Veterinary News Headlines

    Woodley launches free haematology quality control program

    Woodley Equipment Co Ltd has announced the launch of its Quality Control Program for all Melet Schloesing MS4, MS4 + and MS4 5 Vet Haematology Analyser customers. Quality controls (QC) form part of a quality assurance (QA) program to guide the...

    Kruuse launches new Buster Comfort Collar

    Kruuse UK has expanded the well-known Buster range of “elizabethan” collars with the introduction of a Buster Comfort Collar. This new design is softer and more flexible and features a soft rubber outer edge for better comfort for the animal and is kinder...

    New obesity website from Hill's

    Hill’s Pet Nutrition has launched a new website - www.hillsweightloss.co.uk - featuring the company’s weight management programme to help address the UK’s spiralling pet obesity epidemic. Nearly 50 per cent of pets are obese or overweight and the...

    BVA welcomes arrival of Bluetongue vaccine

    The BVA has welcomed Defra Secretary of Sate Hilary Benn's announcement on the arrival of the first batch of Bovilis(r) BTv8 vaccine in the UK. Congratulating Intervet on the speed with which the vaccine had been developed BVA President Nick Blayney...

    New pet insurance comparison tool

    Pet Protect has launched a new website which includes a tool to compare the benefits of its pet insurance policies with others in the market. The comparison deliberately excludes the cost of the policies. Pet Protect says that the aim is to "overcome...

    Schering-Plough extends Nuflor antibiotic range for pigs

    Schering-Plough has launched Nuflor injectable and Nuflor Drinking Water Concentrate for the prevention of major respiratory diseases in pigs, such as those caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) and Pasteurella multocida. Ross Kelly,...

    Defra publishes FMD report

    Defra has today published reports from the Health and SafetyExecutive and Professor Brian Spratt, of Imperial College London,into the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Surrey. The report is available here.

    New FMD case confirmed

    Initial laboratory tests on the samples taken this morning from the cattle on the holding in Surrey where disease was suspected have indicated the presence of Foot and Mouth Disease. On the basis of these initial laboratory results and clinical symptoms...

    FMD - BCVA Statement

    This message from Graham Brook, President of BCVA, issued at 5:00pm today. Most of you will have heard on the news that a suspect case of Foot and Mouth was reported this morning in Surrey near Egham. Initially, a temporary restriction zone was...

    Dairy Event Cancelled

    Statement from Lyndon Edwards, RABDF Council chairman “It is with great regret that I have to announce the cancellation of the Dairy Event due to take place at Stoneleigh Park Coventry on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 September. “The Council Members...

    Pragmatic ruling by RCVS Disciplinary Committee

    The Disciplinary Committee of the RCVS has postponed judgement in the case of a veterinary surgeon who was convicted of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Twice over the legal limit, Peter Hanlon MRCVS set...

    RVC recruitment drive for next generation of vets

    The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is touring the UK, hosting a series of careers events to encourage more young people to consider studying in a veterinary-related field. The events give young people the opportunity to find out what a veterinary...

    RVC accredited to assess certificate modules

    The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been accredited to assess nearly 30 modules that can be taken towards the new postgraduate Certificate from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). These new modules, which range from Small Animal...

    Merial launches UK’s first PMWS vaccine

    Merial Animal Health has launched CIRCOVAC®, the UK’s first vaccine for PCV2 – the virus involved in post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and other PCV2-related diseases. An inactivated vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2...

    SPVS unveils new logo

    The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons has unveiled a new logo in response to member feedback and a desire by the society to update its image to tie in with a more modern and campaigning approach. Here it is (roll of drums please): ...

    Institute for Animal Health diagnoses bluetongue in Suffolk

    Tests done at the Institute for Animal Health's Pirbright Laboratory during late Friday night (21-22 September) have confirmed that a cow in Suffolk has been exposed to bluetongue virus, cause of the disease bluetongue. The animal had been exhibiting...

    Survey reveals public is pig ignorant

    An interesting survey from Freedom Food has shown how little the public knows about farm animals: 75% of people didn't know that a sheep can recognise 50 members of its flock 74% didn't know that farmed male turkeys cannot mate 73% didn't know...

    BVA appoints new Secretary General

    Following a 12 month review of the organisational structure of the British Veterinary Association , Henrietta Alderman, currently Head of Business Operations and Company Secretary, has been appointed to the position of Secretary General. Henrietta...

    Attacks on animals by children on the increase

    The Scottish SPCA has called for parents across Scotland to take more responsibility for the behaviour of their children after another sickening catalogue of violence against animals over the past year. Launched during Scottish Animal Week, the...

    New aid for temperature compliance in practice

    Animus Surgical has launched Vetlog, a new temperature data logger designed to be used by the veterinary market. Vetlog will enable practices to prove their temperature compliance to the VMD and RCVS Practice Standards Scheme. Steve Beddall of...

    Edinburgh announces Marbocyl Award Winners 2007

    The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh has awarded its 2007 Marbocyl Achievement Award to Geoff Culshaw, BVMS, CertVC, MRCVS, Head of the School’s small animal cardiology unit, and Diane MacDonald, VN, Head...

    National Pet Month reveal latest pet owner trends

    New research carried out by the Pet Food Manufacturers Association on behalf of National Pet Month has provided an insight into the latest pet purchasing trends in the UK: There are 27 million pets in the UK with dogs and cats being the animal...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists adds on-site clinical pathology lab

    Davies Vet Specialists (DVS) now has access to an on-site, dedicated veterinary clinical pathology laboratory. It is staffed and managed by clinical pathologist Roger Powell, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology...

    5 millionth can worth £1000 to a practice

    CEVA Animal Health’s household flea products, Staykill, Acclaim and Skoosh, will soon have helped fight the 5 millionth household flea infestation in the UK. In order to preserve the historic 5 millionth can for future generations, CEVA would like...

    Novartis launches new Atopica practice support materials

    Novartis Animal Health is launching a new range of practice support materials to help raise owner awareness about skin conditions like atopic dermatitis. “It’s vitally important, in the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis, to make clients...