Veterinary News Headlines

    New indications for Baytril in sheep and goats

    Bayer Animal Health has announced changes to the product indications for Baytril 50mg/ml and 100mg/ml Solutions for Injection, which both contain enrofloxacin. Baytril 50mg/ml and 100mg/ml Solutions for Injection, now have licensed indications for...

    Scientists move a step closer to strangles vaccine

    Scientists from the Animal Health Trust, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of St. Andrews have pinpointed the genes which allow the bacteria responsible for strangles to thrive, thereby paving the way for the development of a vaccine...

    Lincolnshire vet wins Vet Futures headline competition

    Lincolnshire veterinary surgeon David Bull MRCVS has won a Vet Futures ‘Headlines of tomorrow’ competition with his entry: ‘Vets and medics collaborate to prevent human and animal obesity’. The competition was held at BSAVA Congress in April where...

    Ceva launches furosemide designed for the vet market

    Ceva Animal Health has launched Libeo, a new four-way break, palatable furosemide for the management of heart failure in dogs. According to the company, furosemide - a diuretic - is the most frequently used treatment for the management of heart failure...

    Virbac launches Neoprinil pour-on parasiticide for cattle

    Virbac has launched Neoprinil, an eprinomectin pour-on solution indicated for use against internal and external parasites in cattle, including gut and lungworms, mange mites, sucking and chewing lice, horn flies and warbles. Neoprinil has a zero-day...

    New RCVS video explains Professional Development Phase

    The RCVS has published a new video which explains the Professional Development Phase (PDP) and highlights the support it provides for new veterinary graduates as they develop their Year One Competences. In the video, Victoria Henry MRCVS - who works...

    AHT calls for help with Eosinophilic Keratitis research

    Researchers at the Animal Health Trust are appealing for information from veterinary surgeons who have seen recent Eosinophilic Keratitis (EK) conditions, an emerging issue in UK equine ophthalmology. The AHT says that despite the increased awareness...
  • Government asks if foreign vets should have their English tested

    The RCVS is encouraging veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and other members of the practice team to respond to a government consultation on changing the law to introduce English language testing for veterinary surgeons who have qualified from elsewhere...

    CVS to support disease surveillance network

    CVS has announced that it is to support the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET), a charity initiative run jointly by the BSAVA and the University of Liverpool to monitor health and illness in companion animals using anonymised data...
  • London Vet Show running competition for a trip to Thailand

    The London Vet Show has announced it will be offering delegates the chance to win a £12,000 trip to Thailand with Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) at this year’s event (Olympia Grand, 19th & 20th November). Delegates will be able to enter the competition...

    Virbac launches complementary feed for inappetent cats and dogs

    Virbac has launched Nutribound, a complementary feed to help stimulate eating and drinking in inappetent cats and dogs. The company says the product has been designed to help animals recovering from surgery or illness and those that are just experiencing...
  • New oral parasiticide for dogs from Merial

    Merial has announced the launch of NexGard Spectra, a broad spectrum oral parasiticide for dogs. NexGard Spectra contains afoxolaner, which kills fleas and ticks on dogs, and milbemycin oxime, which is effective against roundworms, hookworms and whipworms...
  • Bradley Viner invested as new RCVS President

    Dr Bradley Viner has been invested as the President of the RCVS for 2015/16 at a ceremony held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in Westminster. Bradley has been an elected member of RCVS Council since 2005 and was Treasurer from 2010 to 2014...

    One in four Crufts show dogs is overweight

    Research published online in the Veterinary Record has revealed that one in four dogs competing in Crufts is overweight, despite the perception that entrants are supposed to represent ideal specimens of their breed 1 . The researchers based their...

    New small dose NSAID for farm animals

    Bayer Animal Health has announced the launch of, Dinalgen (ketoprofen), an NSAID injection approved for use in cattle, pigs and horses. Dinalgen is available as a 150mg/ml Solution for Injection, and Bayer says the more concentrated format allows...

    Dechra launches 5ml Comfortan

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched a 5 ml bottle of Comfortan (methadone), its titratable analgesia for cats and dogs. The new sized bottle of Comfortan, designed for use with animals in, or about to experience, moderate to severe pain, is now...

    Guisborough nurses make hisstory catching 6ft python

    Teeside veterinary nurses Debbie Rowley and Karen Taylor from Wilton Vets made history yesterday when they were called out to catch a 6ft, 18lb python spotted by the side of the road by a motorist in Guisborough. Talking to the Guisborough Gazette...

    RCVS announces new Chairs and members for DC & PI

    The RCVS has announced the new recruits for the two independent statutory committees responsible for investigating and holding inquiries into concerns raised about the professional conduct of veterinary surgeons. The Disciplinary Committee has seven...

    London Vet Show announces business programme

    The London Vet Show, which takes place on Thursday 19th November and Friday 20th November at the Olympia Grand , has announced the business programme for 2015. The programme will include: ‘Preparing to double your veterinary practice profits...

    Dechra launches next gen antibiotic wound spray for horses and farm animals

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched TAF Spray (thiamphenicol), a next generation antibiotic wound spray for superficial wound infections in horses, cattle, goats, sheep and pigs. Dechra says TAF Spray can also be used to treat infections of the...

    New standing MRI for horses in the South West

    Langford Veterinary Services, a fully owned subsidiary of the University of Bristol, has announced the opening of a new standing equine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility at the university's equine centre. The equine MRI facility completes...
  • Undocumented CPD allowance to be discontinued

    From the start of 2016, the RCVS will no longer allow veterinary surgeons or veterinary nurses to enter undocumented continuing professional development (CPD) on their records. Under the RCVS Codes of Professional Conduct, veterinary surgeons are...

    New PPID service to aid post-diagnosis monitoring

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched Care and Connect a free online PPID aftercare service for horse owners, designed to help veterinary practices monitor their PPID case load and streamline the case management process. The new service is part of Boehringer...

    Vets optimistic but concerned about stress

    Vet Futures, the joint initiative by the RCVS and the BVA to help the profession prepare for and shape its own future, has revealed the results of a survey which found that 59% of veterinary surgeons are optimistic about the future of the profession...
  • Specialist, specialise, specialised, specialising, specialisation, speciality

    The RCVS has announced that the Code of Professional Conduct has been updated to restrict - from April 2016 - the use of the word specialist and its derivatives in veterinary practice marketing and promotional materials, except when referring to an RCVS...