Veterinary News Headlines
  • Dorset vet struck off for animal welfare offences

    Dorset-based veterinary surgeon Kerstin Vockert has been struck off the Register after admitting animal welfare offences. During her two-day hearing, the RCVS Disciplinary Committee heard that Ms Vockert had been convicted under Animal Welfare Act...
  • IRIS adopts Idexx SDMA marker test

    Idexx has announced that the SDMA renal function test it launched last November, which it claims is capable of detecting chronic kidney disease (CKD) in dogs or cats months or even years earlier than traditional methods, has now been included by the...
  • PDSA calls on vets to take PAW survey

    The PDSA is calling on veterinary surgeons and students to complete its Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report survey 2016 . The charity says that the survey is the largest, most comprehensive insight into pet wellbeing in the UK; an opportunity for veterinary...
  • Vet's warm and witty memoir

    VetSurgeon.org member Julian Earl MRCVS has published 'Cows in Trees', a warm and witty memoir of his life as a veterinary surgeon. Having been told at school that he'd never cut it as a veterinary surgeon, Julian qualified from Liverpool in 1981...
  • Owners say pet death is as upsetting as losing a member of the family

    63% of pet owners in the UK say they would feel the loss of a pet every bit as acutely as the loss of a family member, according to a survey carried out by Aquarium , a pet insurance technology integrator (whatever that is). Mark Colonnese, Aquarium...
  • BVA urges governments not to Vexit

    Following the EU referendum, the BVA is urging UK governments to protect the status of EU veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses who are currently living and working in the UK. According to statistics from the RCVS, almost 40% of veterinary surgeons...
  • New President pledges to reduce fear of the RCVS

    Chris Tufnell has been invested as the President of the RCVS for 2016/17 during RCVS Day 2016, which took place at the Royal Institute of British Architects last week. Chris has been an elected member of Council since 2009 and, during this time, has...
  • RCVS to exhibit at the first ever BBC Countryfile Live event at Blenheim Palace

    The RCVS has announced that it will be exhibiting at the first ever BBC Countryfile Live event at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire this August. The College says it will be promoting its Find a Vet search tool and its new Practice Standards Scheme (PSS...
  • TV vet calls on BVA to shun Kennel Club over breed testing

    Veterinary surgeon and author Emma Milne has come out all guns blazing this week, calling on the leading professional bodies to sever ties with the Kennel Club if it doesn't make health testing for the most serious inherited conditions mandatory. ...
  • BVA calls for animal welfare food labelling

    To mark British Food Fortnight (running until 2nd October) the BVA is calling for mandatory method of production food labelling, which it says could offer post-Brexit UK food producers and farmers a unique selling point. BVA has added its voice to...
  • Mounting evidence that brachycephalic cats suffer

    International Cat Care is highlighting a new study by the University of Edinburgh which concluded that flatter-faced cats were more likely to have breathing problems and that the breathing difficulties were also associated with increased tear staining...
  • RCVS pays tribute to Past-President Bob Michell

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has paid tribute to its former President Professor Bob Michell, who died on the 8th October, aged 75. Bob was a member of RCVS Council from 1992 until 2004 and was President in 1999/2000. During his time on...
  • New ophthalmology video and practice display materials

    Bayer Animal Health - maker of Remend - has released the second in its series of 'Back to Basics' educational videos, this one covering canine ophthalmology. Alongside, the company has also launched a new educational practice display pack about Dry Eye...
  • New campaign highlights animals' legal welfare needs

    A coalition of veterinary organisations including the BVA, BVNA, Blue Cross, BSAVA, BVZS, PDSA and RSPCA has launched a joint campaign to help pet owners understand their pets' five welfare needs. According to the forthcoming PDSA Animal Welfare 2016...
  • RCVS opens Vet History archive

    RCVS Knowledge has announced the launch of Vet History , a new way to access its archive of historical veterinary manuscripts, correspondence, clinical case notes and photographs illustrating the history of the British veterinary profession from 1800...
  • RCVS highlights controlled drugs storage after spate of practice burglaries

    The RCVS is reminding practices about how best to store and secure controlled drugs after receiving reports from the police of eight practice burglaries in one week. All Schedule 2 controlled drugs (with the exception of quinalbarbitone) and certain...
  • New scheme to help farmers avoid effects of bovine TB

    Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHeCS) has launched CHeCS bTB Herd Accreditation , a new scheme to evaluate risk and recognise farmers who step up biosecurity to help control bovine TB (bTB) in England and Wales. The voluntary scheme, which...
  • New screening tool to help detect feline infectious peritonitis

    Idexx Laboratories has announced the UK launch of Corona Detect, described as an intrinsic part of a new two-tier approach to the diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Corona Detect is a first-line screening tool for detecting exposure...
  • Recommendations for Welsh slaughterhouse CCTV 'disappointing'

    The BVA has expressed its disappointment at a report instructed by the Welsh Government that recommends CCTV should not be mandatory in slaughterhouses in Wales. The Safeguarding Animal Welfare at Slaughter Task and Finish Group’s report, which outlines...
  • Channel 4 News looks at Brexit on the veterinary profession

    The impact of Brexit on the veterinary profession came into focus on Channel 4's main evening news last night. Reporter Andy Davies spoke to Charlotte Debbaut MRCVS, a veterinary surgeon from Belgium working at the Tindale Veterinary Practice in Gloucestershire...
  • Beat this for a foreign body

    A Glaswegian 12-week-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier seems to have set the bar when it comes to surviving ingested foreign bodies. Macie was rushed to the PDSA's emergency out-of-hours service after swallowing an eight-inch kitchen knife (click to...
  • RCVS Strategic Plan to reduce blame culture

    The RCVS has published its Strategic Plan for 2017 to 2019, a major component of which is to identify the extent to which a 'blame' culture exists in the veterinary profession, the role that the College may play in it, the impact that that it may have...
  • Virbac launches phenobarbital-based canine epilepsy treatment

    Virbac has announced the launch of Epirepress (phenobarbital) for the treatment of epilepsy in dogs, designed to make dosing and dispensing easy and accurate for practice staff and owners. Virbac says phenobarbital is the only medication licensed...
  • Jurox offers extra support with Alfaxan following propofol product recall

    Jurox has issued a statement confirming its commitment to those practices who want to use Alfaxan (alfaxalone) following what it describes as the second major shortage of the most widely used veterinary licensed propofol (Inductofol and Vetofol, Norbrook...
  • Davies Veterinary Specialists issues guidelines about thiamine deficiency in cats

    Following Pets at Home's recall of four cat food products found to be low in thiamine , Davies Veterinary Specialists has issued advice for veterinary professionals and pet owners about the diagnosis and treatment of thiamine deficiency in cats. The...