Veterinary News Headlines

    RCVS Regional Question Time

    The RCVS Officers will be heading to Somerset, home ground of President Bob Moore, on Thursday 22 May for RCVS Question Time. The Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster is the venue for the final Regional Question Time of Bob Moore’s Presidential year,...

    Dechra builds veterinary generics range

    Dechra is expanding its Veterinary Essentials portfolio of veterinary licensed generics with the introduction of five new products. Flexicam® - a NSAID for the control of pain and inflammation in dogs with acute and chronic musculo-skeletal...

    Dechra launches new cost calculator

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched a calculator which provides vets with an instant analysis of how much they can save when stocking veterinary licensed generic products over an equivalent. The new margin calculator enables practices to...

    RCVS Specialist offers new friendly feline service

    Dr Sarah Caney, RCVS specialist in feline medicine has launched http://www.catprofessional.com/ , a new website for vets and nurses that want to become more feline friendly, and those in the animal health industry who want to be cleverer in their...

    Labrador is UK's favourite breed

    New research released by National Pet Month (5th April -5th May) has found that the UK’s most popular dog breed is the Labrador. There are 209 recognised dog breeds in the UK; 7.3 million dogs in total in the UK, one in ten of which is a Labrador...

    New farm vet business development package from Schering-Plough

    Schering-Plough has launched a new business development support package to help farm animal vets increase the proportion of beef and dairy producers vaccinating their cattle against bovine leptospirosis. According to results from the Bovine...

    SPVS invites vets to take the plunge

    SPVS is inviting practitioners to a week-long CPD and diving course taking place at the Red Sea from June 14-21st. Five days of diving at Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh will be combined with 16 hours of CPD on orthopaedics, including fracture planning...

    Vetoquinol launches new wormer for dogs

    Vetoquinol UK has launched Dolpac®, its new wormer for dogs. Dolpac® is a broad spectrum anthelmintic for dogs containing pyrantel, oxantel and praziquantel. Individually these ingredients are effective against individual worm species and the...

    Blue Cross extends veterinary grants

    The Blue Cross is offering a lifeline to even more needy pets across the UK following an extension to its successful veterinary grant scheme. Relaunched as “The Blue Cross Veterinary Care Fund”, the charity has increased available funding and...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists explore virtual bronchoscopy

    Diagnostic imagers at Davies Veterinary Specialists have been exploring the power and 3D resolution of their new CT scanner, and have come up with a fascinating virtual CT bronchoscopy (VB) that tracks the airways of a dog. A movie of the bronchoscopy...

    Clark Dental launches handheld x-ray

    Clark Dental has launched the new Nomad Handheld X-Ray machine from Aribex™. According to the company, Nomad already has a superb track record as a practical, effective and recognised state-of-the-art device. It boasts a multitude of benefits...

    RCVS Council elections hit by voter apathy

    According to the RCVS, 86% of veterinary surgeons, and 92% of veterinary nurses have so far failed to vote in this year's council elections. There's still time: voting for the RCVS Council and VN Council doesn't close till 2nd May and 28th April...

    Butox® SWISH shown to be effective against bluetongue midge

    According to Intervet, a study undertaken in Germany last summer has proven the efficacy of Butox SWISH at killing the midges responsible for carrying the bluetongue virus, when applied monthly to cattle. The study showed that even brief contact...

    Want To Be On TV? The BBC Needs You!

    BBC Entertainment is looking for fresh veterinary talent to be part of an exciting new show that it is developing. If you're passionate about pet health and would jump at the chance to help animals on screen, please call 0161 244 3718 as soon...

    New Oxyglobin® dosing wheel

    Dechra has launched a new administration rate guide developed to help vets and nurses administer the haemoglobin-based, oxygen-carrying fluid Oxyglobin at the correct rate (in ml/kg/hr). "The handy dosing wheel allows you to line up the weight of...

    First Petplan competition winners 'got noticed'

    Petplan has announced the first of three winners for their ‘Get Noticed’ waiting room notice board competition, which runs till the end of July. The staff at Ayers Vets in Tyne and Wear were the winners but Petplan says it wasn’t an easy decision...

    Vote for your favourite veterinary nurse

    The Blue Cross is calling for nominations from veterinary practices across the country for its Veterinary Nurse of the Year Award 2008. The annual award is presented at the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) Annual Congress. It recognises...

    CEVA highlights possible link between autism and pyrethrins

    CEVA Animal Health is drawing vets' attention to research which has found a possible link between autism and pyrethrin-based flea shampoos. Findings from the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment study , which is funded by the US...

    Practice wins £1000 to help fatties

    Petplan has announced the winner of the 'ChiWOWhua' competition which took place at BSAVA Congress in April, and offers a guide to pet insurance in practice. Alfreton Park Veterinary Hospital was chosen out of more than 800 entries from across......

    Special offer on Propalin to support The Blue Cross

    Vétoquinol has announced plans to raise £10,000 for The Blue Cross pet charity through sales of Propalin, its fast acting treatment for incontinence in dogs. From 1st July to 31st December this year, for every 100ml bottle of Propalin ordered...

    VRCC supports Kenyan CPD initiative

    UK Veterinary Referral Centre VRCC is working alongside Kenyan veterinary surgeons Dr Zahoor Kashmiri and Nonee Magre to stage a long weekend of small animal lectures on the shores of the beautiful and historic Indian Ocean City of Mombasa. The event...

    Alstoe launches new Vetergesic Multidose

    Alstoe is launching Vetergesic Multidose, a 10ml version of the opiate injection, in a new multi-use vial. Alstoe Technical Director, Dr Ian Ryder said: "In addition to the new vial size the inclusion of a preservative enables Vetergesic Multidose...

    JAB reinforces 'Don't Hesitate, Vaccinate' message

    Farmers within the Protection Zone (PZ) are being urged by the Joint Action against Bluetongue (JAB) to vaccinate their animals if they have not already done so. In a joint statement JAB said: "The vaccination campaign is going exceptionally well...

    Avian Influenza epidemiology report published

    Defra has published an epidemiology report into the Avian Influenza outbreak confirmed in Oxfordshire on 4 June. The report concludes that, at as of 11th June, the outbreak was confined to a single premises, and there is no evidence of infection in the...

    Strongid™-P introduces 'Love your horse'

    Pfizer, manufacturer of the wormer Strongid™-P has launched a new promotional campaign. Love your horse is based on simple, straightforward and unbiased educational messages to help ensure the optimum health and wellbeing of horses and ponies in...