Veterinary News Headlines

    NVS & The Blue Cross collect 5000th bag of clothes

    The Blue Cross and National Veterinary Services (NVS) are celebrating the success of a new initiative to generate additional saleable items for the charity, with the help of vet practices across the UK. Earlier this year, The Blue Cross teamed up...

    BVA and BCVA welcome High Court decision to allow badger cull

    The Badger Trust's legal challenge to Defra's plans for targeted badger cull pilots has failed in the High Court on all three grounds. Whilst the RSPCA has expressed its disappointment, the British Veterinary Association and British Cattle Veterinary...

    BSAVA launches new video library

    The BSAVA has launched a new video library containing over 400 videos on clinical topics which have been published in Companion articles and manual chapters. The videos cover a range of topics including imaging, neurology, endoscopy and endosurgery...

    Oral homecare webinar for vets

    Animalcare is launching a series of webinars for vets about oral homecare, to help you make practical recommendations to clients about caring for their pets' teeth. The first webinar Does Ease of Use Have to Come at the Expense of Efficacy? is presented...

    Fort Dodge working to bring West Nile Virus vaccine to Europe as outbreak hits Italy

    Fort Dodge Animal Health has announced it is working with the authorities to put measures in place to make its West Nile Virus vaccine, licensed in the United States, available to the European equine market. These measures will ensure a vaccine is readily...

    New mobile equine practice management system

    Eclipse Veterinary Software has released a new mobile addition to its equine veterinary practice management system. Eclipse Mobile allows veterinary surgeons to access up-to-date clinical information wherever it is needed, be that on the yard, at...

    Tick Awareness Month coming up in May

    MSD Animal Health, maker of Bravecto, is giving advance notice that this year’s Tick Awareness Month will take place in May, in order to give veterinary practices time to apply for a resource pack and get involved. Last year's event generated an...

    New endocrine app to aid diagnosis

    Dechra has created a new app with the Royal Veterinary College which promises to help vets better diagnose and treat endocrine disorders in companion animals. Typically, diagnosis of endocrine disease is based on a thorough history and physical examination...

    Oxford vet struck off for false export certification

    The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has this week decided that an Oxfordshire-based veterinary surgeon should be removed from the RCVS Register, having found him guilty of disgraceful professional conduct. At...

    BVA welcomes merger of animal health bodies

    The British Veterinary Association has given a cautious welcome to the merger of the Animal Health Agency (AH) and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) announced yesterday by Secretary of State Caroline Spelman. Professor Bill Reilly, President...

    Dog owners pained by risk of medication

    Vetoquinol has released the second set of results from a survey of over 1000 dog owners which the company says has revealed some surprising findings on owner attitudes to pain and pain relieving medications. 1 In particular, Vetoquinol says it thinks...

    Practices urged to help raise prostate awareness

    Virbac has announced that it is running Canine Prostate Awareness Month (CPAM) in November, or 'Movember' as it's called by those fundraising for male prostate disease and testicular cancer. With more than 80% of entire male dogs over the age of five...

    Vets optimistic but concerned about stress

    Vet Futures, the joint initiative by the RCVS and the BVA to help the profession prepare for and shape its own future, has revealed the results of a survey which found that 59% of veterinary surgeons are optimistic about the future of the profession...

    Worldwide Veterinary Service celebrates Ceva donation

    The Worldwide Veterinary Service , the charity founded by Luke Gamble MRCVS to support animal welfare charities globally, is celebrating a donation of products including dog and cat wormers, skin and joint supplements and NSAIDs, by Ceva Animal Health...

    Numbers of non-vet TB testers continue to climb

    UK Farmcare reports that more than 60 people from across the agricultural community have registered an interest in training to become an Approved Tuberculin Tester (ATT) of cattle. The role was created last November when the Animal & Plant Health Agency...

    Researchers to test mint extracts for laminitis

    Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are to start testing whether a compound of cooling chemicals, extracted from mint, can be used to treat laminitis, a condition which affects seven per cent of...

    Ceva/APBC's one day behaviour seminars

    Ceva Animal Health, maker of the veterinary behaviour products DAP and Feliway, is once again sponsoring the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors' series of one day behaviour seminars to keep veterinary professionals up-to-date with companion animal...

    Elanco launches updated dermatitis support initiative

    Elanco Animal Health has launched an updated Atopica Comfort Club , a support initiative for veterinary professionals treating either canine atopic dermatitis or feline allergic dermatitis cases with Atopica. The Atopica Comfort Club loyalty scheme...

    SPVS launches 2022 Profitability Survey

    SPVS has launched it's 2022 Profitability Survey, which is now available to complete online. The survey, which is being conducted in partnership with Hazlewoods accountants, will be used to provide anonymised benchmarking information to enable vets...

    CVS runs clinical improvement project to improve cardiac ultrasound scan rates

    CVS is running a clinical improvement project in 48 of its small animal practices to improve the use of cardiac ultrasound scans in first opinion heart disease diagnosis and treatment. The project looked first at how effective CVS small animal first...

    CPD cards sent to vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses

    The 2009 RCVS Continuing Professional Development Record Cards have been sent to all practising vets and Registered Veterinary Nurses. Undertaking and recording Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a mandatory professional requirement for...

    CEVA launches new fireworks' marketing toolkit

    CEVA Animal Health, manufacturer of D.A.P. ® and Feliway ® , has launched a new marketing toolkit to assist veterinary practices in educating and supporting clients with noise phobic pets in the run up to the fireworks' season. The new firework..

    Win £500 vouchers with Vetoquinol's renal guide and wallchart

    Vetoquinol is offering veterinary surgeons and nurses the chance to win up to £500 worth of vouchers of their choice with Ipakitine, the phosphate binder. To take part, call 0800 1698197 and request a copy of the company's renal guide, wall chart...

    New AHT research shows saddle slip may indicate lameness

    The Animal Health Trust has presented the results of a study which has identified a significant link between hind limb lameness and saddle slip, showing consistent saddle slip in some horses with hind limb lameness, even when the lameness is fairly...

    RCVS invites vets to submit questions for election hustings

    The RCVS is to hold an online hustings on Tuesday, 19 March at 7pm to help voters decide who they wish to vote for in the upcoming RCVS Council elections, and is inviting members of the veterinary profession to suggest questions for the candidates...