Veterinary News Headlines

    Novartis launches new initiative in fight against BVD

    Novartis Animal Health has launched Farming against BVD , a new initiative to help in the fight against Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD). The campaign, which is being carried out in partnership with key industry bodies, will begin with an independent...

    Virbac to help practices promote National Microchipping Month

    Virbac has announced the launch of a new support pack to help practices promote National Microchipping Month this June. The pack contains a range of promotional and educational items including: A poster which can be individually customised to...

    BVA and AVS ask practices not to take advantage of students and new grads during pandemic

    The British Veterinary Association and the Association of Student Vets are asking veterinary practices not to exploit recruitment fears caused by the coronavirus pandemic by offering unpaid or voluntary work to final year students and new graduates....

    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...

    Dechra to host otitis externa webinar

    Dechra is hosting a one-hour canine otitis externa webinar at 7:00pm on Wednesday 31st July to share practical tips on otitis externa, how to choose the right treatments and the latest guidelines for using antibiotics responsibly. The ‘Ear essentials...

    Nestle Purina launches anti-ageing diet for dogs

    Nestlé Purina is launching a new diet this month which, according to the company, helps delay the canine brain ageing process. The diet, Pro Plan Senior 7+ Original, is enriched with medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). Research carried out by...

    Monthly veterinary feline webinars start in the New Year

    The International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) has announced that it will be hosting monthly webinars for veterinary surgeons from January 2016. ISFM says it has selected highly qualified speakers who are passionate about cats to cover a range...

    New research shows one dog every hour is a victim of intentional harm

    The RSPCA has released new figures which show that between 2016 and 2020, 63,881 incidents of intentional harm involving dogs were reported to the charity's cruelty line: 34 a day or more than one every hour across England and Wales. The figures, published...

    EAE vaccine supplies hit from June to August

    Ceva Animal Health has announced that there will be a gap in supply of Cevac Chlamydia, its EAE (Enzootic Abortion of Ewes) vaccine, in June, July and August, due to a vaccine batch failure in the manufacturing process. Roy Geary, regional director...

    Finn Pathologists uses AI to improve prognostic scoring for canine mast cell tumours

    Finn Pathologists is introducing an AI-assisted Ki-67 scoring system to help predict the behaviour of canine mast cell tumours and offer more accurate prognostic evaluation. Ki-67 is a proliferation marker used for assessing tumour aggressiveness...

    Campaigners welcome draft leglislation to ban wild circus animals

    The Born Free Foundation, British Veterinary Association, Captive Animals' Protection Society and the RSPCA have welcomed the Government's draft legislation to ban the use of wild animals in circuses in England, to be implemented in 2015. The groups...

    BSAVA publishes 100th client drug information leaflet

    The BSAVA has now published its 100th drug information leaflet for clients. Its 103rd, to be precise. The association began to produce client information leaflets in 2011, to help its members provide information to clients about the safe use of the...

    Herts referral centre boosts oncology team

    Hertfordshire-based Davies Veterinary Specialists has expanded its oncology service with the appointment of American Specialist in Veterinary Oncology, Sarah Benjamin. This brings the total number of oncology specialists to four, within a service comprising...

    New website to support owners of dogs with epilepsy

    TVM has launched myepilepticpet.co.uk , a website to help pet owners with the practical challenges of caring for an epileptic dog and the emotional impact of the diagnosis. A 2022 study 1 conducted to understand owner perspectives, found that pet owners...

    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...

    Harlow-based vet amongst first to gain GPCert(Endo)

    VetSurgeon.org member Aubrey Kumm MRCVS , a Joint Partner at Companion Care in Harlow, has become one of the first vets based in the UK to gain the GPCert(Endo) from the ESVPS . He joins a group of just 11 vets who currently hold this certificate in...

    Vet Charity Challenge 2014 to take place in Wiltshire

    Organisers of The Vet Charity Challenge, which last year raised £50,000 for charity, have announced that the event will take place Saturday 27th September 2014 in Pewsey, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. The event consists of teams of four walking/running...

    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...

    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...

    VMD publishes results of drug re-classification review

    The Veterinary Medicines Directorate has published the results of the distribution category review, which has recommended the re-classification of 50 products from POM-V or POM-VPS to a less restrictive distribution category. Not all the products...

    TVM takes 'Lunch and Learn' sessions online

    TVM UK has announced that is taking its 'Lunch and Learn' CPD sessions, which normally take place in practices, online. The sessions, which are delivered by the company's territory managers and cover things like toxicology, ophthalmology and the management...

    XLVets supports independent practices during coronavirus crisis

    XLVets, the cooperative of independent practices, has decided to share its resources with independent practices that are not currently members. XLVets has called on experts in people development, legal, IT and HR, as well as its practice owners, managers...

    Pragmatic ruling by RCVS Disciplinary Committee

    The Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS has postponed judgement in the case of a veterinary surgeon who was convicted of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Twice over the legal limit, Peter Hanlon MRCVS set...

    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...

    Luxury chocolate hamper for vet that finds longest-treated cat on Felimazole®

    Dechra Veterinary Products is encouraging veterinary practitioners to find the cat that has been treated with Felimazole ® for the longest period of time, for the chance to win a luxury chocolate hamper. The company wants to gather profiles of hyperthyroid...