Veterinary News Headlines

    Owners of flat-faced dogs care less about breed health

    The Royal Veterinary College has published the results of a new study which found that owners of flat-faced brachycephalic dogs are more concerned about their appearance and less concerned about their health and welfare than the owners of longer-faced...

    72% of vets fear reputational damage from negative online reviews

    Miele Professional has released the results of some independent market research which shows that 72% of veterinary surgeons worry about the impact that a public complaint could have on their business, with 75% monitoring online review sites for comments...

    Boehringer announces first stem cell medicine for equine lameness

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced the launch of Arti-Cell Forte, the first stem cell-based veterinary medicine to get marketing authorisation for treating equine lameness, calling it a 'breakthrough medicine for degenerative joint disease...
  • 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/...

    Boehringer launches its first internal teat sealant

    Boehringer has announced the launch of Ubroseal Dry Cow 2.6 g intramammary suspension for cattle (Bismuth Subnitrate, heavy), the company's first teat sealant. Ubroseal is licenced for the prevention of new intramammary infections throughout the dry...

    Study shows immune-modulators can reduce severity of equine respiratory disease

    Zoetis, maker of Zylexis, is highlighting a new review published in Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology , which has concluded that immune-modulators may provide a valuable contribution to the reduction of some equine respiratory diseases The...

    New, more concentrated presentation of thiamazole for cats

    Animalcare has announced the launch of Thiamacare for the treatment of hyperthyroidism in cats. Thiamacare contains 10 mg/ml thiamazole, which is double the concentration of Thyronorm, for a lower dose volume. Animalcare highlights research which...

    TVM launches affordable phenobarbital

    TVM UK has launched Soliphen, a phenobarbital tablet that the company says is the most affordable 60mg tablet on the market. Tablets are divisible into 15mg increments to enable accurate titration of dosing, come blister-packed to facilitate dispensing...

    Methadyne now comes in 10mg/ml 5ml vial size

    Jurox (UK) Limited has launched a new Methadyne (methadone) 10mg/ml 5ml vial size. Methadyne can be administered for analgesia of moderate to severe pain in dogs and cats, to provide neuroleptanalgesia in combination with a neuroleptic drug and as...
  • ECM launches portable ultrasound device

    ECM, a French manufacturer of ultrasound devices, has launched Exago, a new mobile veterinary ultrasound device which the company says is particularly suited for use with horses and pets. ECM says the main features of the new device are: Uses...

    New vaccine for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

    Zoetis has announced the EU launch of Suvaxyn PRRS MLV, a novel vaccine containing a modified live European Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus strain, grown in a unique cell line for whole herd protection against PRRS. Suvaxyn...

    Vets4Pets opens 450th practice

    Vets4Pets has opened it's 450th joint venture practice in Essex with Cheryl Lucas MRCVS and veterinary nurse Nick Briggs. The Mayor of Loughton, Councillor Philip Abraham, officially opened the Vets4Pets Loughton veterinary surgery inside Pets at...

    Virbac launches selamectin parasiticide for cats and dogs

    Virbac has launched Evicto, billed as an alternative to the existing selamectin-based parasiticide for cats, dogs, kittens and puppies. Licensed for use from 6 weeks of age - and in pregnant and lactating bitches and queens - Evicto provides adulticidal...

    New treatment for anxiety and stress in cats and dogs

    TVM has launched Alphazium TT, a new product designed to help with both short and long-term anxiety and stress in cats and dogs. Alphazium TT contains alphalactalbumin and magnesium, which, according to the company, targets the three main neurological...

    Jersey cat gets prosthetic paws

    Neuro orthopaedic veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick has been having a busy old time: hot on the heels of his world-first procedure to implant a prosthetic hip and femur in an American Bulldog comes the news that he has now fitted a cat with titanium...

    Vets name their top new products of 2012

    Veterinary surgeons have named their top new veterinary products of 2012 in a survey carried out by CM Research . As part of the research, 343 vets working in UK practice were asked what they considered to be the best new product of 2012. Their answers...

    London vet suspended for falsification of clinical records

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended a London-based veterinary surgeon from the Register for six months, having found that her falsification of clinical records amounted to serious professional misconduct. At the two-day hearing, Dr Nicola...
  • New injectable propofol with 28 day broached vial shelf life

    Fort Dodge Animal Health has launched PropoClear, a short-acting, intravenous general anaesthetic for dogs and cats. The company believes that PropoClear, based on novel lipid-free micro-emulsion technology, will deliver significant clinical benefits...
  • CVS announces new mental health and maternity policies

    CVS Group's new CEO, Richard Fairman, has announced the company's new maternity policy, and that it has signed the Time to Change Pledge , committing it to change the way it thinks and acts about mental health in the workplace. The new maternity policy...
  • Virbac launches reformulated Vet Aquadent FR3SH

    Virbac has reformulated Vet Aquadent, the solution used in daily drinking water to reduce plaque build-up in cats and dogs, with its FR3SH technology ingredients. The new ingredients include pomegranate, which Virbac says helps clean and control dental...

    New Yorkshire referral clinic

    Wetherby-based Swift Referrals has officially opened its new £3 million referral clinic. The clinic will offer referrals in orthopaedics, internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, neurology and advanced imaging from a team which includes Rory Bell,...
  • Rare golden eagle dies after being placed in care of RSPCA

    A wild golden eagle, one of only 442 breeding pairs, has died after being confiscated from a falconry expert who was nursing the animal back to health, and placed in the care of the RSPCA instead. Roy Lupton, a falconer from Kent, saved the eagle...

    Virbac launches Bovigen Scour vaccine

    Virbac has launched of Bovigen Scour, an emulsion for injection into cattle which reduces the severity of diarrhoea caused by bovine rotavirus, bovine coronavirus and enteropathogenic E.coli F5 (K99). Bovigen Scour works by actively immunising pregnant...

    New feeding plan to improve cat welfare

    International Cat Care has published a new feeding plan, based on scientific evidence, to improve cat health and welfare. The plan is designed to help mimic the way cats eat in the wild and so provide them with both physical and mental stimulation...

    Intervet/Schering-Plough becomes MSD

    Merck has announced that its animal health division, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough, has changed its name to MSD Animal Health in countries outside the United States and Canada from today. Intervet/Schering Plough will now be known as...