Veterinary News Headlines

    New iPhone/Android app from the BSAVA

    The BSAVA has launched a new app for iPhone / Android users, the Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice. The guide, which is aimed at vets and students, covers more than 70 of the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures commonly performed in small...
  • Alternative to Elizabethan collar to be launched at BSAVA

    Complete Veterinary Care (CVC) is to launch the BooBooLoon, a new alternative to the Elizabethan collar at BSAVA Congress. According to the company, the inflatable collar offers comfort and protection advantages over old style Elizabethan collars...

    Cardiff vet undertakes to be removed from the Register

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has agreed to accept undertakings from Cardiff-based veterinary surgeon Adrian John Westwood that he requests the removal his name from the Register of Veterinary Surgeons and agree never to apply to be restored to it...

    Purina puts £100K towards COVID sniffer dogs

    Purina has donated £100,000 to Medical Detection Dogs (MDD), to support the charity's training and potential deployment of COVID-19 sniffer dogs in public spaces. The company is also working with the UK charity to call for the creation of international...

    Genitrix launches Dentagen

    Genitrix has launched Dentagen, billed as the UK’s first dental plaque protection system for dogs and cats. The active principle in Dentagen is a plant extract called RF2 and the product operates as an ‘anti-biofilm’ treatment by modifying the...

    Vetericyn named Product of the Year

    Vetericyn VF, the vet-only wound and skin care spray from Innovacyn has been named product of the year by Animal Health International , one of the world's largest food and companion animal health distributors. Commenting on the award, Innovacyn said...

    Ceva to host ‘Sustainability, sexed semen and fertility management’ webinars

    Ceva Animal Health is hosting two free webinars on ‘Sustainability, sexed semen and fertility management’ to update farm vets on how to support the implementation of new fertility solutions. On Thursday 16th June at 4:00pm, Dr Jude Capper, PhD DSc...

    Butorphanol could be a predictor of canine brain tumours and intercranial hypertension

    Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists has published research in The Journal of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia which concluded that butorphanol administered as a premedicant for anaesthesia could be used to predict the presence of brain tumours or...

    New NOAH Compendium app

    NOAH (National Office of Animal Health) has launched a new app - for both Apple and Android phones - which gives users access to its compendium data at any time. The app gives users the ability to find information on over 1000 animal medicine listings...

    New study finds ticks present year-round risk in the UK

    A new study carried out by The University of Salford and sponsored by Merial has found that ticks present a risk all year round in the UK 1 . Researchers found that ticks continued to quest in woodlands throughout the year, even during the coldest...
  • 94% of profession says owners to blame for behavioural problems

    A survey carried out by CEVA Animal Health, manufacturer of the pheromonatherapy products D.A.P. ® and Feliway ® , has revealed that 94 per cent of veterinary professionals believe that owners' lifestyles are the major cause of behavioural problems....

    Webinar Vet CPD offer for BVA members

    BVA members who join the Webinar Vet before the end of this month will receive a USB headset and microphone worth £40 Webinar Vet founder Anthony Chadwick MRCVS said: "The idea is to help new members get equipped and ready to listen and ask questions...

    Companion Care opens 100th surgery

    Companion Care Vets has announced that it will open its 100th surgery in Llantrisant, South Wales on 7th September 2012. The surgery will reside within the Pets at Home store in Llantrisant and will be owned and managed by Joint Venture Partner Rhian...
  • Cats need 15% less food in the summer

    The University of Liverpool's School of Veterinary Science has released the results of research carried out in collaboration with the Royal Canin Research Centre in France, which shows that cats eat 15% less in the summer than the winter. Researchers...

    Ceva launches educational initiative to help young livestock vets succeed

    Ceva Animal Health has launched a new initiative to help young vets attend a variety of educational opportunities to further their knowledge of cattle reproduction. The reprodAction Young Vet Initiative was introduced this month and three young vets...

    Time to stock up on Milbemax before new ad campaign airs on TV

    Elanco Animal Health has announced the launch of a Milbemax television advertising campaign to educate pet owners about the importance and ease of worming. The 30-second advertisement will appear as pre-roll to video content on a number of websites...

    Record turnout at VET Festival

    Fitz All Media, organiser of the VET Festival, reports that a record 1,900 delegates and 60 exhibitors attended the event earlier this month, a 12% and 28% increase on the previous year, respectively. Founder Professor Noel Fitzpatrick said: "It is...

    StreetVet launches hostel scheme to help people and their pets off the streets

    StreetVet has launched a 'pet friendly' accreditation scheme to offer certified accommodation for pet owners experiencing homelessness. According to the charity, one in ten homeless people have a pet, which is around 32,000 people in the UK. However...

    Woodley becomes UK distributor for SpotChem analysers

    Woodley Equipment has become the UK distributor for the full portfolio of SpotChem products from Japanese manufacturer, Arkray . The range of products includes: The SpotChem EZ, an automated clinical chemistry analyser offering 22 parameters...
  • Vets say managing and retaining staff is a growing challenge

    CM Research, the veterinary market research company , has released the results of a survey which suggests that staffing and HR issues are becoming an increasing challenge for the profession. 629 veterinary surgeons picked from 12 answers to the following...

    RCVS announces changes to review of 'under care', remote prescribing and OOH cover.

    As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the RCVS has announced various changes to the timetable for its review of ‘under care’, remote prescribing and 24/7 out-of-hours emergency cover. As part of its review, the College had planned a series of focus...

    Anglesey vet reprimanded for writing dishonest letter

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded Anglesey-based Louise Marie Henry MRCVS for writing a letter on behalf of a client that dishonestly certified incorrect details surrounding the death of a ewe. Dr Henry faced one charge, that in January...
  • Intervet/Schering-Plough supports Cosequin with consumer campaign

    Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has launched a new consumer campaign to support the company's joint care supplement, Cosequin. The campaign centres around a series of paw-tapping internet videos which showcase the perfectly poised paws of....

    First two CertAVPs for Royal Army Veterinary Corps

    Captains Nicola Housby-Skeggs and Claire Budge, the first two members of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC) to achieve the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (CertAVP), have been presented with their certificates at Belgravia House...
  • Vets warned to look out for fat cows

    Dairy nutrition consultant Hefin Richards of Profeed Nutrition Consultancy is warning vets to be on the lookout for an upsurge in over-conditioned cows as winter progresses through spring. He says his prediction is based on a number of factors...