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    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...

    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...

    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...

    Meet ewe in Savile Row?

    London's Savile Row was turned into a sheep field today, to highlight The Campaign For Wool; a coalition of industry groups convened by HRH The Prince of Wales to educate consumers about the benefits of wool. As the sheep grazed, the Row's famous...

    BCF launches new remote display for on-farm use

    BCF has launched the Easi-Scan remote display, designed for on-farm use. The company says the Easi-Scan offers unprecedented display performance, is very portable (weighing less than 2Kg) and very rugged. According to the company, Its 8.4" transflective...

    Novartis launches summer worming packs

    Novartis Animal Health has launched its Summer Worming Packs. The packs are part of an ongoing campaign by the company to get pet owners to worm their animals at least 4 times a year (as recommended by the European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal...

    Dechra adds hairball feed to its portfolio

    Dechra Veterinary Products has added Lax-a-Past – a complementary feed designed to help eliminate the problem of hairballs in cats – to its portfolio. Lax-a-Past is a palatable paste that can be administered orally to kittens and cats aged over 6...

    Linnaeus launches menopause support resources

    Hot on the heels of Vets Now and the BVA , Linnaeus has launched new resources to support the 5000-odd members of its workforce that will going through the menopause. The resources comprise guidance materials, a health and wellbeing assessment, associate...

    Study concludes that insulin dysregulation in ponies cannot be predicted from physical observation alone

    A study published in the Equine Veterinary Journal has concluded that Insulin dysregulation (ID) status in ponies cannot be determined solely by observation of body condition 1 . Factors associated with insulin responses to oral sugars in a mixed-breed...

    New map shows provision of virtual veterinary care

    The snappily named Veterinary Virtual Care Association European Affiliate (VVCA-EA) has published a new map showing how virtual veterinary care is provided across 40 countries in Europe. The map gives an overview of the regulation applying to virtual...

    FMD - Should the government pay?

    The Government's website has a petition on it calling for: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to call on the government to provide financial compensation to all farmers who suffer financial loss as a result of the government restrictions...

    And finally: exchanges between pilots and control towers

    A series of exchanges between pilots and control towers, which you might find amusing. Would be nice to have some veterinary equivalents, so do feel free to comment beneath this story with any quick-witted exchanges you've heard between vets and vets...

    New DNA test for progressive retinal atrophy in Golden Retrievers

    The Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust has identified a genetic mutation which causes progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) in Golden Retrievers, and developed a DNA test to identify carriers. PRA is a retinal disease which causes...

    Vet school research underpins new vision for rabbit welfare

    The University of Bristol, the Rabbit Council, the Pet Industry Federation, the RSPCA and the RWAF have come together for the first time to produce a vision for improving rabbit welfare. The new ten-point vision is based on recommendations resulting...

    PDSA offers free CPD-qualifying welfare workshops

    The PDSA has announced that it is offering free workshops to help veterinary professionals deliver new welfare checks called 'PetWise MOTs'. The PetWise MOT checks focus on the five welfare needs, and the workshops count for seven hours CPD. The charity...

    New award for the ‘Young Dairy Vet of the Year’

    A new award to recognise the ‘Young Dairy Vet of the Year’ is being added to the 2021 Dairy Industry Trade Awards, called the CREAM Awards, run by British Dairying magazine. The new award, sponsored by Krka UK, will recognise an exceptional farm vet...

    New RCVS President to build connections

    Dr Kate Richards, the new President of the RCVS, has declared her intention to use her term in office to build connections between the RCVS and the veterinary professions, within the veterinary professions, and between the veterinary professions and...

    Defra publishes FMD report

    Defra has today published reports from the Health and SafetyExecutive and Professor Brian Spratt, of Imperial College London,into the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Surrey. The report is available here.

    Bayer's new support package for equine vets

    New Horse Passport Guidelines come into force from 1 July 2009 which will require horses to be microchipped. However a recent poll on Horse & Hound Online has revealed that 75 per cent of those questioned were unaware of the new microchip legislation...

    Vets4Pets opens 93rd practice

    Vets4Pets has announced the opening of its 93rd practice in Kidderminster The joint venture partnership was opened by husband and wife vets, Edd and Olivia Pring. Edd and Olivia met at the Royal Veterinary College, where they both studied and...

    Human and animal health organisations unite to call for proper use of antibiotics

    Leading human and animal health organisations – the British Medical Association (BMA), British Dental Association (BDA), British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) - have joined forces for the first time to promote a...

    New campaign to get cats to the vet

    As part of International Cat Day on Sunday 8th August 2021, Zoetis is supporting a new campaign by iCatCare to help owners get their pets to the vet. The company points to research which showed that in the US, and despite the importance of annual health...

    BSAVA Congress tickets now on sale

    Tickets for BSAVA Congress, taking place at Manchester Central from 24th–26th March, have gone on sale, with early bird discounts for those who register before 17th February 2022. There have been major changes to the format for Congress this year....

    MEPs vote to extend pet travel scheme

    The European Parliament has voted 618 votes to 17 for an extension to the transitional arrangements contained within the regulation on the non-commercial movement of pet animals which afford the UK additional protection against rabies, ticks and tapeworms...

    17 porky pets fight for PDSA prize

    The PDSA has announced the start of its annual pet slimming competition, and revealed the 17 competitors who will be fighting to win the title of Pet Fit Club Slimmer Of The Year. The competition is run to highlight the high level of pet obesity in...