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VETERINARY NEWS

The latest veterinary news for UK veterinary surgeons, covering clinical research, regulation, CPD, events & industry developments. More

    Merial launches 'Webinar Wednesday' for LA vets

    Merial Animal Health has launched a programme of monthly CPD webinars, hosted on its Nexus online portal, to support large animal veterinary surgeons. The webinar programme includes both clinical and non-clinical topics. Clinical topics include...

    Careers @ Vets Now

    Vets Now has just added a new recruitment section to its website, with details of the veterinary career opportunities available within the company. Click here for more.

    Metoclopramide? There's an app for that.

    Ceva Animal Health has launched two iPhone Apps for veterinary professionals and cat owners. The 'Metoclopramide' iPhone App calculates both the daily fluid requirements and the volume of metoclopramide to add to the fluid bag for a dehydrated, vomiting...

    Animal campaigner changes name to StopFortnumandMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com

    A PR headache for Fortnum and Mason yesterday, as PETA employee Abi Izzard changed her name by deed poll to StopFortnumandMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com to try and shame the London store into stopping selling foie gras. To produce foie gras, birds are force...

    Free marketing seminar for vets at the London Vet Show

    The Veterinary Marketing Association is running a free seminar on Thursday 24 th November from 5-7pm for any delegates of the London Vet Show, or those in the vicinity, that feel they'd like to learn about the principles of marketing. The VMA says...
  • BVA warns owners to keep pets off the e-fags

    Following reports that a puppy in Cornwall has died after biting into an e-cigarette refill , the BVA is warning pet owners to ensure they are kept out of reach of animals. BVA President Robin Hargreaves said: "This is a tragic case and very worrying...

    New specialist pain management clinic for cats and dogs in the Northwest

    Manchester Veterinary Specialists (MVS) is opening a Specialist-led pain management clinic for cats and dogs in the Northwest of England. The clinic will be led by Oscar Bautista MRCVS (pictured), a European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and...

    Free Oster Clippers on offer with Marbocyl and Clavaseptin

    Vetoquinol UK is offering vets the chance to receive a free pair of either Oster A5 clippers or the new cordless Oster Power Pro Ultra Clippers, worth over £200, free of charge. Buy £400 worth of Marbocyl P (palatable) tablets, and Marbocyl SA injection...

    DAP renamed Adaptil

    Ceva Animal Health has renamed the veterinary behaviour product DAP as Adaptil, to highlight its key benefit of helping dogs 'adapt' to new situations. Along with the name change, Ceva is launching a new Adaptil Collar. According to the company, the...

    Vets given more time to apply for AP status

    The RCVS has announced that those veterinary surgeons who wish to gain the middle tier RCVS Advanced Practitioner status will have extra time to do so this year. The status, which was launched last August, recognises those veterinary surgeons who...

    NOAH launches 'Use Animal Medicines Responsibly' campaign.

    The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has launched a new 'Use Medicines Responsibly' campaign. The main thrust of the campaign is an initiative by NOAH to encourage pharmaceutical companies to add: 'Use Medicines Responsibly' as a strapline...
  • Jobs for veterinary surgeons now on the map

    VetSurgeon.org has announced the launch of the VetSurgeon Jobs Map , designed to give veterinary jobseekers a way to see at a glance where all the new job opportunities are, both in the UK and around the world. VetSurgeon Editor Arlo Guthrie said...

    Vet Futures reports on 12 months' activity

    Vet Futures, the RCVS/BVA project designed to put the profession in charge of its destiny, has reported on the work that has taken place since the launch of the Vet Futures and VN Futures Action Plans last July. The Vet Futures Action Plan included...

    Vets Now pledges to pay 'real' living wage

    Vets Now has pledged to pay all of its staff more than the 'real' living wage. The company says it believes it is the first major veterinary business in the UK to make this promise. As a result of the pledge, salaries for about a third of the pet...

    New farm animal health website from Novartis

    Novartis Animal Health has launched a new website providing product information, news, up to date advice and insights into key issues facing the farming industry. Nikki Crossley, Associate Brand Manager at Novartis Animal Health, said: "This new site...

    RCVS non-payers removed from Register

    The RCVS has published a list of 369 veterinary surgeons who missed the 31st May deadline for retention fee payments, were removed from the Register and not restored by 24 June, on its website . The College says it publishes the list to alert those...
  • Task force issues new guidelines on management of canine epilepsy

    The International Veterinary Epilepsy Task Force (IVETF), a group of 26 veterinary practitioner, neuropharmacology, neuropathology and neurology experts led by Holger Volk, Professor of Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery at the RVC, has issued new...

    New move by Dechra to help dispensing

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched two new initiatives to improve dispensing in veterinary practices in the UK and Ireland. The company has introduced a new online range of pack inserts for several of its key products including Vetoryl, Felimazole...

    Food puzzles enhance feline wellbeing

    A group of veterinary surgeons and cat behaviour consultants in the USA have published a state-of-the art review of food puzzles used to improve feline wellbeing in this month’s Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery . 1 The authors say that domestic...

    Veterinary practitioners invited to apply for new research bursary

    MSD Animal Health is inviting veterinary surgeons to apply for its Research Bursaries which, for the first time, now include awards for both ruminant and companion animal research projects. There are three awards, two ruminant and one companion animal...

    RCVS unveils revamped website

    The RCVS has launched a revamp of its website, www.rcvs.org.uk , now redesigned to make it easier for people find what they want, faster. The redesign includes an overhaul of the layout, structure and navigation of all the College’s websites: Professionals...

    Veterinary organisations react to CMA’s final vet sector reforms

    Veterinary organisations have broadly welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority’s final reforms for the sector, with responses from across the profession largely supportive of the package’s focus on transparency, consumer information and Veterinary...

    Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) outbreaks in North East Scotland

    The Rabbit Welfare Association and CEVA Animal Health, manufacturer of Lapinject, would like to make vets across the UK aware of recent outbreaks of Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) in North East Scotland. Outbreaks have been confirmed in: Ellen...

    RCVS re-branding 'highly commended' in Membership Communication Awards

    The new RCVS brand has been highly commended in the 'Brand Development' Category of the Membership Communication (MemCom) Awards. The new look, which was launched last year, aimed to clarify the role and function of the College, with the strapline...

    CVS launches course to help new grad vets perform commonplace surgery with confidence

    CVS has launched ‘Further surgical skills for the General Practitioner’ a course designed to help new graduate vets develop their confidence and competence performing commonplace surgical procedures. The one-day course covers a variety of procedures...