Veterinary News Headlines

    BVA worried about job security for new grads

    The British Veterinary Association has expressed concern about an increasing trend towards temporary contracts for new graduates following the release of headline figures of a survey by the Institute for Employment Studies on behalf of the RCVS ....

    Eight ways to keep your clients' youngstock worms controlled

    Zoetis has produced new guidance to help veterinary surgeons develop successful strategies for controlling worms in foals and youngstock. According to the company, information on best worming strategies for foals and yearlings remains largely anecdotal...

    Vets urged to highlight cost of liver fluke to farmers

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health is urging vets who advise beef producers to highlight the importance of liver fluke control in growing youngstock at housing, as new research shows average lifetime losses of over £60 per animal 1 for fattening steers...

    New endoscopy videos from the BSAVA

    The BSAVA has added eight new videos to its Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery, featuring rigid endoscopy and laser endosurgery procedures. Edited by Philip Lhermette, David Sobel and Elise Robertson, the BSAVA Manual of Canine and...

    New look for Simparica Trio

    Zoetis has updated the packaging for Simparica Trio, its monthly chewable parasiticide for dogs. The refreshed packaging keeps the same colour scheme, but the graphics indicating the product uses stand out better. The company has also added an area...

    DC refuses Kent-based vet's application for restoration

    The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has refused an application for restoration to the RCVS Register from a Kent-based former veterinary surgeon struck off in 1994 for disregarding basic hygiene at his professional premises...

    Bucks referral centre announces steps to maintain business as usual

    Buckinghamshire-based Hamilton Specialist Referrals (HSR) has announced the various steps it is taking to maintain a near normal service for referring practices and clients in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. HSR, which provides emergency and...

    RCVS takes first steps towards regulating artificial intelligence in the veterinary sector

    RCVS CEO Lizzie Lockett has outlined the College's likely approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in the veterinary sector at a roundtable event it hosted last week. At the roundtable, Liz Barton MRCVS, Head of Communications at Vet.CT...

    Win for BSAVA / BVA in battle to keep worms at bay

    The European Commission has agreed with the BSAVA and BVA that controls must be maintained to keep the UK free from the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, and adopted a regulation that will permit pre-movement treatment for dogs travelling to listed...

    New rapid diagnostic test kits from Woodley

    Woodley Equipment Company Ltd has announced the launch of InSight rapid diagnostic test kits. The test range includes FeLV, FIV, FeLV-FIV Combi, Giardia, Canine Heartworm, Canine Parvovirus and with more tests in development. The test kits are available...
  • Bradley Viner elected RVCS Vice-President

    The RCVS has announced that its current Treasurer, Dr Bradley Viner, will be the College's next Vice-President after he was elected to the post at RCVS Council last Thursday. Dr Viner has been an elected member of Council since 2005 and Treasurer...
  • All Party Parliamentary Group report fails to recognise steps taken to minimise non-human antibiotic use

    The National Office of Animal Health has issued a statement criticising the All Party Parliamentary Group on Antibiotics report: " Non-human uses of antibiotics: time to restrict their use? ” , saying it fails to recognise the steps that have already...

    Osurnia named best new veterinary product of 2015

    CM Research has announced the results of a survey conducted this month in which veterinary surgeons named Osurnia as the best new product of 2015 . 290 companion animal veterinary surgeons took part in the survey, which is designed to provide veterinary...

    New tech to improve tumour-removal at Surrey referral centre

    Surrey-based North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR) has installed a £55,000 SonoCure ultrasonic surgical aspirator which it says will allow it to take tumour treatment to another level. NDSR’s director of neurology Rodolfo Capello said: " This technology...

    PFMA takes nutrition course online

    The Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) has converted its residential Pet Food and Nutrition course into a series of CPD webinars for veterinary nurses, surgeons and other animal health professionals. Running from 14th-23rd July, the interactive...

    Vets want more flexible work

    The BVA is calling on veterinary practices to embrace flexible working after stats from its Autumn 2021 Voice of the Profession survey showed that 44% of vets would like to work more flexibly. With recruitment and retention issues in many sectors of...

    Intervet Schering-Plough launches 'Primp My Pooch' campaign

    Following Intervet Schering-Plough's launch of Plerion, a chewable, flavoured wormer for dogs, the company has launched a consumer viral marketing campaign in which they invite pet owners to 'Primp Your Pooch' at the website www.plerion.co...

    Virbac's poster promo for National Microchipping Month

    For practices planning to take part in National Microchipping Month, Virbac is providing a personalised poster design service and chip promotion throughout June. According to product manager Gillian Brown, the idea is to offer additional tailored...

    RCVS disciplinary committee to be reformed

    The Royal College has announced that a Legislative Reform Order (LRO) to reconstitute its disciplinary committees separately from its Council has been signed by Defra Minister David Heath, and will come into force on 6 April 2013. The LRO will amend...

    College announces election results

    The RCVS has announced the results of the RCVS Council and VN Council elections. Re-elected to three of the six seats available on RCVS Council were current President Neil Smith (1,687 votes), incoming Standards Committee Chairman David Catlow (1...

    RCVS & BSAVA join forces to evaluate impact of PDP

    The RCVS and the BSAVA are to conduct a research project to evaluate the impact of the Professional Development Phase (PDP) on veterinary graduates. The College’s PDP is a period of structured self-assessment, reflection and development designed to...

    RVC saves Christmas

    Specialists at the RVC appear to have saved Christmas after successfully treating Snowflake, one of twenty reindeer owned by a Mr S. Claus* of Rutland, for a neoplastic lesion of the third eyelid. Snowflake previously had a squamous cell carcinoma...

    Farm Animal Vet Society to hold webinar on backyard poultry health

    The Farm Animal Veterinary Society (FAVS) is holding a 90-minute webinar about backyard poultry health which starts at 7:30pm on Tuesday 23rd April. The webinar is being hosted by Dr William Ingham Farrow from Poultry Health Services (PHS), part of...

    2100 practices participating in National Vaccination Month

    Over half way through Intervet's National Vaccination Month, and according to the company, over 2100 practices are taking part. Various statistics the company has released, which you might find interesting: Nearly two thirds of all vet practices...

    Leicestershire practice suffers for its art

    A Market Harborough-based practice - Town & Country Veterinary Centre - has announced that it is entering a team into a 10km obstacle course race so gruelling it is called ' The Suffering '. The Suffering takes place in the grounds of Rockingham Castle...