Veterinary News Headlines
  • CVS buys VET (aka Pet Doctors)

    According to Mandadeals.co.uk , CVS has agreed to buy Veterinary Enterprise and Trading, including it's 27 surgeries in the South East of England which operate under the Pet Doctors brand and Greendale, its diagnostic and laboratory business, for £12...
  • RSPCA launches the Political Animal

    RSPCA has launched a new website called ' Political Animal ' to encourage voters to lobby their prospective parliamentary candidates about animal welfare issues ahead of the General Election. The site offers an interesting timeline of the last...
  • Removals from RCVS Register for non-payment

    The removal of names from the RCVS Register of Veterinary Surgeons for non-payment of retention fees is now complete, with 386 veterinary surgeons having been removed, compared with 616 last year. The RCVS says that the administration involved with...
  • Panorama broadcast date announced

    The long-awaited Panorama programme about the veterinary profession will air on Thursday 22 July at 9pm on BBC One. Rumour has it that the programme will cover a range of issues, including the role of unqualified nursing staff in the practice, support...
  • Virbac launches UK's first blood test for prostate disease in dogs

    Virbac has launched the UK's first blood test for BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia) which, according to the company, will provide practices with a significant opportunity to improve the prognosis for many of the UK's male dog population that suffer...
  • Survey shows 'staggering' price difference between vets and online pharmacies

    Online veterinary pharmacy Vet-Medic has announced the results of a survey which showed that veterinary practices are charging pet owners 100% more than online pharmacies for well-known drugs. The survey compared the prices charged by veterinary practices...
  • RCVS warns: 'Delegate Schedule 3 tasks during student VNs' training only'

    The RCVS has advised that veterinary surgeons should delegate Schedule 3 work to veterinary nurse students only during students' training, following a series of queries from employers about such students locuming. Veterinary surgeons have dispensations...
  • VetSurgeon members launch low cost CPD company

    VetSurgeon members, husband and wife Cat Henstridge and Dave Hough MsRCVS have set up vCPD, a low cost CPD company based in the West Midlands. Cat said: "Many of you will have noticed how CPD has become extremely expensive with some of the larger...
  • Veterinary nurses leap out of aircraft to help children

    A group of brave veterinary nurses and a student nurse leapt out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft last weekend, both to raise money for children with epilepsy, and to highlight the need to protect the title 'Veterinary Nurse' in law. Vicky Couzens...
  • RCVS announces Council election results

    The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has announced the results of the 2011 RCVS and VN Council elections. Elected to the RCVS Council are: Professor Sheila Crispin (2281 votes) Professor Sandy Trees (2,247 votes) Bob Moore (1,890 votes...
  • New supply of Vitamin K1

    Eurovet Animal Health has announced that it is bringing a veterinary licensed vitamin K1 (phytomenadione) injectable preparation to the UK. Eurovet says the new preparation, available from the wholesalers by Monday at the latest, will ensure that...
  • Owners care about efficacy and side effects, but not cost

    Vétoquinol has released the results of a survey of 1000 dog owners, which looked into their attitudes towards long-term medication for their pet 1 . Owners were asked to rate how important various factors were to them when it came to giving medicine...
  • Kruuse launches new manuka honey dressing

    Kruuse is to launch a new Manuka honey dressing at BEVA 2011 in September. Kruuse says that honey has been used as a topical anti-microbial agent and dressing for over 2000 years, and that honey derived from the nectar of the Manuka tree (Leptospermum...
  • First licensed methadone for dogs

    Eurovet has launched Comfortan, the first EU-authorised methadone in the UK, available as an injectable solution for use in dogs. Eurovet says that whilst methadone may seem an unfamiliar analgesic choice for some vets in practice, that is about to...
  • VetSurgeon.org launches the Veterinary Homeopathy Survey

    VetSurgeon.org has joined forces with referral practitioner Alex Gough to conduct a survey into the profession's attitude to the use of homeopathy in animals. Whilst the debate continues to rage over its use in human medicine , this is believed...
  • Vets Now responds to RCVS DC ruling on Munhuwepasi Chikosi

    Vets Now has published a response to the RCVS DC ruling in which Munhuwepasi Chikosi, a locum working for the company, was struck off for delaying an emergency OOH home visit . The response is available in full here: http://www.vets-now.com/news/...
  • Veterinary surgeons denounce homeopathy

    In the week that Prince Charles has become embroiled in another row about the use of homeopathy in the NHS, British veterinary surgeons have denounced its use for the treatment of pets and other animals. In a survey of veterinary surgeons carried...
  • New honour for vets' outstanding lifetime achievements

    The RCVS has launched a new College honour, the RCVS Queen's Medal. RCVS President Col Neil Smith said: "The Queen's Medal will be the most prestigious honour that the RCVS can bestow upon a veterinary surgeon and will be reserved for those whose...
  • Women more likely to abandon their dogs than men

    The Kennel Club has announced the results of a survey of 329 Breed Kennel Rescue organisations which has revealed that over 50% of dogs given up for rehoming are given up by women, compared to 17% by men and 27% by couples who made the decision jointly...
  • Derbyshire vet petitions RCVS for retention of post-nominals on the Register

    Derbyshire surgeon Victoria Lilley BVSc CertSAM MRCVS has launched a petition calling on the RCVS to abandon its plans to remove Certificate and Diploma holders' post nominals from the RCVS Register at www.rcvs.org.uk . Under the current plan, which...
  • OVs urged to register with bTB Delivery Partner bidder

    A sign up section where Official Veterinarians (OVs) can register to continue providing bTB testing with aspiring Delivery Partner Xperior Farm Health under AHVLA's Veterinary Delivery Partnership programme has been added to Xperior's website ( www.xperiorfarmhealth...
  • Vet Futures asks whether VAT on vet fees should be dropped

    Vet Futures, the joint initiative by the RCVS and BVA to stimulate debate about the future of the profession, has opened a new discussion about whether VAT on vet fees for pets should be dropped. The discussion has been opened by this month...
  • Voting opens for 2015 RCVS Council elections

    Veterinary surgeons can now cast votes for their preferred candidates in this year’s RCVS Council election. Ballot papers with candidate details, biographies and manifestos were posted to all MsRCVS this week. In total there are 11 candidates in...
  • First licensed TMPS antibiotic for rabbits

    Virbac has launched Sulfatrim, the first veterinary-licensed Trimethoprim and Sulfamethoxazole (TMPS) oral antibiotic for use in rabbits, pigeons and bearded dragons. Kate Woolley MRCVS, Product Manager, said: "Until now, no similar veterinary-licensed...
  • Alex Gough MRCVS publishes second historical thriller: Bandits of Rome

    VetSurgeon member Alex Gough MRCVS , Head of Medicine Referrals at Bath Veterinary Referrals, has published his second historical thriller, Bandits of Rome , available for pre-order now in paperback (£7.99) or Kindle (£1.99) from Amazon. The book...