Veterinary News Headlines

    New domestic poultry resource for vets

    Vetlexicon has launched Avis, a resource designed to provide comprehensive, up-to-date clinical information to veterinary professionals to support diagnostic and treatment decision-making in domestic poultry. Avis includes over 350 articles, images...

    Bluetongue Serotype One detected in Lancashire

    Defra has announced the detection of Bluetongue (Serotype 1) (BTV1) in five imported cattle on a premises near Blackpool in Lancashire. The animals originated from within the BTV1 and 8 Restricted Zone in the south west of France and were detected...

    Improve's PgCs now count towards Advanced Practitioner status

    Improve International has announced that several of the Postgraduate Certificate programmes (PgC's) which it delivers in conjunction with Harper Adams University and the European School of Veterinary Studies (ESVPS) have been added to the list of qualifications...
  • BSAVA warns of possible Congress booking scam

    The BSAVA is warning the profession to steer wide of a website which purports to offer hotel bookings for this year's Congress, but which is in no way affiliated to BSAVA or Congress. The website - www.bsava2016.org - does have a distinctly fishy...

    New resource for PSS practices

    Training-Progress has produced a free presentation for practices that are Practice Standards Scheme (PSS)-accredited or working towards PSS accreditation, to promote the scheme to the practice team. The presentation comes in the form of an editable...

    Purina launches new practice support programme

    Purina PetCare has announced the launch of the Purina Partners Programme, through which the company will offer practices their own business consultant tasked with giving advice that reflects the unique challenges facing each practice. Through the...

    Nottingham calls for help with vaccination survey

    The Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine at The University of Nottingham is calling for veterinary surgeons to take part in a survey about booster vaccination consultations in cats and dogs. The survey is part of a research project (funded...

    Royal Veterinary College offers evolved BSc Bioveterinary Sciences course in 2008

    In response to growing demand for graduates equipped for a wide range of careers in veterinary and biomedical science, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has developed the BSc (Hons) course in Bioveterinary Sciences. The Bioveterinary Science...

    And finally ... latest investment advice

    If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago they would now be worth £4.95; with HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50; £1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5; but if you bought £1000...

    Vetoquinol continues wetlab service in 2009

    Vetoquinol has announced that it will continue to offer a wetlab service to support Alfaxan®, its injectable anaesthetic for dogs and cats, throughout 2009. The company has hosted 101 Alfaxan® wetlabs around the UK since the product was launched in...

    Metricure back in stock

    Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has announced that Metricure is now back in stock and available from the veterinary wholesalers with immediate effect. Metricure is the only licensed intra-uterine antibiotic for the treatment of endometritis...

    Glasgow vet caught up in Trump flight ban

    Postgraduate Glasgow student Hamaseh Tayari MRCVS, who holds an Iranian passport, was caught up in Donald Trump's ban on nationals of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan and Libya entering the US last Saturday, as she tried to return home from holiday in...

    Canine melanoma vaccine first for VRCC

    VRCC the Essex-based veterinary referral specialists and centre for the treatment of cancer in dogs and cats has become the first in the UK to offer a canine melanoma vaccine. The vaccine, previously only available in the U.S. where it has been granted...

    University of Glasgow installs state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment

    The University of Glasgow Small Animal Hospital has completed a £15 million pound development, including the installation of state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging equipment from Siemens Healthcare. A Magnetom Essenza MRI, a Somatom Spirit CT and...

    Take care of coccidiosis

    Janssen Animal Health has launched a new website providing information on the subject of coccidiosis in calves and lambs: www.takingcareofcoccidiosis.com . The website builds on the findings of an expert workshop on bovine coccidiosis held at the...

    Virbac calls on practices to prepare for Prostate Awareness Month

    Virbac Animal Health is calling on practices to prepare for Canine Prostate Awareness Month (CPAM), being held by the company in November to highlight the prevalence of the disease and to encourage owners and practices to test for it. Last year,...

    Royal Canin to launch 'cat consult' software at LVS

    Royal Canin has announced it is to launch Catom, a piece of software developed to help educate cat owners during veterinary consultations, at this year's London Vet Show. Initially, the software will be available for PC and Mac, with iPad and Android...

    Dragons Den entrepreneur announced as BSAVA keynote speaker

    Entrepreneur and star of Dragon’s Den, Jenny Campbell has been announced as the Keynote Speaker for BSAVA Congress 2-5 April 2020. As part of an increasing focus on wellbeing at Congress, Jenny will be sharing her thoughts on balancing a successful...

    RCVS needs GPs to help shape the future of support for new grads

    The RCVS is looking for general practitioners to join one of two working groups to shape a new programme to support veterinary graduates into life in practice. The College says the aim of the programme, which will replace the current Professional Development...

    RVC accredited to assess certificate modules

    The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been accredited to assess nearly 30 modules that can be taken towards the new postgraduate Certificate from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). These new modules, which range from Small Animal...

    Credit crunch: some good news for vets

    Are small animal vets as immune to recession as undertakers? Probably not, but there is some good news from Petplan, which has found that whilst 60 per cent of people would put off starting a family during the current economic downturn, a quarter would...

    Hill's gives ALL vets free access to its library

    Hill's Pet Nutrition has decided to make its library of symposia proceedings freely available to all vets. It's part of Hill's drive to support vets with training during tough times. The library, which has been built up over 13 years, is made...

    New book offers overview of the veterinary profession

    A new eBook from electronic publisher Quicklook Books aims to give outsiders a broad overview of the veterinary profession. According to author, veterinary surgeon Bob Lehner, Quicklook@Vets offers readers the opportunity to get below the surface of...

    'Preventers' keep spending on their pets

    Pet owners who believe in preventative healthcare have maintained or increased the money they spend on their pets this year, and 84% visited their vet at least once in 2010, up from 78% in 2007, according to a survey commissioned by the National Office...

    Hill’s™ Prescription Diet™ Canine i/d™ is back

    Hill's Pet Nutrition has announced that Canine i/d™ is now available again from wholesalers. The company says that Canine i/d has been reformulated to improve texture quality, while still retaining the nutritional profile that makes i/d ideal...