Veterinary News Headlines
  • Experienced vets don't rely on palpation

    HT Vista has published the results of a small survey which indicates that vets who have been qualified for more than five years are 14% less likely to rely on palpation alone than clinicians with less than five year's experience, when diagnosing lipoma...
  • Are vets pricing themselves out of the market?

    Two analyses of the pet insurance market have been published this week, which together suggest that veterinary practices may be starting to price themselves out of the market. Both reports are titled Pet Insurance 2014 . In the first, published by...

    New service to help vets compete on parasite control

    MSD Animal Health has launched VetsDeliver, a new service delivering parasite prescriptions direct from the veterinary practice to the pet owner’s home. Through the new service, which is designed to save clients' time and improve compliance, practices...

    Ceva reveals shortlisted entries for 2018 Animal Welfare Awards

    Ceva Animal Health has revealed its shortlist for its eighth annual Animal Welfare Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of remarkable people from the farming, veterinary and charity industries, who go beyond the call of duty to better the...

    Metacam for pigs now also available as an oral suspension

    Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Ltd has announced that Metacam is now available for use in pigs as an oral suspension. Metacam, which contains the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) meloxicam, is indicated for the treatment of non-infectious...

    Virbac launches VeggieDent in single chew packs

    Virbac has launched VeggieDent FR3SH Dental Chews in single chew packs presented in display boxes which offer veterinary practices another opportunity to promote oral healthcare to dog owners. The company says that its own market research has found...

    Bogus vet sentenced to 20 months

    A man who worked as a veterinary surgeon in Wiltshire, despite being neither qualified nor registered with RCVS, has received a 20-month sentence at Swindon Crown Court. Peter Keniry (also known as Patrick Keniry), from Great Yarmouth, had been practising...
  • BVA responds to alarmist headlines about cats

    The British Veterinary Association has responded to 'alarmist' headlines linking contact with cats to schizophrenia due to the risks posed by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii . The report in today's Independent contains some important messages...

    Yorkshire referral centre gains double-board oncology specialist

    Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield has been joined by Dr Rodney Ayl, a double-board certified specialist in medical and radiation oncology. Rodney (pictured right) has spent the last 26 years practising in the USA, latterly at the California...

    Ceva launches new Allevinix formulation

    Ceva Animal Health has reformulated and relaunched Allevinix, its flunixin-based NSAID for cattle, pigs and horses. The product was one of eight NSAIDS that had been suspended following a European ruling that an excipient, diethanolamine, may pose...

    White Cross names its Vets Of The Year

    White Cross Vets , the family-run group with practices across the Midlands and the North of England, has named Emily Moss MRCVS and Katherine Claxton MRCVS as it's Vets of the Year at the company's annual congress. The congress, which is now in its...

    New study associates declawing with aggression in cats

    New research published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery , has found that declaw surgery ( onychectomy ) in cats increases the risk of long-term or persistent pain, manifesting as unwanted behaviours such as inappropriate elimination (soiling...

    New feline pheromone diffuser to challenge market leader

    Virbac has announced the launch of Zenifel, a feline facial pheromone plug-in diffuser billed as the first and only alternative to the current market leader . Zenifel contains synthetic feline facial pheromones which imitate the facial F3 pheromone...

    Wellness guru to speak at VET Festival 2019

    VET Festival organisers have announced that American physical therapist and Master Yoga teacher Lara Heimann will be joining clinical experts from around the world on the speaker panel of VET Festival 2019 . The two-day event, now in its fifth year...

    Small animal dentistry CPD coming up 2019

    The following small animal dentistry CPD events have been announced for 2019. This list was originally prepared BVDA President, Alex Smithson after being asked by lots of colleagues which dentistry CPD he knows of or recommends. To his list, we...

    Krka launches palatable Milprazon wormer

    Krka has launched a palatable version of Milprazon, its broad-spectrum cat and dog wormer. Krka says Milprazon Chewable is the first wormer in its category with proven palatability for dogs based on EMA Testing Guidelines. In a study¹, more than...

    Webinar to reveal what owners want from their vet

    Elanco Companion Animal Health - maker of Comfortis, the flea treatment for dogs - is hosting an online evening webinar on Tuesday 10th January to highlight what pet owners want from their vets. The free webinar follows research into the perceptions...
  • Asda pet insurance customers to get free access to online vet consultations

    Vet-AI, the company behind the online veterinary consultation app, Joii, has announced a partnership with Markerstudy Broking, through which Asda Money pet insurance customers will get access to veterinary care via the app. Policyholders will get unlimited...
  • Medivet reports on the aftermath of Panorama

    Medivet has reported a wide range of public reaction to the recent Panorama programme 'It shouldn't happen at a vets', most of which has been at one extreme or the other. On the one hand, says the company, many clients have gone out of their...

    JRT's 'untreatable' double intra-hepatic shunt corrected at Fitzpatrick Referrals

    Gerard McLauchlan MRCVS, an RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Fitzpatrick Referrals Oncology & Soft Tissue , has successfully corrected a double intra-hepatic shunt in an 18-month-old Jack Russell Terrier that had been deemed 'untreatable...

    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...

    New oncologist at Fitzpatrick Referrals

    Fitzpatrick Referrals has been joined by Dr Michael Macfarlane as Senior Clinician in Medical Oncology. Michael qualified from the University of Glasgow in 2009 and then worked in first opinion practice in Buckinghamshire and Northern Ireland. He...
  • Six breeds fail Crufts veterinary checks

    Following the news on Friday that a Bulldog and Pekingese had failed their vet checks at Crufts, a further four animals have failed: Chervood Snowsun, a Clumber Spaniel; Secret Charm Avec Dibest, a Mastiff; Ithani, a Neapolitan Mastiff and Ch Buzz Lightyear...

    Veterinary Review ceases publication

    Veterinary Review and Practice Heart magazines have ceased publication. The former was first launched 15 years ago by John Alborough, and sold to Onstream Communications in May 2007. Mark Johnston, Managing Director of Onstream Communications said...

    Treatment for equine navicular disease returns

    Vétoquinol has announced the return of Navilox powder (isoxsuprine hydrochloride), the only medication specifically licensed in the UK for use in cases of navicular disease in horses. Navicular disease is a chronic degenerative condition of the navicular...