Veterinary News Headlines

    Retraining of Racehorses receives BEVA / Blue Cross Award

    The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) welfare award 2008, sponsored by The Blue Cross, has been presented to the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) organisation for their contributions to equine welfare in support of the re-training and re-homing...

    RCVS extends Ethics Review Panel

    The RCVS has announced that it is to extend its Ethics Review Panel for a further year with an expanded remit to consider a greater diversity of applications. The panel, chaired by veterinary ethicist Professor David Morton CBE, was established last...

    Free special edition of the EVJ explores the link between human behaviour and equine welfare

    The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has published a special virtual edition with a free collection of 20 articles exploring the relationship between horse-owner behaviour and equine health and welfare. Until now, research in equine veterinary science...

    Pet Doctors searches for new grads

    The Pet Doctors Group has announced that it will continue its New Graduate Programme for Autumn 2010, an initiative which the company says has proved successful since its launch in 2008. The aim of the scheme is to appoint new graduates to work in a selected...

    Vets say half of all pets are overweight

    The Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) has published the results of research which found that veterinary surgeons believe 45% of all pets are overweight. In addition, 77% of the 180 vets surveyed at the London Vet Show 2013 believe that the...

    Royal Canin offer to highlight importance of feeding hospitalised patients

    Royal Canin has announced a special offer designed to highlight the importance of feeding hospitalised patients. The company is offering up to £50* worth of vouchers to use at J.A.K Marketing Ltd when purchasing GI diets (including canine and feline...

    Vets Now ECC CPD coming to a town near you

    Vets Now has announced the dates for its 2020 UK tour, during which it'll be delivering Specialist-led emergency and critical care CPD for veterinary surgeons and nurses. The programme, which offers six hours of CPD, will cover topics such as damage...

    RCVS launches free training course to help vets train student nurses

    The RCVS Academy has launched a free course to help vets develop the skills they need to support and supervise student veterinary nurses. The Clinical Supervisor course is designed to help veterinary surgeons to guide their students in developing the...

    BCF launches breakthrough in ultrasound scanning

    BCF Technology has announced the launch of its new BUG ultrasound goggles. The company says that by using cutting-edge OLED display technology, BUGs deliver significant improvements in viewing images from fertility and pregnancy scanning of cattle...

    RCVS amends microchipping and client confidentiality guidance

    Guidance for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses on client confidentiality and microchipping has been amended by the RCVS. The amendments deal with situations when a client presents an animal registered in another person's name, and a new...

    IVC steps up support for vets doing clinical research

    IVC Evidensia has announced plans to expand its support for those of its vets who want to do clinical research work. The company has set up the Group Veterinary Medical Board (GVMB) Research Fund to offer practical support and financial assistance...

    BSAVA partners with Idexx to provide more learning resources for vets

    The BSAVA has partnered with Idexx to provide a series of new learning resources for veterinary surgeons. The two organisations are collaborating to produce a topical monthly webinar with an expert speaker, supported with a collection of resources...

    Vetlife seeks volunteer ambassadors

    Vetlife is on the hunt for people to become ambassadors and help raise awareness of the charity's work. Vetlife Ambassadors attend veterinary events, deliver talks and promote fundraising activities on behalf of the charity, which equips them with...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists wins gold

    Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS) the leading, private veterinary referral practice based near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, has won a coveted gold in the Feline Advisory Bureau (FAB) Cat Friendly Practice Awards 2007, with the judges commenting...

    New owner leaflet about equine back pain

    Ceva Animal Health has produced a leaflet to help horse owners understand the cause, diagnosis and management of equine back pain. The company says the management of back pain in the horse can be a particular challenge to vets and a source of...

    Ringing endorsement for Comfortis from European dermatologists

    Elanco has announced the results of a survey it conducted amongst European dermatology diplomates which found that nearly 90% of them consider Comfortis (spinosad) is the first choice of flea control for cats and dogs. The research was conducted at...

    Improve launches new GPCert (Derm)

    Improve International has announced the launch of a new General Practitioner Certificate in Dermatology: GPCert (Derm). The company says the programme aims to help vets develop their knowledge of dermatology and to assist them in applying these newly...

    Dechra launches Equine Passport information campaign

    Dechra Veterinary Products, manufacturer and distributor of Equipalazone®, has launched a new information leaflet to support the Equine Passport scheme. Since 2005, when equine passports became mandatory, 958,000 have been issued. The passport...

    Free party bag to celebrate Alfaxan's first birthday

    Alfaxan®, Vetoquinol's injectable general anaesthetic, is one year old this month. To celebrate the occasion, and the product's use by 860 UK practices in over 80,000 procedures so far, Vetoquinol is offering a free Alfaxan party bag. The...

    Virbac offers free bacteriology on milk samples

    Virbac Animal Health has launched a special scheme to encourage farmers to have milk samples analysed in line with the industry-wide campaign to promote the responsible use of antimicrobials. Under the terms of the scheme, veterinary surgeons purchasing...

    Vetoquinol launches pain monitoring system for dogs

    Vetoquinol has launched a pain monitoring system along similar lines to those used in humans, which can be used by vets and owners to measure pain over time and assess different treatment strategies in dogs. According to the company, it is widely...

    WellVet Virtual does an encore

    WellVet Virtual, the day-long virtual wellness conference for veterinary professionals, has re-opened ticket sales for its recorded sessions after what the organisers describe as the 'overwhelming success of the event'. The conference, which was held...

    Mobile dog blood bank collects first 32 pints

    Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk) launched its new mobile blood collection unit, donated by Royal Canin, at the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science on Wednesday, simultaneously collecting enough blood to save the lives of...

    Entries invited for Veterinary Student Clinical Cases Study Awards 2010

    Cats Protection and Dogs Trust have launched an awards scheme inviting veterinary students to submit a series of three feline or canine case studies. The Clinical Cases Study Awards 2010 encourage students to highlight the differential diagnoses and...

    Practices urged to sink their teeth into dental market

    Genitrix is encouraging practices to capitalise on the growing market opportunity for dental treatments by offering a free pack of its Dentagen Dental Wax and a special offer of six products for the price of five for the rest of its Dentagen dental range...