Veterinary News Headlines

    Dogs that lose weight have a better quality of life

    A new study has revealed that owners of obese dogs which successfully lose weight notice significant improvement in their dogs' quality of life too. The study, published in The Veterinary Journal and available online here , was conducted by scientists...

    BSAVA comes out in support of Pedigree Dogs Exposed

    The BSAVA has released a statement in support of the television programme Pedigree Dogs Exposed - three years on , made by Jemima Harrison. The programme was broadcast earlier this week on BBC4 as a follow up to a documentary which was first shown in...

    Boehringer offers free applicators with Bovikalc

    Boehringer Ingelheim is offering a free stainless steel bolus applicators, worth £42.60/€ 59.39 (plus VAT), with the first 1,000 Bovikalc multipacks sold after 1 st March in the UK and Eire. According to the company, milk fever is recognised as the...

    100+ Nottingham vet students to attempt 3 Peaks Challenge

    Over 100 students from Nottingham Vet Society will attempt the 3 Peaks Challenge by climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in under 24 hours on 10 March. The funds raised will be split between VBF , the charity that supports veterinary professionals...

    Companion Care amongst The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For

    Companion Care Vets has been named as one of The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For , the first veterinary organisation to receive the accolade. Companion Care, which has 90 surgeries across the UK (the majority within Pets at Home stores...

    Novartis offers Schmallenberg updates

    Novartis Animal Health has announced that it is offering regular updates Schmallenberg virus, including the number and counties of affected farms, on its farm animal health website: www.farmanimalhealth.co.uk . The new website is a resource for vets...

    RCVS elections candidates throw their hats into the ring

    The candidates for this year's RCVS Council election have been announced, many of whom will be coming to the VetSurgeon.org forums to lay out their stalls and explain why you should vote for them. A record number of veterinary surgeons - 14 - are...

    Virbac launches broad spectrum wormer for dogs

    Virbac Animal Health has launched a broad spectrum wormer for dogs called Endogard (praziquantel, pyrantel and febantel). Virbac says Endogard offers treatment against most types of intestinal worms found commonly in dogs. It is presented in two tablet...

    Burgess launches bedding and 'sensitive' diet for small furries

    Burgess Excel has extended its range with what it claims is the UK's most absorbent paper bedding for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas, and a new 'sensitive' variety of nuggets for rabbits and guinea pigs. Burgess says the bedding is made from...

    Neil Smith elected RCVS Vice-President

    Colonel Neil Smith has been elected Vice-President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He takes up office at RCVS Day on 6 July 2012. Neil graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1989, and was commissioned into the Royal Army Veterinary...

    Eurovet launches flavoured canine hypothyroid treatment

    Eurovet Animal Health has launched Thyforon Flavoured (levothyroxine sodium, POM-V), which replaces the company's canine hypothyroid treatment Forthyron. Eurovet says that Thyforon Flavoured has the same clinical efficacy of Forthyron and veterinary...

    Animalcare launches NSAID for cattle, pigs & horses

    Animalcare has launched Emdocam (meloxicam 20mg/ml), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) of the oxicam class for use in cattle, pigs and horses. According to the company, Emdocam disrupts the inflammatory cascade by inhibiting prostaglandin...

    One in three buyers don't see pup with its mum

    Research carried out by the Kennel Club to coincide with Mother's Day has revealed that 35% of dog buyers do not see their new puppy with its mother. The research also found that one in ten buyers take their puppy home before it is eight weeks old...

    Virbac offers free bacteriology on milk samples

    Virbac Animal Health has launched a special scheme to encourage farmers to have milk samples analysed in line with the industry-wide campaign to promote the responsible use of antimicrobials. Under the terms of the scheme, veterinary surgeons purchasing...

    Henry Schein named amongst world's most ethical companies

    Henry Schein Inc., parent company of Henry Schein Animal Health has been named as one of Ethisphere's 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies . The Ethisphere Institute is an international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing...

    Virbac launches enhanced Effipro spot-on pipette

    Virbac Animal Health has launched an enhanced version of its flea and tick spot-on Effipro (fipronil) to help pet owners master the art of 'spotonology TM - a Maureen-Lipmanesque term the company has coined to describe the optimum application of a spot...

    Webinar Vet CPD offer for BVA members

    BVA members who join the Webinar Vet before the end of this month will receive a USB headset and microphone worth £40 Webinar Vet founder Anthony Chadwick MRCVS said: "The idea is to help new members get equipped and ready to listen and ask questions...

    Disciplinary Committee refuses restoration of former Wokingham vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has dismissed an application for restoration to the RCVS Register from Dr Janos Nemeth, who was struck off in 2009 for fraudulent registration. This was Dr Nemeth's second unsuccessful restoration application, and the...

    Disciplinary Committee restores Berkshire vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has accepted an application for restoration to the RCVS Register by James Main, who was struck off in 2011, following his administration of a prohibited substance to a racehorse and his subsequent attempts to conceal his...

    Sheep abortion testing service now available

    MSD Animal Health has launched FlockCheck 2012, its complimentary sheep diagnostic service that identifies whether enzootic abortion or toxoplasmosis is present in a client's flock. FlockCheck 2012 requires vets to take blood samples from 6-8 aborting...

    Isle of Wight gets its own equine vet

    Endell Veterinary Group Equine Hospital in Wiltshire has stationed an equine veterinary surgeon on the Isle of Wight permanently to ensure that the island's numerous horses can receive rapid treatment when they need it. Florus Oskam MRCVS is providing...

    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...

    New feline stress videos for vets

    Ceva Animal Health UK has launched a range of support materials to help educate veterinary professionals and cat owners about feline stress and the benefits of using Feliway. For veterinary surgeons and nurses, the company has produced a series of...

    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...

    Albino python found in the post

    A live eight-foot snake has been found in a cardboard box sent from Harlow to Exeter by post. The albino reticulated python was spotted through an X-Ray machine at Stansted Airport, where it was due to be put onto a plane last Friday to complete its...