Veterinary News Headlines

    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...

    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...

    Merial to launch Frontect spot-on for dogs

    Merial is to launch Frontect (fipronil and permethrin), a spot-on solution for dogs with dual action: treatment and prevention of fleas and ticks, and repellency against ticks, sandflies, biting flies and mosquitoes. According to the company, Frontect...

    New study suggests dogs can help failing university students

    New research from Washington State University - with support from Mars Petcare’s Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition - has revealed that therapy dogs can improve the executive function and cognitive ability of university students at risk of academic stress...

    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...

    New selenium injection for cattle

    Bimeda has announced the UK launch of Selenate LA, for selenium deficiency in calves and adult cattle. Bimeda's Head of Technical Services, Padraig Hyland MVB said: "The slow release product provides raised selenium levels for a full 12 month period...
  • Vet Record in war of words with CVS chief over vet nurses

    The Veterinary Record has gone to the extraordinary lengths of publishing a recording of CVS chief Simon Innes to substantiate its claim that Mr Innes had said veterinary nurses should take on 'mundane work'. Having listened to the recording, it strikes...

    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...

    New once-daily diuretic for dogs with congestive heart failure

    Ceva Animal Health has launched Isemid (Torasemide), a once-a-day diuretic for the treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs which the company says is as effective as furosemide. The new drug represents the fruit of 8 years of product development...

    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...

    Royal Canin launches Weight Management Academy

    Royal Canin has launched the Weight Management Academy to help support the management of cat and dog obesity across the UK and Ireland. The online academy offers a range of materials to help veterinary surgeons, nurses and receptionists further their...
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  • 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...

    Great Yarmouth vet struck off for practising under the influence

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has directed the Registrar to remove Great Yarmouth-based veterinary surgeon Ms Judith Lesley Kay from the Register for a number of alcohol-related issues and clinical failings. The hearing proceeded in Ms Kay’s absence...

    Idexx launches in-house kidney test for cats and dogs

    Idexx has announced the UK and Ireland launch of the Catalyst SDMA Test , a kidney function test for cats and dogs which can be added to the routine chemistry panel of the company's Catalyst One and Catalyst Dx chemistry analyzers and performed by practices...

    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...

    Leicester vet suspended for kicking the dog that bit him

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended Leicester-based Jatinder Dhami MRCVS for four months after he was found guilty of kicking and stamping on a dog that had bitten him. The Disciplinary Committee heard three charges against Dr Dhami, relating...

    Manchester vet reprimanded for inadequate care and advice

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has reprimanded and given a warning to Dr John Gunn MRCVS, a Manchester-based veterinary surgeon for providing an inadequate level of care and advice regarding a Jack Russell terrier. The Disciplinary Committee, chaired...
  • 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...

    Anaesthetic shortage: Zoetis update on IsoFlo

    Zoetis has issued an update about IsoFlo, following the restocking of the UK market which began in the first week of February. According to the company, stock is now at normal levels in all the major wholesalers. Laura Jenkins, Companion Animal Marketing...

    Zoetis launches Simparica Trio ecto- and endoparasiticide for dogs

    Zoetis has announced the European launch of Simparica Trio (sarolaner/moxidectin/pyrantel), a once-monthly ecto- and endoparasticide for dogs. The chewable, prescription-only tablet contains sarolaner, which kills fleas and ticks; moxidectin, for the...

    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...

    New study may help dog owners predict seizures

    A new study carried out at the Royal Veterinary College and published open access in the Veterinary Record 1 , has revealed various changes in the behaviour of dogs before a seizure, which may give owners advance warning and help them avoid triggers...

    Study reveals most common skin masses in young dogs

    A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has found that the most common skin masses in dogs aged between 0 and 12 months are histiocytoma, papilloma, dermoid cyst, follicular cyst and mast cell tumours (MCTs...
  • 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...