company's products can now be bought direct online. The....

    JSAP study highlights cleaning shortfalls in veterinary practice

    A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), has found that key surfaces in the small animal veterinary hospital setting are unlikely to be cleaned satisfactorily, potentially posing a risk to both animal...
  • BBC pulls out of Crufts 2009

    The Kennel Club has confirmed that the BBC has pulled out of broadcasting Crufts next year. According to the Kennel Club, the decision was reached following what it described as 'unreasonable demands' from the BBC, including the exclusion of certain...

    Bayer gets animated about antibiotics

    Bayer Animal Health, the maker of Veraflox, has produced a new animation which explains the considerations veterinary surgeons should take into account when choosing which antibiotic to prescribe. The animation outlines the key steps that should be...

    RCVS Council agrees wholesale reform of the College’s governance

    The RCVS Council has announced its agreement with wholesale reform of the College’s governance arrangements to improve the efficiency and accountability of its decision-making processes. The changes agreed by Council included almost halving the number...

    RCVS promotes the profession to young and old

    The RCVS has been out promoting the profession, the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) and its new 'Find a Vet' search tool to animal owners at BBC Countryfile at Blenheim Palace last week. The RCVS stand was designed to look like a veterinary practice...

    Nominate your top veterinary nurse 2021

    Blue Cross is inviting veterinary teams to nominate their ‘Veterinary Nurse of the Year 2021‘ by Monday 20th September 2021. The award is to recognise the dedication of the country’s veterinary nurses and the support they give to their veterinary teams...

    Niall Connell and Nicky Paull elected to Fellowship Board

    Niall Connell FRCVS and Nicky Paull MRCVS have been elected by RCVS Fellows to the Fellowship Board. Niall, who stepped up from Vice Chair to acting interim Chair of the Fellowship Board after the resignation of the previous Chair, has been formally...

    Virbac launches new support site

    Virbac has announced the launch of My Virbac , a new website offering a range of business, marketing and technical services for veterinary professionals. The main elements of My Virbac are: Business support tools to help enhance business...