Veterinary News Headlines
  • Animalcare launches amoxicillin designed for accurate dosing

    Animalcare has announced the launch of Clavubactin (amoxicillin/clavulanate) for dogs and cats, presented as 4-way split tablets in three strengths to ensure optimum dosing. The three strengths (Clavubactin 50, 250 and 500) contain 50/12.5, 250/62.5...

    Gloucestershire-based Vale Referrals completes £2m expansion

    Vale Referrals and Vale Vets in Dursley, Gloucestershire, has completed its 18-month, £2m expansion. The expansion has increased the hospital's footprint by 30%, adding three new operating theatres, six new consult rooms and new feline facilities,...

    Ceva launches new flea spot-on for cats

    Ceva Animal Health has announced the launch of Vectra Felis, a new spot-on flea treatment for cats. The new product contains two active ingredients: dinotefuran and pyriproxyfen. The first is an adulticide which Ceva says kills fleas on contact, thereby...

    Free practice poster warns of antifreeze danger to cats

    International Cat Care (iCatCare) has produced a free practice poster warning of the dangers of antifreeze to cats. The charity points out that with the arrival of winter, so comes an increase in the number of cats poisoned by antifreeze. For this...

    Bravecto Triuno gets UK approval for flea, tick and worm control in dogs

    MSD Animal Health has been granted the marketing authorisation in the UK for Bravecto Triuno, a new formulation of Bravecto (fluralaner) for dogs that targets both external and internal parasites. Bravecto Triuno is approved for the treatment of tick...

    Vote for your favourite veterinary nurse

    The Blue Cross is calling for nominations from veterinary practices across the country for its Veterinary Nurse of the Year Award 2010. The annual award is presented at the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) Annual Congress in October. It...
  • Pfizer and CVS launch national veterinary benchmarking database

    Pfizer Animal Health and Central Veterinary Services are collaborating in a new venture to create a unified National Benchmarking Database open to all veterinary practices. In what it says is an unprecedented move, Pfizer will integrate 15 years'...

    Cats Protection seeks veterinary surgeon for trustee role

    Cats Protection, the UK’s leading cat charity, is looking for an experienced veterinary or animal welfare professional to join its team of Trustees. The charity, which helps around 200,000 cats and kittens in the UK each year needs someone with animal...

    New vet tech treats eye infections in five seconds

    Photon Therapeutics is to launch PhotonUVC, a new device which claims to clear corneal infections in five seconds, on stand E30 at the London Vet Show this week. PhotonUVC Vet is a non-contact treatment which emits low dose ultraviolet C light at a...
  • RCVS warns of internship scam

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons is warning veterinary surgeons to be on their guard after it came to light that a fraudster is charging a £150 'non-refundable application fee' for an RCVS 'internship' which does not exist. Apart from anything...

    Royal Canin and Idexx to host FLUTD and dysuria webinar

    Royal Canin and IDEXX Laboratories have joined forces to host a webinar looking at the best ways to manage the symptoms of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), taking place on Tuesday 30th April at 8:00pm. 'FLUTD and Dysuria – a frustration...

    Petplan warns of claim delays following postal strike

    Following the latest postal strikes, Petplan is warning vets and customers there may be some delay in policy information and claim cheques reaching them. Royal Mail has suggested that it may take three weeks for them to clear all outstanding items...

    Yorkshire vet group amongst Britain's best employers for 6th year on the trot

    White Cross , the Yorkshire-based, family-run, 18-practice group has been named amongst the Sunday Times 'Best 100 Best Small Companies To Work For' for the sixth year running. The group attributes part of its success to the various initiatives it...

    Derby referral centre unveils results of £700K investment

    Derby-based Scarsdale Vets has unveiled the result of a £700,000 investment in its referral hospital, Pride Veterinary Centre . The improvements include a new cat ward designed to offer a quieter, more relaxing area away from other animals, and a...
  • Galliprant named Best New Veterinary Product of the Year

    Galliprant from Elanco Animal Health has been awarded ‘Best new veterinary product of the year Award 2019’ by the Veterinary Marketing Association. The award was due to be presented at the association's annual shindig in March, which was cancelled...

    Latest Fort Dodge Index figures released

    Fort Dodge has released figures today which point to a continued modest slowdown in the UK veterinary sector, being mitigated by a slight increase in average transaction value (the amount a client spends in a year). Matthew Rowe, Companion Animal...

    Free otitis webinar for vets to explain antimicrobial-free treatment for otitis in dogs

    In tandem with the launch of Cortotic, a corticosteroid-only, antimicrobial-free treatment for the clinical signs associated with canine otitis externa, Virbac is hosting a free webinar at 7:30pm on Tuesday 10th September 2024. 'Otitis Externa: Understanding...

    Dechra launches organic diet for cats and dogs

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched an organic line of its 'Specific' pet food aimed at owners looking for a more sustainable way to feed their pets. The new line, which is available from veterinary wholesalers, is described as a complete feeding...
  • Jingle Balls: reindeer has world-first keyhole surgery in time for Christmas

    Eskimo, a reindeer at Edinburgh Zoo has received life-saving surgery just in time for Christmas, making him the first reindeer in history to receive keyhole surgery. Vet Romain Pizzi successfully removed one of Eskimo's testes, which had been lodged...

    Dogs with lungworm may be symptomless

    Elanco Animal Health, maker of Advocate, is highlighting a new study which found that in a group of dogs naturally infected by Angiostronglyus vasorum , 36.1% were clinically asymptomatic and apparently healthy. 1 This, says the company, suggests that...
  • You Gov poll of pet owners shows recession biting

    A You Gov poll commissioned by Intervet/Schering Plough in the run up to National Vaccination Month (1st-30th June) shows the degree to which the recession is now biting into veterinary spending, and the impact it's having on vaccination levels. The...

    Only 20% of older cats get their blood pressure checked by the vet

    Ceva Animal Health, maker of Amodip, has found that only 20% of the owners of older cats have had a blood pressure check suggested by their vet 1 , despite the International Society of Feline Medicine recommendation that one be performed annually in...

    New Surrey-based dentistry referral service

    North Downs Specialist Referrals in Bletchingley has announced the launch of a new specialist dentistry and oral surgery referral service led by Rachel Perry , an EBVS European Veterinary Specialist, RCVS Specialist in Dentistry and honorary lecturer...

    Agrimin launches world's first biotin bolus

    Micro-nutrition specialist Agrimin has launched All-Trace Biotin Gold, the seventh bolus in the company's All-Trace range. The new bolus is the result of extensive in-house research and development which aimed to formulate a cost-effective, micro....

    Free equine parasite update offered by Fort Dodge

    A new equine parasite supplement to the online peer-reviewed publication Parasites and Vectors has been published by Fort Dodge. Entitled "Equine parasites: diagnosis and control - a current perspective," it contains papers on a range of topics...