Veterinary News Headlines

    RCVS Knowledge launches new tools for vet teams to tackle antimicrobial resistance

    RCVS Knowledge has launched VetTeamAMR, an initiative designed to empower veterinary teams with knowledge and tools to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). VetTeamAMR includes a learning platform with information about responsible prescribing...

    CVS launches EMS placement online booking system

    CVS has developed a new Extra Mural Studies (EMS) placement online booking system to help veterinary students find suitable placements immediately. According to the company, it's the first large-scale EMS online booking system of its type in the veterinary...

    Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery now freely available to all

    The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS) has gone open source, so it is now accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. The journal publishes original peer-reviewed papers of international or global significance that improve the veterinary...

    Linda Belton elected Junior Vice President of the RCVS

    Linda Belton MRCVS has been elected to be the next Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Junior Vice President. Linda, who was first elected to Council in 2019, will take up the post at the RCVS Annual General Meeting in July. She is currently Chair...

    Animalcare launches dental Lunch and Learn CPD for vets

    Animalcare, distributor of the Plaqtiv+ range of dental products, has launched dental ‘Lunch and Learn’ CPD for veterinary practices interested in learning more about dental health in cats and dogs. Participating practices will learn about dental disease...

    Study shows benefits of NSAIDs to reduce lameness in dairy heifers at calving

    Herd Health Consultancy is highlighting a study published in the Journal of Dairy Science which has shown the benefits of using NSAIDs routinely in heifers at first and subsequent calvings and, in conjunction with conventional best practice of a therapeutic...

    SPVS launches 2023 fee survey

    SPVS has launched its 2023 Fee Survey, which looks at what vets are charging for their work and allows you to make sure you're keeping up with market rates, both nationally and locally. All vets are encouraged to take part, and everyone who does will...

    New veterinary design company offers free consultations to the first ten

    Veterinary marketing and public relations agency, Companion Consultancy has launched Companion Design Studio to provide veterinary businesses with all forms of graphic, video and digital design, including magazines, logos, leaflets, posters, websites...

    Vets Now announces line up for ECC Congress 2023

    Vets Now has opened bookings for its Emergency and Critical Care Congress, taking place on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November 2023 at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Dr Stephen Hearns, a consultant in aeromedical retrieval (human) medicine...

    Krka launches single-dose solution for BRD

    Krka has launched Flovuxin, a fast-acting, single-dose, injectable solution for bovine respiratory disease (BRD) caused by Mannheimia haemolytica , Pasteurella multocida , Mycoplasma bovis and Histophilus somni , associated with pyrexia. Krka’s Farm...

    Kent veterinary practice inspires Belfast practice to become employee-owned

    A Belfast veterinary practice has transferred into an Employee Ownership Trust after reading about Kent-based Pennard Vets doing the same in 2021. Cornerstone Veterinary Clinic, which was founded by Peter Herold in 2011, currently employs a 15-strong...

    Vets invited to inappetence breakfast meeting at ISFM Feline Congress

    Dechra, maker of Mirataz, is hosting a feline inappetence breakfast meeting at the ISFM Feline Congress at The Clayton Hotel in Dublin at 7.15am on Saturday 1st July to update vets on the practical management of inappetence in cats. The one hour ‘Wake...

    New study identifies prevalent bacteria in feline urine

    Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists, Axiom Veterinary Laboratories and Finn Pathologists have published a study which reveals the prevalent strains of bacteria in feline urine, and their sensitivity profiles. For the study, urinalysis results from 2...

    Gloucestershire-based Vale Referrals completes £2m expansion

    Vale Referrals and Vale Vets in Dursley, Gloucestershire, has completed its 18-month, £2m expansion. The expansion has increased the hospital's footprint by 30%, adding three new operating theatres, six new consult rooms and new feline facilities,...

    New equine standing CT in Berkshire

    Valley Equine Hospital in Lambourn has installed a Hallmarq standing CT scanner, which it says will revolutionise the early identification of distal limb pathology. Thus far, the hospital has relied on conventional radiographs or referred for MRI for...
  • New skin and ear cytology online training course for vets

    Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Douxo S3, has launched ‘Boost your confidence in skin cytology’, a skin and ear cytology online training course. Worth two hours of free CPD, the course has eight bitesize modules of between five and 15 minutes....

    New course to help vet surgeons deal with complaints

    The RCVS Academy has launched a free scenario-based course to help veterinary professionals respond to complaints with confidence and compassion. Developed in partnership with the Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS), the course uses practical...

    RVC research reveals most common conditions in English Cocker Spaniels

    The Royal Veterinary College has published research which reveals the most common medical conditions in English Cocker Spaniels. The VetCompass programme studied 10,313 English Cocker Spaniels from an overall sample of 336,865 UK dogs of all breeds...

    14th International Equine Colic Research Symposium to be held on 10-12 July

    Equine clinicians and scientists are being invited to submit abstracts for presentation at the 14th International Equine Colic Research Symposium taking place in Edinburgh on 10-12 July 2024. The event is held every four years and hosted alternately...

    RCVS asks vets to help recruit animal owners to new advisory group

    The RCVS) is calling on veterinary surgeons to help it recruit around 30 animal owners and keepers for a new Public Advisory Group to help guide the College's policies. The group is being set up to ensure that the College meets its objective of working...

    Radioactive iodine therapy service for vet practices in the East of England

    The Veterinary Surgery in Lowestoft is launching a radioactive iodine therapy service for veterinary practices in the East of England to refer hyperthyroid cats from 5th June. The service will be run by Dr Eloise Quince BVetMed CertAVP(SAM-F) PgCertVPS...

    Improve partners with VECCS to raise the standard of emergency medicine in practice

    Improve Veterinary Education has partnered with the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS) to raise the standard of emergency medicine in practice. VECCS was founded in 1974 to promote the advancement of knowledge and high standards...

    Sophie Aylett, Katherine Edmondson & Sam Price named BVA's Photographers of the Year 2023

    The British Veterinary Association has announced the three winners of its Photographers of the Year competition, sponsored by iM3 Dental. The winning images were selected from nine finalists , shortlisted from hundreds of entries that were taken by...

    Essex referral centre opens oncology and radiology suite

    Southfields Veterinary Specialists in Basildon has opened a new oncology and radiotherapy suite. The new suite offers chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment facilities under one roof, including a linear accelerator (LINAC) which enables treatment...

    Vets asked: Are company reps VIP or RIP? ahead of House of Lords debate

    The Veterinary Marketing Association is inviting first opinion veterinary surgeons to take part in a survey about veterinary pharmaceutical company reps and whether you think they will still be needed in five years, ahead of a House of Lords debate taking...