Veterinary News Headlines

    Queen's Medal for Lancashire veterinary surgeon

    The RCVS has announced Barry Johnson MRCVS as the winner of this year’s Queen’s Medal. The Queen's Medal is the highest honour the College can bestow upon a veterinary surgeon. Dr Johnson is the Chairman of World Horse Welfare, travelling internationally...

    New first line antibiotic for cats and dogs

    Krka has launched Cladaxxa, a broad-spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of respiratory, digestive, urinary, skin and dental infections in dogs and cats. Cladaxxa is a combined amoxicillin/clavulanic antibiotic, which Krka says is bioequivalent to...

    PFMA reveals UK's top ten pets

    The Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA) has announced the results of its annual pet population survey of 8000 households 1 . The data shows a stable population of 12m pets, as follows: 9 million dogs (23% households) 7.5million cats (16...

    Zoetis takes animal health digital

    Zoetis unveiled the Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI), it's new centre for creating digital products that enable data-driven decision-making to enhance precision farming and improve animal wellbeing for livestock and pets, at the House of Lords last...

    Chihuahuas at greater risk of dental problems and obesity

    The Royal Veterinary College’s VetCompass programme has published the results of new research which shows that ownership of Chihuahuas is growing despite the breed being particularly prone to expensive dental problems and obesity. According to the...
  • Microchipping dogs becomes compulsory

    The Government has announced that from 6 April 2016 all dogs will be required to have a microchip. This will give owners 3 years to comply with new legislation being drafted by Defra. According to Defra, 100,000 dogs are dumped or lost each year...

    Most stolen dog breeds revealed

    Security firm ADT has published an analysis of pet theft crime figures which suggest that if you're a Staffordshire Bull Terrier living in Devon or Cornwall, you might like to hide your identity. Staffies were by far the most commonly stolen animal...

    MSD launches reformulated Finadyne NSAID for cattle, pigs and horses

    MSD Animal Health has announced that Finadyne (flunixin meglumine), its NSAID for cattle, pigs and horses, has been reformulated and approved for use in food-producing animals. Fynadyne had been removed from sale last year after the Veterinary Medicines...

    Should veterinary practices advertise the salary on offer?

    VetSurgeon.org is conducting a survey for veterinary surgeons and students to discover whether, when searching for a job, you would like to see salaries and benefits advertised in job adverts. The survey follows the launch last year of a new feature...

    Scotland's first fixed price TPLO

    Glasgow-based Roundhouse Referrals has launched what it claims is Scotland’s first fixed price tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) service. Lead surgeon at Roundhouse, Ross Allan (pictured right), an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal...

    Forte launches a dexamethasone injection

    Forte Healthcare has launched Dexafast 2mg/ml , a dexamethasone solution for injection for horses, cattle, pigs, dogs and cats. Dexafast is an injectable corticosteroid with potent, medium-acting, anti-inflammatory activity, indicated for the treatment...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists acquired by Linnaeus Group

    Davies Veterinary Specialists , the Hertfordshire-based multi-disciplinary referral centre, has been acquired by the Linnaeus Group . Nat Whitley, clinical director at Davies Veterinary Services, said: "We are delighted to become part of the Linnaeus...

    Zoetis launches Ketavet for dogs, cats and horses

    Zoetis has announced the launch of Ketavet. The intravenous anaesthetic solution containing ketamine is available in 10ml and 50ml presentations. The new product coincides with the re-classification of ketamine as a schedule 2 drug. Ketavet is...

    New DNA test for glaucoma-causing defect in Border Collies

    The Animal Health Trust (AHT) has announced the launch of a new DNA test for the genetic mutation which causes glaucoma in Border Collies. According to the AHT, glaucoma affects more than a thousand dogs across the UK. Now Border Collie breeders will...

    Vets go back on the Shortage Occupation List

    The Government has announced that it has accepted the recommendation of the Migration Advisory Committee that veterinary surgeons should be added to the Shortage Occupation List. The announcement came in the form of a written statement by the then...

    Bovine TB test wins royal recognition

    Dr Ben Swift from Royal Veterinary College and Dr Cath Rees from Nottingham University have been off to Buckingham Palace to collect the Royal Dairy Innovation Award for a bovine tuberculosis test they developed together. The test, which enables the...

    APHA grants access to new tests for chronic TB breakdowns

    Actiphage, a new blood test for bovine TB, has been accepted for exceptional private use in England by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). Dr Berwyn Clarke, CEO of PBD Biotech , which developed the bacteriophage-based detection method, says...

    Vet suspended for fabricating APHA email

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has decided to suspend overseas-based James Hugh Alexander Crawford MRCVS for a period of 12 months, after he fabricated an email, purporting it to be from a veterinary officer at the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories...

    New global standard for vets over treatment of seizures

    The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) has issued a consensus statement which sets new global standards for how primary care and practitioners should treat seizure patients. The new directive, set out in a consensus statement...

    New research offers fresh hope for cats with FIP

    International Cat Care is highlighting new research published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (JFMS) , in which the human antiviral ‘GS-441524’ showed 'great promise' against feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). According to the charity...
  • UK's first thermal imaging service for pets

    An Oxford woman has launched Veterinary Thermal Imaging Ltd , a company which claims to be the first in the UK to use thermal imaging to help identify and monitor injury and illness in domestic pets. Helen Morrell, 34, uses an FLIR infrared camera...
  • 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...

    New salmonella vaccine for poultry

    Elanco Animal Health has launched AviPro Salmonella Duo, a new live vaccine which provides simultaneous protection against S Enteritidis and S Typhimurium in poultry. Jessica Cross, Elanco's poultry veterinary consultant said: "AviPro Salmonella Duo...
  • Veterinary surgeon takes on puppy farm trade with #SeeThemSuckling campaign

    Cat Henstridge MRCVS has teamed up with Companion Dog World magazine to launch #SeeThemSuckling, a new campaign to combat the puppy farm trade. The main aim of the campaign is to persuade anyone thinking of getting a puppy that they should always...
  • New AI application brings time-savings to veterinary dermatology

    Zoetis has added a dermatology application to its Vetscan Imagyst, which promises to reduce the time it takes GP veterinary surgeons to analyse skin samples by as much as half. The new Vetscan Imagyst AI dermatology application analyses impression...