White Cross Vets has come up with another clever team-building initiative for its staff: giving them all a £50 contribution towards a new Fitbit and then holding a competition to see which of its teams logs the most steps. 60 veterinary surgeons...

Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield has been joined by Dr Rodney Ayl, a double-board certified specialist in medical and radiation oncology. Rodney (pictured right) has spent the last 26 years practising in the USA, latterly at the California...

Boehringer Ingelheim, manufacturer of Bovikalc and Bovikalc Dry, has launched its National Milk Fever (hypocalcaemia) Survey and is asking vets to encourage their farm clients to take part and improve the quality of data available on clinical and subclinical...

Boehringer Ingelheim's fourth National BVD Survey has found that 47% of farmers across the UK say veterinary advice was the main reason for their decision to vaccinate. 1243 farmers took part in the survey, which was held in partnership with the...

The Yorkshire-based group, White Cross Vets , has delved into its archives to see how pet names have changed since the 1930s. First they looked at the names of all the cats and dogs they saw in 2018, finding that the most popular names for dogs were...

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has been awarded the Laureate Award by the Great Place to Work initiative , for being within the top 50 best places to work in the UK for five years in a row. RCVS CEO Lizzie Lockett said: "I am so proud...

Essity, the global hygiene and health company , has announced dates for four wound care CPD events being held by the company's Veterinary Academy. The Essity Veterinary Academy covers four topics of education: Anatomy and Physiology of Wound Healing...

Yeson UK had announced the launch of a new range of autoclaves priced at a point which the company hopes is going to disrupt the marketplace. The company says the new range performs as well as the leading brands and delivers consistently reliable sterilisation...

The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended London-based veterinary surgeon Dr Zahra Tahaneem Rafiq for six months, and found no misconduct against Mr Oscar Perez Maillo in the hearing of a case in which two newborn puppies were taken from their owner...

Dechra Veterinary Products has launched Equibactin vet, a broad spectrum oral antibiotic paste that can be used to treat a wide range of infections in horses. Equibactin vet contains sulfadiazine and trimethoprim, and is indicated for use in the treatment...

Tributes for Louise O'Dwyer RVN have been flooding the Internet since the announcement of her sudden death on Sunday by the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Technicians and Nurses, of which she was President. Louise had achieved great...

A retrospective study published in the BSAVA's Journal of Small Animal Practice suggests that complications are less common after a laparoscopic than an open ovariectomy 1 . For the study, Tim Charlesworth, an RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery...

The BSAVA has teamed up with the Links Group to provide veterinary surgeons with free CPD sessions on how to deal with suspected cases of non-accidental injury to small animals. Members of the profession are of course more likely than most to receive...