Veterinary News Headlines

    New diet for feline nutrient intolerance

    Royal Canin has launched Feline Anallergenic, a new diet formulated to help in the nutritional management of adult cats with nutrient intolerance. The company says that Anallergenic can be used as the elimination diet of choice when working up dermatosis...

    WSAVA urges vets to do more to tackle hereditary disease

    The World Small Animal Veterinary Association has called on veterinary surgeons to take a proactive role in tackling hereditary disease and to advise breeders on the tests available to them before they breed from their animals. Speaking at a press...

    Glasgow practice launches enhanced graduate recruitment programme

    Pets’n’Vets , a family practice group with surgeries around Glasgow, has launched an enhanced graduate recruitment programme designed to attract the best and brightest new graduates. The new.graduatevet programme (or 'Dot' programme) offers hands...

    Royal Canin offers free places on video-making course

    Royal Canin is offering three free places on 'Video-making for social media', a CPD training course organised by the VPMA and SPVS. Advances in mobile phone technology, combined with the simplification of video-editing software and the adoption of...

    Sporimune now licensed for feline chronic allergic dermatitis

    Dechra Veterinary Products has announced that Sporimune (ciclosporin), its treatment for atopic dermatitis in dogs, has now been licensed for the symptomatic treatment of chronic allergic dermatitis in cats. Sporimune is the first ciclosporin oral...

    Johanna Headley wins Petplan Vet of the Year

    Ascot-based Johanna Headley MRCVS from Sunninghill Veterinary Centre has won this year's Petplan Vet of the Year Award. Petplan's Veterinary Awards are designed to celebrate the nation’s most outstanding vets, vet nurses, practices, practice managers...

    New courses to teach practice managers about mental health

    The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative and the Veterinary Practice Management Association have launched a series of courses designed to help those in a veterinary practice management role to support colleagues with mental health issues. The day-long courses...

    VMD reviews adverse events associated with veterinary medicines

    The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has published its Pharmacovigilance Annual Review 2015 , which reviews 5674 reports of adverse events in animals, humans and the environment following the use of veterinary medicines over the course of the year...

    Philip Lowndes becomes BVA Board Chairman

    The BVA has announced that Philip Lowndes MRCVS has become its new Board Chairman. The BVA Board oversees the performance of the Association and is responsible for corporate and financial governance and for setting the BVA’s strategic direction. It...

    AHT research answers 'Why the long face?'

    Researchers at the Animal Health Trust Equine Clinic have developed an ethogram to help veterinary surgeons, owners and riders identify when a horse is in pain, from its facial expressions when being ridden. According to the AHT, there is undisputed...

    Vet Direct launches new veterinary product range

    Vet Direct has launched a new range of products which it says are designed to make life easier for veterinary professionals working in a variety of roles within the industry. The new products are: AniPOC Handheld Monitor and Starter Kit Portable...

    Zoetis launches new topical parasiticide for cats

    Zoetis has launched Stronghold Plus (selamectin/sarolaner), a topical combination of parasiticides that treats ticks, fleas, ear mites, lice and GI nematodes and prevents heartworm disease in cats. Stronghold Plus contains the same selamectin found...

    New Improve courses cover emerging areas of veterinary medicine

    Veterinary CPD provider Improve International has extended its range of one-day courses in emerging areas of veterinary medicine. The courses, which are are aimed at practitioners dealing with species other than companion animals, include: Emergency...

    Virbac to help practices promote National Microchipping Month

    Virbac has produced a support pack to help practices promote National Microchipping Month in June. The company says that this year, its focus is on communicating the benefits of microchipping cats, which can roam significant distances from the home...

    Essex vet suspended over lack of professional indemnity insurance

    Essex-based Anne Mullen MRCVS has been suspended from the Register for two months by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for failing to have professional indemnity insurance (PII) or equivalent arrangements in compliance with the Code of Professional Conduct...

    Cefshot product recall

    Zoetis UK Ltd has issued a recall of Cefshot DC 250mg Intramammary Suspension for Cattle. According to the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the company has identified that there is a small possibility that some syringes from the batches listed below...

    Vets make career decision at primary school

    46% of veterinary surgeons working in the UK decided to become a vet while they were still at primary school, according to new figures released the British Veterinary Association (BVA) to celebrate World Veterinary Day this Saturday. The most recent...

    Worcester-based vet agrees to remove himself from the Register

    David Bibby, a retired Worcester-based practitioner, has agreed to remove himself from the Register of Veterinary Surgeons and never to apply to be restored to it, at a hearing of the RCVS Disciplinary Committee. At the outset of the hearing, which...

    MSD launches Tick Awareness Month with call to reinstate tick control in Pet Travel Scheme

    MSD Animal Health has launched Tick Awareness Month, which takes place in May, with a call for veterinary surgeons and nurses to lobby their local parliamentary candidate to reinstate comprehensive tick control measures in the Pet Travel Scheme. The...

    Idexx VetConnect Plus reaches 100,000th lab sample

    Idexx is celebrating its 100,000th laboratory submission via the Idexx VetConnect™ Plus service. The sample was submitted by the Inglis Veterinary Hospital in Dunfermline, part of the group that has been practising in the area for over 50 years. To...

    Ceva launches prednisolone treatment for canine atopic dermatitis

    Ceva Animal Health has launched Dermipred (prednisolone) for the management of pruritus and skin inflammation in cases of canine atopic dermatitis (CAD). Dermipred is available in two pack sizes – 10mg and 20mg - to treat a range of dog sizes. Both...

    Krka launches Tolracol for control of coccidiosis in sheep, cattle and pigs

    Krka has launched Tolracol (toltrazuril), a new prescription product for the control of coccidiosis in sheep, cattle and pigs. Tolracol is a 50mg/ml suspension of toltrazuril which can be used in all three species to prevent coccidiosis infections...

    Fresh blood on RCVS Council after record turnout

    The RCVS has announced that five new members have been elected to RCVS Council for four year terms following a record voter turnout in this year's elections. 22% (6,785) of veterinary surgeons eligible to vote did so, compared to the previous record...

    Veterinary surgeons urged to take part in Schedule 3 consultation

    The RCVS has launched a consultation about Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, which defines what acts of veterinary surgery can be performed by veterinary nurses. For veterinary nurses, Schedule 3 is arguably one of the most important aspects...

    BVA launches 'Brexit and the Veterinary Profession' report

    The British Veterinary Association has launched Brexit and the Veterinary Profession, a report which lays out the association's key recommendations for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. The report, which was developed in consultation with BVA members...