Veterinary News Headlines

    3883 veterinary nurses join the new register

    The new, non-statutory Register for veterinary nurses opened on 1st September. 3329 VNs were automatically included (having been listed with the RCVS since 2003). The remainder joined the list voluntarily. RVNs are obliged to undertake 45 hours...

    Dunlops Taken Over By US Company Henry Schein

    Dumfries-based veterinary suppliers W&J Dunlop has been taken over by New York based Henry Schein . You can read the full story on the BBC website .

    Pet Smile Month

    September marks ‘ Pet Smile Month ’, and Royal Canin is amongst several companies offering participating practices a great way to build dental sales and reinforce key health messages. During the month, a quarter of a million Doggy Bags and Kitty...

    SPVS welcomes RCVS support in devising new qualifications

    THE Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS) has thanked the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for its vision in moving to a new modular system of further education, which from this autumn, will be the only recognised route for practitioners...

    Cost of meat must rise, says Deloitte

    A warning from Deloitte (the business advisory firm) today that FMD and rising wheat prices are bringing the livestock industry to breaking point. Richard Crane from Deloitte says that British meat on the supermarket shelves could become...

    Defra publishes bluetongue control strategy

    Defra has published a revised Bluetongue Disease Control Strategy for the U.K., available here: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/notifiable/bluetongue/index.htm

    Remember, remember, pheromones in November

    With fireworks season approaching, CEVA reminds that it's a good time to let clients know the steps they can take to minimise noise-related stress and highlight the benefits of the using D.A.P.® and Feliway®. Both products are available...

    CEVA launches new antimicrobial for pigs

    CEVA Animal Health Ltd have introduced the UK’s first doxycycline-based antimicrobial for pigs. Soludox® joins Colivet® Solution, which is the UK’s only colistin-based antimicrobial, and maintains CEVA’s focus on water-based medication. CEVA...

    Novartis presents research for new anthelmintic class

    At the WAAVP (World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology) Congress last week, Novartis Animal Health presented what the company describes as promising data on potentially the first new livestock anthelmintic class in 25 years...

    Take Your Dog To Work Day

    It's the Blue Cross Take Your Dog To Work Day on 14th September. I don't know how much money it raises, but as a marketing and PR exercise to promote dog ownership, the day is almost without rival. It always gets plenty of media coverage...

    Royal Canin adds neutered range

    Royal Canin is launching the first complete veterinary diet range especially for neutered dogs, to counter the recognised physiological side effects of neutering. The range consists of Neutered & Osteo for neutered adult and mature dogs over 10kg...

    Bogus vet banged up

    Following a 12-month undercover investigation by the BBC, a Lincolnshire man who posed as a veterinary surgeon over a number of years was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Lincoln Crown Court last week. Leonard French, 69, from Tattershall Bridge...

    Sniffing out cancer

    The Company Of Animals has announced its support for a new charity: Cancer & Bio Detection Dogs, which claims to have proved unequivocally that dogs can be trained to detect human cancers by smell. The charity trained dogs to discriminate between...

    Careers @ Vets Now

    Vets Now has just added a new recruitment section to its website, with details of the veterinary career opportunities available within the company. Click here for more.

    Antibiotic Therapy Required By 10% Of Dairy Calves

    A survey of more than 400 dairy farms has found that 10% of calves required antibiotic treatment for pneumonia last winter. Before accounting for the effect on in-contact calves, Pfizer veterinary manager Carolyn Hogan calculates that losses arising...

    New Practice Management Course

    The VPMA and UMD Professional have launched a joint initiative to provide a new way of achieving the Certificate in Veterinary Practice Management (CVPM). Managers wishing to achieve the CVPM can now take UMD Professional's distance learning course...

    The Animal's War

    If you're in London before January 6th 2008, the Animal's War exhibition at the Imperial War Museum might be worth a visit. Sponsored by The Kennel Club and PetPartners , the family exhibition explores the remarkable role of animals in conflict...