Veterinary News Headlines

    RCVS Trust offers veterinary surgeons BVA Congress places

    Veterinary surgeons who can keep it short and sweet have a chance of receiving an all (reasonable) expenses paid trip to BVA Congress this September. The RCVS Trust is offering to pay the registration fee, plus travel, food and accommodation costs...
  • New online advice service for general practitioners

    A new company offering general practitioners online consultations with veterinary specialists launched in the UK last month. Televetdx ( www.televetdx.com ) has grouped over 40 veterinary specialists to offer their services to GPs in the UK and Europe...

    RCVS Charitable Trust is now RCVS Knowledge

    The RCVS Charitable Trust, has announced a complete rebranding that includes a change of name - RCVS Knowledge - and the refocus of its mission on supporting the flourishing evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM) movement across the globe. ...
  • RCVS Registrar steps down after 16 years

    The RCVS has announced that the Registrar, Gordon Hockey, has decided to leave the College after 16 years' service. Gordon served first as Assistant Registrar / Head of Professional Conduct, and, since 2012, as Registrar / Director of Legal Services...

    Pfizer launches swine dysentery campaign

    With dysentery apparently at its highest level for many years, Pfizer Animal Health has launched a new campaign to help increase awareness of the benefits of selecting the best prevention and treatment options. Nigel Lodge MRCVS, Pfizer technical...
  • BSAVA launches Masters for budding researchers

    The BSAVA has launched the 'Masters by Research', a new qualification which it says will help veterinary surgeons with enquiring minds to unlock their 'inner researcher'. Enrolment is now open for the programme, which matches participants with an...

    CPD sessions about antibiotic use in otitis and senior cat health checks at London Vet Show

    Dechra will be hosting two CPD sessions at the London Vet Show, the first about why senior cat health checks are worthwhile and the second covering the Nordic approach to antibiotic usage in otitis external. ‘Feline enthusiasts assemble! How to help...

    BEVA debate concludes new vet schools not needed

    A debate held at BEVA Congress last month ended with more than 70% of voters disagreeing with the motion: this house believes that new vet schools will benefit equine veterinary practice in the UK. The result reflects a recent industry survey indicating...

    First pocket microscope to premiere at London Vet Show

    ioLight , the first professional-quality pocket microscope which launched back in May ( discussed here ), will be presented to the profession at the Bayer stand (R20) at the London Vet Show , where it will be used to demonstrate Bayer's products. ...

    Medivet celebrates 100th blood collection

    Medivet is celebrating its 100th batch collection for Vet Blood Supplies, the north London-based bloodbank set up in 2007 to provide blood products for its branches around the country. Veterinary nurse Laura Brind, who is responsible for collecting...

    Septuagenarian vet heads off on 8,000km bicycle ride to Cape Town

    Retired veterinary surgeon Graham Duncanson is celebrating 50 years in the profession by cycling over 8,000km from the UK to South Africa to raise money for the British Veterinary Association's charity, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) . Graham...

    New intensive care units launched by Brinsea

    Brinsea has announced the launch of the new Vetario range of intensive care units. The company says the new models are the result of a 2 year design programme to provide the ideal environment for the successful recovery of small mammals, reptiles...

    AHT vets win international awards

    Two veterinary surgeons from the Animal Health Trust have won international awards for outstanding work in diagnostic imaging at 16 th International Veterinary Radiology Association (IVRA) meeting held in Bursa Turkey. Dr Sue Dyson, Head of Clinical...

    Practices urged to highlight Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    Virbac has announced that Canine Prostate Awareness Month, its initiative to highlight the prevalence of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), will be running again in November, and is urging practices to join in. The initiative is timed to coincide...

    Police arrest veterinary practice burglar

    A man has been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries at veterinary practices around Elmbridge in Surrey. The man was arrested on Sunday 4th September in connection with six burglaries, all of which occurred overnight between 22 August...

    RCVS invites nominations for 2023 awards

    The RCVS has opened the nomination period for its 2023 Honours & Awards, to recognise veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and laypeople, both in the UK and overseas, who are doing their utmost for animal health and welfare, the professions and society...

    Vetlexicon now available in different languages

    Vetstream has updated the content on its Vetlexicon website so it is now available in a number of different languages. Dr Mark Johnston, CEO of Vetstream said: “The usage data of Vetlexicon has continually shown us how important the client factsheets...

    Langford Vets to host a day of feline CPD for vets

    The Feline Centre at Langford Vets is hosting a day of in-person CPD lectures, masterclasses and practical sessions about feline care for vets on Wednesday 15th May, in Langford, Bristol. The day also has a stream for veterinary nurses, and another...

    New Practice Management Course

    The VPMA and UMD Professional have launched a joint initiative to provide a new way of achieving the Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management (CVPM). Managers wishing to achieve the CVPM can now take UMD Professional's distance learning course...

    Vets asked to help recruit owners for CKD survey

    VetSurgeon.org member Dr Sarah Caney's company, Cat Professional, is conducting a survey of owner experiences of caring for cats with chronic kidney disease and is looking for practices to help recruit participants. Recruited practices will be given...

    RCVS Trust initiative to help new graduates

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Charitable Trust has announced 'Open Educational Resources to help new practitioners cope', a new initiative that will focus on the needs of veterinary graduates starting out in practice The project will be...

    First veterinary group goes cat-friendly

    Village Vet is set to become the first veterinary group to have its clinics recognised as 'Cat Friendly' under the International Society of Feline Medicine's (ISFM) WellCat For Life programme, sponsored by Purina. Working in partnership with Purina...
  • The experiences and musings of a vet, now available on Amazon

    VetSurgeon.org member, Martin Atkinson MRCVS has had his first book, A Test of Patients , published on Amazon Kindle (£6.59). Described as the experiences and musings of a veterinary surgeon, the book is a collection of anecdotes collected over the...

    Lintbells launches feline urinary health supplement

    Lintbells Veterinary has announced the launch of Yurelieve, a feline urinary health supplement containing multiple glycosaminoglycans, L-tryptophan and EFAs. Andrew Connolly, Product Manager at Lintbells Veterinary said: "Yurelieve supports a condition...

    'Veterinary Nurse' one step closer to being protected in law

    RCVS Council member Professor the Lord Trees has today submitted a Private Members’ Bill to the ballot of the House of Lords which would legally protect the title ‘Veterinary Nurse’. If the Bill is drawn sufficiently highly in the ballot, it will...