Veterinary News Headlines

    New President and President-Elect at BVA

    Harvey Locke has been elected President of the British Veterinary Association, and Carl Padgett its President-Elect for 2010/2011. The ceremony took place during the Annual General Meeting of the BVA at the close of its Annual Congress, held in Glasgow...

    Linnaeus publishes collection of veterinary research papers and articles

    Linnaeus has published Pathways to Innovation: Learning and Leadership in Clinical Veterinary Research, which contains a selection of veterinary research papers and articles by experts from across the profession. The studies and articles include a...

    Gwynedd vet suspended for false certification

    The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons last week ordered a month's suspension for a veterinary surgeon from Dolgellau for dishonest certification of bovine tuberculin testing in the Gwynedd area in early 2007. At a...

    London Vet Show announces business programme

    The London Vet Show, which takes place on Thursday 19th November and Friday 20th November at the Olympia Grand , has announced the business programme for 2015. The programme will include: ‘Preparing to double your veterinary practice profits...
  • Vet wrongly identified as EgyptAir MS181 hijacker

    A bad day for Egyptian veterinary surgeon Dr. Ibrahim Samaha from the University of Alexandria, who not only had the misfortune to board an aircraft that was later hijacked , but was also wrongly identified in the media as the hijacker. Professor...

    Dechra launches 'How To' videos for pet owners

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched the first in a series of 'How To' videos for pet owners which are now available online at dechra.co.uk and via youtube In the videos, Louise O'Dwyer, Head Nurse at Petmedics in Manchester demonstrates how pet...

    New charity to fund improvements in veterinary care

    The World Small Animal Veterinary Association has established a new Foundation with a remit to improve global companion animal care through science and education. The WSAVA Foundation, a not-for-profit body, is now identifying a range of potential...

    ProteqFlu gets increased shelf life

    ProteqFlu, the live attenuated canarypox equine influenza (EI) vaccine, has had its shelf life extended from 27 to 36 months. Merial says the increased shelf life is the result of ongoing investment in vaccine research & development, and that the...

    Boehringer launches new Canikur Pro website

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has launched a new Canikur Pro website - www.canikurpro.co.uk - to provide pet owners with advice on digestive upset and offer a quick reference guide to using Canikur Pro. The site offers information about the common...

    Twycross video offers insight to life as a zoo vet

    Twycross Zoo has released a video on YouTube in which Sarah Chapman, Head of Veterinary Sciences, describes the challenges of being a zoo vet, explains why she loves the job and introduces the zoo’s partnership with the vet school at University of Nottingham...

    BVA launches updated poultry poster

    The BVA Animal Welfare Foundation has announced the availability of an updated version of its A3 poultry poster designed to assist veterinary surgeons identify diseases in free-range birds. Based on information compiled by Victoria Roberts,...

    New company to help practices secure PSS accreditation

    Diverse Undertakings Ltd. has announced that it is extending its services to include support for veterinary practices in securing their RCVS Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) accreditation. The company was originally formed to provide business advisory...

    BVA Congress moves to London Vet Show from 2013

    The BVA has announced that from 2013, its annual Congress will take place at the London Vet Show. The association says that the move is being done to bring together political debate and clinical CPD on a large scale and to ensure that the BVA can...

    RCVS President runs marathon for mental health

    The RCVS President and Principal of the RVC, Professor Stuart Reid, has announced that he is to run the London Marathon on 26 April, in aid of the RVC Animal Care Trust, the Veterinary Benevolent Fund (VBF) and Mind. The RVC Animal Care Trust will...

    Surrey mobile vet wins 15 minutes of fame

    Amy Bergs MRCVS, owner of The Cat Doctor in Surrey and co-founder of the new British Mobile Veterinary Association , has won a week's worth of free advertising for her practice on national TV. The competition was run by the mobile payments company...

    Registrations open for RCVS symposium on veterinary mental health

    The RCVS has announced that its third Mind Matters Mental Health Research Symposium will take place live online from 10am on Wednesday 24 November, and is now open for registration. Professor Susan Dawson (pictured right), Chair of the Mind Matters...

    New on VETS.TV - BVA AWF Discussion Forum 2008 and the Young Vet Network

    Anyone unable to attend the latest in the increasingly popular BVA Animal Welfare Foundation discussion forums, held in May, can now catch up on the presentations on VETS.TV - the new web TV service currently being piloted by BVA - which can be accessed...

    Free Metacam trial for cats

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica is giving veterinary practices the chance to offer cat owners a free 3ml pack of Metacam to trial treatment in cats with chronic pain. Boehringer says each free Metacam pack will provide up to seven days' pain relief...

    MSD launches Summer Staycation pet parasites campaign

    MSD Animal Health has launched its Summer Staycation campaign with a range of resources to help veterinary practices keep their clients safe from parasites while holidaying in the UK. MSD says the Summer Staycation campaign is designed to support the...

    Abattoir study highlights need for lung protection therapy when treating cattle for pneumonia

    Pneumonia-induced lung damage could be costing some cattle almost 74kg a year in lost lifetime growth potential with even moderate damage resulting in animals losing 39kg over an 18 month beef finishing system. These are the figures from a major...

    Dog owners confused about chips

    Petlog has released the results of research to discover what dog owners know about microchipping and the upcoming change in legislation which will make chipping compulsory from 2016. The survey was conducted amongst 1000 people in May. 46% of those...

    Jersey vet's enthusiasm wins an Ipad for veterinary nurse

    Gardner Llewlyn Veterinary Recruitment and VetSurgeon.org / VetNurse.co.uk have announced the winners of a competition in which people were invited to nominate nurses for a special thanks for the work they do. 67 entries from veterinary surgeons,...

    RCVS announces review of extra-mural studies

    Recent changes in the way veterinary schools teach clinical and practical skills, coupled with increasing financial pressure on students and new graduates, have triggered the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to review its guidelines for Extra-Mural...

    Permanent identification to be required for Canine Health Schemes

    The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the Kennel Club's confirmation that, from January 2010, all dog owners and breeders wishing to participate in the Kennel Club/BVA Canine Health Schemes (CHS) for eye disease and hip and elbow dysplasia...

    €3,000 European Pain Management Award Announced

    A new award aims to ‘reward innovative and outstanding work' by a veterinarian, in the field of pain management in companion animals or horses. The Merial Animal Health sponsored initiative was announced at a recent Pain Management Symposium...