Veterinary News Headlines

    Medivet partner says more flexible practice ownership models needed

    Medivet senior partner Adi Nell says the profession needs to consider new business models to encourage more vets into ownership, as well as fresh approaches to supporting the role. Responding to issues and recommendations highlighted in the latest...
  • Small animal referral centre restructures

    Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS), the multi-specialist small animal referral centre based on the Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire border, has announced a restructuring of the ownership and management of the practice. Following 12 years of successful operation...

    Free webinars on equine pain and locomotion

    Dechra is hosting a series of webinars about equine pain and locomotion, presented by Specialists David Bardell and Dr. Andy Fiske-Jackson. The webinars will take place every Wednesday at 7pm in May. David Bardell is a European and Royal College...

    Northern ophthalmology referral group scoops ISFM award

    Veterinary Vision has been awarded with silver accreditation by the International Society for Feline Medicine (ISFM) for the facilities it provides at its sites in Penrith, Sunderland and Charnock Richard. Head nurse Nicola Atkins (pictured right)...

    RVN Georgina Hills becomes President of the Veterinary Management Group

    Veterinary nurse Georgina Hills has been elected President of the Veterinary Management Group (VMG), the professional association for all those in leadership and management roles in the veterinary sector. Since qualifying as an RVN in 1998, Georgina...

    Research finds TTA offers good medium to long-term treatment for cruciate ligament failure

    New research led by RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Orthopaedics, Steve Butterworth at Weighbridge Referral Centre, Swansea has found that tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA)-Rapid offers a good medium to long-term treatment outcome for canine cranial...
  • New high precision, easy to use gun for scab/worm treatment

    A new injector gun for administering doramectin-based worm and scab medication to sheep has been introduced by Pfizer Animal Health. According to senior livestock vet Carolyn Hogan, the intra-muscular injection route for this medication combined...

    Leeds vet struck off for assault conviction

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has directed that a Leeds-based veterinary surgeon, whose convictions for threatening behaviour, theft, and assault made him unfit to practise, should be removed from the Register. At the outset of the two-day hearing...

    Social media drives car sick dogs to the vet

    Zoetis (maker of Cerenia, the anti-emetic) is using social media for its latest campaign to remind owners that vets have a solution for dogs that suffer from travel sickness. The company highlights research which shows the problem is more common than...

    Boehringer launches practice-based equine CPD

    Boehringer Ingelheim, manufacturer of Equisolon, has launched a CPD module on equine lower respiratory tract disease which is delivered in practice. The module, which accounts for one hour’s CPD, is facilitated by a Boehringer Ingelheim territory...

    VMD reviews adverse events associated with veterinary medicines

    The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has published its Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2015 , which reviews 5674 reports of adverse events in animals, humans and the environment following the use of veterinary medicines over the course of the year...

    Rabbit haemorrhagic disease vaccine now has 12 month duration

    Hipra has announced that Eravac, its monovalent vaccine for the prevention of rabbit haemorrhagic disease type 2 (RHD-2) in pet rabbits, is now indicated to provide 12 months' duration of immunity. This, says the company, will make vaccination easier...

    RCVS Council places further restrictions on remote prescribing

    RCVS Council has voted to make it a requirement that remote prescribing (without physically examining the animal) can now only be carried out by veterinary surgeons who can 'provide a 24/7 follow-up service involving physical examination, plus or minus...

    Fitzpatrick Referrals launches dentistry service

    Surrey-based Fitzpatrick Referrals has launched a dental service, led by Hannah van Velzen BSc MSc CSAVP (Dentistry) MRCVS The practice is now accepting dental referrals, including for dental, oral and maxillofacial surgery. Hannah said: “I am proud...

    BSAVA and Vets Now agree to develop ECC postgrad cert

    The BSAVA and Vets Now have signed a partnership agreement to develop a new postgraduate certificate in emergency and critical care (ECC). The programme, which will follow the same broad structure as BSAVA's existing postgraduate certificate, will...

    RVN from Birmingham practice wins Pet Health Counsellor of the Year

    Rachel Wells, an RVN and Pet Health Counsellor (PHC) from Pype Hayes Veterinary Centre in Birmingham, has won Royal Canin's annual 'Pet Health Counsellor of the Year' Awards 2013. The ceremony, which took place earlier this month at the Forest of...

    TVM launches epilepsy 'Lunch and Learn'

    TVM UK has announced that it is offering epilepsy 'Lunch and Learn' sessions in practice, where the company will offer advice on the diagnosis and management of epilepsy and the use of its products Soliphen and Ziapam. Titled ‘The Five Steps of Seizure...

    2009 NOAH Compendium of Data Sheets out now

    The 2009 edition of the NOAH Compendium Data Sheets for Animal Medicines is now being dispatched, free of charge, to each practice premises. Meanwhile, the online version of the compendium ( www.noahcompendium.co.uk ), launched 3 years ago to provide...

    Improve launches canine reproduction course

    Improve International has launched a two-day course to give practitioners with an interest in small animal reproduction an understanding of the clinical investigation of infertility in breeding dogs and bitches. The course is led by Gary England,...

    Veterinary support website needs votes

    Vetsnet , the support website set up by Liz Barton MRCVS , needs your vote for its application for funding from the Aviva Community Fund. Liz set up vetsnet to bring together all the wellbeing, leadership and management tools being created by individuals...

    RCVS Council agrees to consultation on wide-scale legislative changes

    The RCVS Council has voted to hold a consultation on a set of recommendations that would see wide-scale changes to the legislative framework governing the regulation of the veterinary professions. The recommendations were proposed by the Legislation...

    Study reveals differing electrolyte measurements between point-of-care and reference analysers in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism

    A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), has shown inherent differences between the electrolyte concentrations measured by point-of-care analysers and reference laboratory methods in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism...

    New online CPD platform for independent practices

    Central CPD has launched 'On-Demand', an CPD delivery platform which will give independent practices access to the same sort of bespoke online team-training technology used by the corporates. Sophia Salmon MRCVS from Central CPD said: "All of the major...

    Boehringer launches new BVD vaccine

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has announced that it will be launching Bovela, a new viral diarrhoea (BVD) vaccine, to farmers during April 2015. Allan Henderson from Boehringer said: "BVD remains the most common viral disease affecting cattle throughout...

    Cat charity announces Easy to Give awards

    International Cat Care has announced the winners of its 'Easy to Give' and 'Cat Friendly' Awards 2016. The Easy to Give Awards are designed to recognise the commitment made by pharmaceutical companies in making it easier to give prescription-only...