Veterinary News Headlines
  • Bayer calls on vets to recommend cats get chipped too

    Bayer Animal Health - maker of Tracer Advance Slim - is limbering up for National Microchip Month in June with a call to the profession to recommend that cats are microchipped. It's just over a year since microchipping became compulsory for dogs and...
  • 67% of EU vets feeling uncertain about their future in the UK

    The RCVS has published the results of a survey of EU veterinary surgeons and nurses working in the UK which shows a high degree of fear and uncertainty caused by Brexit, causing many to question whether they will stay. The survey was carried out by...
  • Nick Stace leaving RCVS to become Chief Exec at Prince's Trust

    The RCVS has announced that its CEO, Nick Stace, will be leaving at the end of the summer to take up a new post as UK Chief Executive at The Prince's Trust . The Prince's Trust 'creates life-changing opportunities' for those aged 11-30 and Nick has...
  • VetSwap joins forces with VetSurgeon Jobs

    VetSwap , the job-exchange service for veterinary surgeons and nurses, has joined forces with VetSurgeon Jobs in order to help spread the word about the benefits of temporarily swapping jobs. Vetswap was set up by Luke Ramsden and Euan McKee MsRCVS...
  • Cambs vet not guilty of serious professional misconduct after failing to control dogs

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has ended an enquiry against a Cambridgeshire-based veterinary surgeon who had repeatedly breached court orders relating to the control of dogs, after finding that it did not render him unfit to practise. Amir Kashiv...
  • New veterinary anaesthesia app to help overcome poor record-keeping

    Alastair Mair, a European Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia at Willows Veterinary Centre has developed a new app to ensure all vital details of an anaesthetic procedure are recorded efficiently and effectively. VETNAPP offers a replacement...
  • New salary survey shows increasing demand for locums

    Recruitment agency Recruit4Vets has published the results of two small surveys it conducted amongst veterinary surgeons and nurses to investigate typical rates of pay for permanent and locum veterinary surgeons and nurses. 251 veterinary surgeons...
  • TVM launches new, improved apomorphine injection

    TVM (previously Forum Animal Health) has announced that over the coming weeks, Apometic will be replaced by Emedog, a new, improved apomorphine injection with a new concentration and new dose. TVM says Emedog provides less wastage, provides easier...
  • Slaughterhouse CCTV to be compulsory from spring 2018

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced that from Spring 2018, CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England. New legislation will be introduced in the New Year making slaughterhouse CCTV a legal requirement in all areas where...
  • Government recognises sentience of animals

    Environment Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed today that the sentience of animals will continue to be recognised and protections strengthened when the United Kingdom leaves the EU. Mr Gove ministerial statement followed the brouhaha last week when...
  • Cases needed for atrial fibrillation study at Midlands referral centre

    Brigite Pedro MRCVS, an RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology at Willows Veterinary Centre is to lead an in-depth international study into atrial fibrillation in dogs, and is appealing to colleagues to support the research by referring...
  • Vets' challenges to the 2017 RCVS Council elections dismissed

    Two candidates for the 2017 RCVS Council elections have had their challenge of the results dismissed by a committee tasked with assessing their claims. John Davies and Tom Lonsdale MsRCVS both objected to edits made by the College to their candidate...
  • Race narrows to become cuddliest, fluffiest, puppy-friendly political party

    The race to become the cuddliest, fluffiest, puppy-friendly political party got a little bit closer yesterday as Labour launched a 50 point draft policy document outlining its plans for action on animal welfare . Titled 'Animal Welfare For The Many...
  • South Korean practice becomes 1000th Cat Friendly Clinic

    International Cat Care has announced that the Classic Animal Hospital in South Korea has become its 1000th 'Cat Friendly Clinic' . The charity launched the 'Cat Friendly Clinic' accreditation scheme in 2012, in order to raise standards and reduce...
  • New research to discover if pet owners want what veterinary practices think they want

    Abi Thompson, a final year student of veterinary nursing and practice management at Harper Adams University, is carrying out some interesting research to discover whether veterinary professionals’ perceptions of what is important to clients is the same...
  • Portsmouth vet struck off for possessing indecent images of children

    Portsmouth-based Simon Wood has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of possessing indecent images of children. Mr Wood was convicted of three offences which involved the download of 38 videos and 13 indecent images...
  • Virbac's new answer to dog breath

    Virbac has announced the launch of VeggieDent Fr3sh Dental Chews, designed to reduce canine halitosis. The new chews incorporate Fr3sh technology, which Virbac says cleanses, cools and addresses the digestive causes of bad breath. According to...
  • Seresto now licensed for canine leishmaniosis

    Bayer Animal Health has announced that Seresto, it's flea and tick collar for cats and dogs, has now been granted approval to be used to reduce the risk of canine leishmaniosis via transmission by sand flies for up to 8 months. Canine leishmaniosis...
  • Shocking TV exposé finds some vets charge more than others

    BBC's Watchdog has uncovered shocking evidence that prescription veterinary drugs can cost more, or less, depending on where you buy them from. In one of the finest pieces of investigative journalism since Watergate, the erstwhile-criminal-law-barrister...
  • Canine surgical artificial insemination prohibited

    The RCVS has confirmed that surgical insemination in dogs is prohibited by animal welfare laws and amended Section 27 of the supporting guidance to the Code of Professional Conduct so that it now sits alongside tail docking, dew claw removal, prosthetic...
  • The RCVS poster you’ll want to display in your practice

    The RCVS has published a new waiting room poster which details what pet owners and veterinary professionals should expect from each other. It’s very significant because it’s the first time the College has produced material for practices that highlights...
  • Voting opens in 2019 RCVS Council election

    Voting has now opened in the 2019 RCVS Council election. Eligible veterinary surgeons can now vote online or by posting their paper ballot. There are nine candidates standing in this year’s elections, including five existing Council members eligible...
  • An apology: vet retention fees are NOT going to rise.

    This morning, VetSurgeon.org published an April Fools fake news story, to the effect that the RCVS planned to increase retention fees by 150% . I had hoped that the increasing absurdity of the reasons given for the rise might have tipped everyone...
  • New study suggests reduced complication rates with laparoscopic vs open ovariectomy

    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...
  • London vet suspended for stealing puppy

    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...