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    Vets reminded to complete RCVS registration

    The RCVS is reminding veterinary surgeons to complete their registration process by confirming they have met the requirement for continuing professional development (CPD) and declared any outstanding convictions. The College says that although the...
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    ASA rejects complaints about Morrisons Christmas advert

    The Advertising Standards Authority has decided not to uphold complaints against the Morrisons Christmas TV advertisement . The full adjudication can be read here . Peter Jones, President of the British Veterinary Association, said: "This ruling...
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    Improve to hold neurosurgery masterclass

    Improve International has announced that it will be running a three-day masterclass on neurosurgery at its veterinary wet-lab training facility in Sheffield from 27-29 January 2021. The masterclass, which will be 50% lectures and 50% practical, will...
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    500 Advanced Practitioners out of the stalls

    The RCVS has announced that m ore than 500 veterinary surgeons have successfully applied to join the first ever cohort of Advanced Practitioners – a status which recognises those who have advanced qualifications and experience in a designated area. ...
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    New resource to improve your apptitude for exotics

    Exotics referral practitioner, Mark Rowland MRCVS CertZooMed MRCVS has launched an iPhone app for GPs which puts all the information you need about the commonly presented exotic species at your fingertips. Mark said: "Vets often have little training...
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    Companion Care expands website to include career opportunities

    Companion Care has launched a new section on its website for vets and nurses that want to know more about current partnership and career opportunities in its small animal veterinary surgeries. The new section includes: The latest practice locations...
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    Cat charity calls for compulsory chipping

    Cats Protection is urgently calling for compulsory microchipping of all pet cats. The feline welfare charity says that two in three cats taken into its care are not microchipped, costing the organisation over £190,000 to microchip them. In addition...
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    Biogal launches new PCR detection kit

    Biogal has announced the launch of the PCRun Molecular Detection Kit, designed to give PCR results in clinic or in the lab within an hour. The new kit doesn't require any other equipment, such as a thermocycler. PCRun is a molecular assay based...
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    Chief Veterinary Officer made CBE

    RCVS Council member and Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Nigel Gibbens has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours list for 2016. Professor Gibbens (pictured right), who was appointed by the Privy Council...
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    New nutrition webinar from BSAVA

    The BSAVA has added a nutrition webinar to its library to accompany the online BSAVA Guide to Nutrition. 'The essential ingredients of a good nutritional recommendation' is presented by Georgia Woods RVN CertCFVHNut VTS(Nutrition), one of the editors...
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    Free practice management webinars

    Premier Vet Alliance has launched a programme of free, one hour webinars to help practices develop the way they work, increase revenue, improve customer care, motivate their teams, and manage stress and pressure in the workplace. The webinars are open...
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    Dan O'Neill awarded RCVS Impact Award for his work on VetCompass

    Dr Dan O’Neill, Associate Professor in Companion Animal Epidemiology at the RVC, has been given the RVCS Impact Award for his work developing the pioneering VetCompass initiative which gathers epidemiological data from 1800 first opinion and referral...
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    New guide to safe flea treatment from Norbrook

    Norbrook Laboratories has produced a new pet owner advice booklet: The Guide to Safe Flea Treatment with the help of the Veterinary Poisons Information Service. The booklet, which sits alongside a range of marketing materials to support Pestigon...
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    Pfizer offers free weigh tape for Equest clients

    Pfizer is giving away a free equine weigh tape with every purchase of Equest & Equest Pramox (while stocks last), to help encourage accurate treatment against encysted small redworms this season. According to the company, Equest & Equest Pramox are...
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    Virbac offers discounted client communication tool

    Virbac is offering its customers a discount on subscriptions to Vet Care Consult, an interactive veterinary medicine and anatomy tool designed to improve client understanding and aid compliance. Vet Care Consult, designed by MediProductions with...
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    Veterinary professionals urged to support rabbit welfare campaign

    Burgess Excel and the PDSA are urging veterinary surgeons and nurses to get their clients to sign up to the free PDSA Rabbit Wellbeing Challenge by the closing date of Friday 22 November. According to the organisers, the PDSA Rabbit Wellbeing Challenge...
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    Royal Canin launches new obesity diets

    Royal Canin has announced the launch of two new veterinary diets designed to tackle obesity in cats and dogs. 'Satiety Small Dog' is for adult dogs with an ideal weight up to 10kg. 'Satiety Wet' has been developed for those dogs who prefer wet food...
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    Norbrook launches android version of veterinary app

    Norbrook has launched an Android version of its existing free iPhone app: ‘the Veterinary Excellence Tool’ (VET). VET offers a range of functions to assist veterinary professionals and farmers including a product dosing calculator. The Android version...
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    RCVS call for applicants to join Ethics Review Panel

    The RCVS is now accepting applications from veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses who wish to serve as members of the RCVS Ethics Review Panel (ERP). The ERP has been established by the RCVS in order to facilitate access to ethical review for...
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    Public Health England reports Lyme disease up 30% in the UK last summer

    Public Health England has released figures showing that the number of people testing positive for Lyme disease was up over 30% in the period July to September 2015, from 300 lab confirmed cases to 421. The figures are being highlighted by MSD Animal...
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    Review calls for aggregation of antibiotic use data from farm vets

    The industry-led Cattle Health and Welfare Group of Great Britain (CHAWG) has published a review which identifies a practical approach to gathering antibiotic usage data on UK cattle farms. The review outcomes, announced today at a joint conference...
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    Estrumate back in stock

    Intervet/Schering-Plough has announced that Estrumate ® , in both the 10ml and 20ml vial size is back in stock and available to order from your veterinary wholesaler. The stock out situation had arisen as a result of increased demand during the early...
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    Bristol vet school gets unconditional approval from RCVS

    The RCVS has restored its full approval to the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Science. The full approval was granted by the RCVS Council in March, at the recommendation of the Education Policy and Specialisation Committee (EPSC), following...
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    IVC moves to offer more engaging online CPD

    IVC Evidensia has reported great success using a more conversational style of online CPD session, following a trend started by VetSurgeon.org earlier this year. Rather than offering 'death by Powerpoint', where large numbers of delegates are invited...
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    BSAVA launches One Health collection

    The BSAVA has launched a new collection on One Health, including chapters from relevant BSAVA Manuals and resources such as Companion articles and Congress podcasts. One Health – the symbiotic relationship between human, animal and environmental health...