Veterinary News Headlines

    Dechra buys Genitrix

    Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC has announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Genitrix Limited ("Genitrix") from its owner managers for an initial cash consideration of £5.4 million, with a further £0.8 million being payable upon...

    Intervet publishes the evidence for Plerion

    A study published in the Veterinary Record has shown that Plerion, the broad-spectrum anthelmintic combination preparation for dogs (5 mg pyrantel + 20 mg oxantel + 5 mg praziquantel per kg body weight) is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment...

    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...

    Dechra launches 'How To' videos for pet owners

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched the first in a series of 'How To' videos for pet owners which are now available online at dechra.co.uk and via youtube In the videos, Louise O'Dwyer, Head Nurse at Petmedics in Manchester demonstrates how pet...

    British researcher wins award for FIV work

    William McEwan BSc MRes PhD, now working at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, has been awarded the ABCD and Merial Young Scientist of the Year Award 2010 for his work on the replication and cross-species transmission of feline immunodeficiency...

    New demodicosis indication for Advocate

    Bayer Animal Health has announced that its parasiticide - Advocate Spot-On Solution - is now licensed to be used weekly, and for a prolonged period of time, in severe cases of demodicosis in dogs. According to the company, recent work carried out...

    Record number sit practice management exams

    Braving the elements, a record 12 candidates sat the examinations for the Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management last week, seven of which passed their selected elements, and four of which have been awarded their certificate. The new CVPMs...

    New survey shows how much pet owners anthropomorphise

    45% of British pet owners believe their four legged friends share their human emotions and can sense when they are upset or unwell, according to a new survey announced by Bayer Animal Health. The 'Pets are Human Too' study of 3,000 British dog and...

    Novartis to market Adequan Equine from January

    Novartis Animal Health has announced that it will begin marketing and distributing Adequan Equine in the UK from January 2011. According to the company, Adequan Equine offers equine veterinarians a proven intramuscular treatment option for equine...

    Vetoquinol launches Florfenicol injection for cattle and pigs

    Vetoquinol UK Limited has launched Kefloril, containing 300mg/ml florfenicol for use in cattle and pigs in 100ml and 250ml vials. In cattle, Kefloril is licensed for preventative and therapeutic treatment of respiratory tract infections. In pigs...

    Vetoquinol launches ceftiofur injection for cattle and pigs

    Vetoquinol UK Limited has launched Ceftiocyl: a ready-to-use formulation containing 50mg/ml ceftiofur for use in cattle and pigs. In cattle, Ceftiocyl can be used for the treatment of respiratory disease, acute interdigital necrobacillosis and acute...

    Kent vet suspended for false certification

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended a Kent veterinary surgeon from the Register for eight months after he was found guilty of dishonest certification. At the outset of the hearing held on 14/15 December, Takeshi Okano, of Lakeview Veterinary...

    Dechra warns of Oxyglobin supply problem

    Dechra Veterinary Products is warning veterinary professionals it is experiencing supply issues with Oxyglobin , Haemoglobin Glutamer-200. Dechra has supplied Oxyglobin under an exclusive UK distributor agreement with Biopure Corporation since 2002...

    Pfizer launches swine dysentery campaign

    With dysentery apparently at its highest level for many years, Pfizer Animal Health has launched a new campaign to help increase awareness of the benefits of selecting the best prevention and treatment options. Nigel Lodge MRCVS, Pfizer technical...

    Government clampdown on alternative pet remedies

    Alternative remedies which could be dangerous to pets are being targeted by the Government in a major drive to improve animal health and welfare. Some herbal and homeopathic products are claiming medicinal benefits without scientific proof, meaning they...

    Complimentary flock blood tests for toxoplasmosis

    Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has launched its complimentary blood testing service that allows practitioners to investigate one of the main infectious causes of early embryo loss in sheep flocks. The annual subsidised Barren EweCheck diagnostic...

    Hill's offers virtual tour round Kansas Pet Nutrition Centre

    Hill's Pet Nutrition is offering veterinary surgeons, vet students and nurses in the UK an opportunity to look round its Pet Nutrition Centre in Topeka, Kansas, via a live webcast to be delivered at 7pm on Tuesday 11 th January 2011. To join the...

    Two more vets recognised in New Year's Honours

    Veterinary surgeons Lewis Grant and Professor Quintin McKellar have joined Dr Lydia Brown in the New Year's Honours List. Mr Grant, former veterinary manager in the Meat Hygiene Service, Food Standards Agency and animal welfare representative of the...

    NOAH welcomes decision to continue advertising to farmers

    In contrast to the British Veterinary Association , The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has welcomed the decision by DEFRA not to proceed with the proposal contained in the draft Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2010 to prohibit the advertising...

    National Pet Month 2011 dates announced

    From 2 April - 2 May, National Pet Month will be encouraging people to get happy and healthy spending time with their pets, with its theme of 'Happiness is... time with your pet'. Organisers say that during the month, thousands of people will be celebrating...

    Dechra launches new catalogue

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched a new Instruments and Consumables catalogue for veterinary professionals. The new catalogue is available to view online or download via Dechra's website at www.dechra.com The new catalogue features the range...

    BCF launches portable x-ray generator

    BCF Technology has launched the portable 9020HF Orange x-ray generator from Eco Ray. BCF says the 9020HF is ideal for equine and large animal applications because it is is just marginally heavier than the 8016HF generator, but more powerful, allowing...

    New studies into safety and efficacy of Previcox

    Merial has highlighted two new studies which the company says demonstrates the efficacy and safety of its canine NSAID, Previcox. In the first study, Lecoindre and Pepin evaluated the beneficial effects of once daily administration of 5mg/kg Previcox...

    Mobile equine x-ray service launched in S. Wales

    Equine vets and farriers in South Wales who need horses x-rayed can now use a new mobile service offered by Equiray . Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Equiray's technicians travel to the site to take digital x-rays, using state-of-the-art imaging...

    World's first dog ankle amputation prosthesis

    A three and a half year old white German shepherd dog from Dorchester, Dorset, has become the first in the world to have an ankle amputation prosthesis. Mitzi Davis was trampled by a horse which crushed her foot, tearing off all blood and nerve supply...