Veterinary News Headlines
  • RCVS/BVA Coronavirus guidelines expose flaws in structure of the veterinary profession

    A joint statement issued by the RCVS and the BVA with updated guidance for the professions about working during the coronavirus pandemic has led to an outcry on social media and highlighted flaws in the structure of the veterinary profession. Earlier...
  • Veterinary homeopathy under fire

    Two new campaigns which call on the veterinary profession to unite against the practice of homeopathy have been launched this week. Both campaigns raise concerns about the ethics of veterinary surgeons using irrational, unscientific and ineffective...

    Broadline Spot-on discontinued

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) has discontinued Broadline Spot-on for cats as it has been superseded by Nexgard Combo. Broadline was a fipronil-based parasiticide which also contained (S)-methoprene, eprinomectin and praziquantel. NexGard...

    Change to milk withdrawal for Boehringer's mastitis antibiotic

    Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced a change to the datasheet for Mamyzin, its antibiotic treatment for bovine mastitis. The milk withdrawal has been reduced from 108 hours to 96 hours and the dose is now 15 mg/kg for three consecutive...

    Elanco announces UK launch of new treatment for canine osteoarthritis pain

    Elanco has announced that Galliprant (grapiprant), its new treatment for canine osteoarthritis pain, is now available in the UK. Galliprant is a first in a class of drugs called piprants, or non-COX-inhibiting prostaglandin receptor antagonists (PRAs...

    RCVS CPD requirements for vets to change

    The RCVS has announced far-reaching changes to the CPD requirements for veterinary surgeons, agreed by Council at its June meeting. The proposals put to Council by the Education Committee included six key recommendations for changes to CPD policy...

    Vets' inferiority complex is fuelling the mental health crisis

    A new study published in the Veterinary Record by Dr Liz Armitage-Chan, Reader in Veterinary Education at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), suggests that vets feeling that they are not as good at diagnosing and solving cases as their peers is contributing...
  • RCVS councillor's resignation reveals continued lack of transparency at the College

    Colin Whiting MRCVS has resigned his position on the RCVS Council after the College approved a new ‘How we work’ statement requiring Council members to publicly support all decisions taken by Council, even if they disagreed. In his first year of what...
  • Vets urged to take part in landmark study to identify factors influencing their clinical advice

    A new study, which has just been approved by the RCVS Ethics Review Panel, aims to reveal the impact of outside influences on the clinical advice given by veterinary surgeons to their clients. For the research, being conducted by David Mills MRCVS...

    Herefordshire vet reprimanded for failing to euthanise cat and then taking it home

    Janine Susan Parody MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for dishonesty in relation to her treatment of a cat. Ms Parody faced two charges, the first of which related to her treatment of a cat named Shadow and had multiple...

    BVA highlights welfare issues for brachycephalic cats

    The BVA has joined forces with International Cat Care to highlight the welfare issues faced by brachycephalic cats and to urge cat-lovers to avoid choosing pedigree breeds of cat designed to have extreme or unusual features, such as flat faces or folded...

    Dechra launches new ophthalmic antibiotic for cats, dogs and horses

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched Ophtocycline (chlortetracycline hydrochloride), a broad spectrum ophthalmic antibiotic ointment for the treatment of a number of eye infections in dogs, cats and horses. Ophtocycline is licensed for the treatment...
  • MSD gets UK approval for first flea and tick treatment for dogs which lasts a whole year

    MSD has been given approval by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for an injectable version of Bravecto, its parasiticide for dogs, which lasts a whole year. This new injectable fluralaner formulation is approved for the immediate and persistent...
  • London vet suspended for stealing puppy

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended London-based veterinary surgeon Dr Zahra Tahaneem Rafiq for six months, and found no misconduct against Mr Oscar Perez Maillo in the hearing of a case in which two newborn puppies were taken from their owner...

    Pets at Home joint venture practices facing closure

    Pets at Home has announced that following a review of its first opinion veterinary business, it now plans to buy back 55 of the practices it operates in joint venture partnerships with veterinary surgeons, of which 30 may close. It is thought that...

    New study finds rottweilers most prone to osteoarthritis

    The Royal Veterinary College has published the results of a study which has found that rottweilers are the breed most predisposed to suffer from osteoarthritis. For the study the RVC used VetCompass , its pioneering technology which analyses the veterinary...

    Babesiosis confirmed in non-travelling dog by Herts vet

    MSD Animal Health is highlighting a new case of Babesiosis in a non-travelling dog confirmed by Atilla Csaka MRCVS from Walton Lodge Veterinary Group in Ware, Hertfordshire. Atilla was presented with the concerned owners of an eight year old Staffie...
  • RSPCA accused of uncharitable behaviour

    The BBC has broadcast an investigation in which the RSPCA is accused of various acts of inappropriate and uncharitable behaviour towards a veterinary surgeon, a barrister, an aged pet owner and the owners of an animal sanctuary. The accusations were...

    Vet practice audit reduces medication errors by 100%

    A small animal practice in Cornwall has found that a clinical audit of its prescribing and dispensing errors resulted in 100% fewer errors and more than 50% fewer near misses. Rosemullion Veterinary Practice is a three-site small animal practice owned...
  • Vet struck off after kidnapping child she claimed was a satanic abuse victim

    Anke Hill has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after being convicted of conspiracy to abduct an eight year old child which she and her five co-conspirators claimed was a victim of satanic abuse. Ms Hill and Wilfred Wong snatched the...

    Animal Hospital star retires after 25 years with RSPCA

    David Grant MRCVS, Director of the RSPCA's Harmsworth Animal Hospital and one of the stars of the BBC's hugely successful Animal Hospital series, is to retire this month. To mark his outstanding service, David will be presented with the prestigious...
  • Vets4Pets set to revolutionise OOH with 24 hour clinics

    Vets4Pets has announced that it is piloting a 'revolutionary' new 24/7 service at its practices in Rayleigh in Essex, Rustington in Sussex and Bournemouth in Dorset. The company says that clients of the new 24/7 clinics will be able to have...

    MSD launches Bravecto Plus for cats

    MSD Animal Health has announced the launch of Bravecto Plus, a topical endo- and ectoparasiticide for cats. Bravecto Plus contains fluralaner (280 mg/ml), an ectoparasiticide which provides systemic activity against ticks ( lxodes ricinus ) and fleas...
  • Burnt dog treated with honey

    A German Shepherd bitch is making an impressive recovery from serious burns, after treatment with manuka honey impregnated dressings. 'Lady' sustained her injuries after being trapped in a blazing house in Cornwall, as reported by the BBC....
  • Video: New & Exciting at BSAVA Congress 2009

    VetSurgeon.org visited a random selection of stands in the commercial exhibition at BSAVA Congress, and asked: "What's new and exciting?" Here's what they said: www.youtube.com/watch