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    National Veterinary Services announces Webshop

    National Veterinary Services has launched NVS Webshop, an online veterinary shop that practices can bolt on to their own website, or setup as a standalone online shop. NVS says the shop, which is branded with your practice livery, includes the following...

    YourVets opens new clinic in Dagenham and expands at Wythall

    YourVets, the network of privately owned small animal veterinary practices has opened a new clinic in Dagenham, Essex and is re-opening an expanded and improved practice in Wythall, Birmingham later this month. YourVets already has five clinics operating...

    Petplan wins Best Pet Insurance Provider

    Petplan has been named the UK's Best Pet Insurance Provider at the Consumer Moneyfacts awards. Voted for by over 17,000 consumers, the awards recognise the best financial products available to consumers in the UK. Petplan, which says it has recently...

    Vetoquinol launches new flea and tick treatment

    Vetoquinol UK Ltd has launched a new flea and tick treatment for cats and dogs. Flevox is a spot-on solution containing fipronil and comes in unique pack sizes of either single pipettes or large clinic packs of 36. Product Manager Helen Walker...

    Davies Veterinary Specialists prepares for London launch

    Davies Veterinary Specialists has announced that it will be launching a new referral service in the heart of London at an event being held at the Institute of Physics at 7:00pm on 15th February. As part of the preparations, the multi-discipline referral...

    Vetoquinol launches nutritional supplement for horses

    Vetoquinol has launched Myo Power, the latest addition to the Equistro Performance range of nutritional supplements. The company says that Myo Power has been formulated with the performance and convalescent horse in mind, and that it is an excellent...

    BVA updates guide to handling veterinary waste

    Following legislative changes, the British Veterinary Association has updated its 'Good Practice Guide to Handling Veterinary Waste' for England and Wales. Supported by the Environment Agency the Guide primarily consists of a quick-reference poster...

    Novartis launches Atopica for cats

    In case you missed the email last month , Novartis Animal Health has announced the launch of Atopica for Cats (cyclosporine oral solution, 100 mg/ml), a treatment for chronic allergic dermatitis. This disease, which is apparently one of the most common...
  • New film about a veterinary surgeon's nervous breakdown

    The Veterinary Benevolent Fund has launched a short film about a veterinary surgeon's experience of severe depression and her inspiring recovery. The charity says it hopes the film, published on the Vetlife website today , will encourage the veterinary...

    Burgess launches complete food for rabbits and guinea pigs

    Burgess Excel has launched The Excel Food Cube, billed as the first truly 'complete' food for rabbits and guinea pigs, aka 'fibrevores'. According to the company, it's the first time that rabbit and guinea pig owners will be able to feed a convenient...

    New company to help practices secure PSS accreditation

    Diverse Undertakings Ltd. has announced that it is extending its services to include support for veterinary practices in securing their RCVS Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) accreditation. The company was originally formed to provide business advisory...
  • Pfizer and CVS launch national veterinary benchmarking database

    Pfizer Animal Health and Central Veterinary Services are collaborating in a new venture to create a unified National Benchmarking Database open to all veterinary practices. In what it says is an unprecedented move, Pfizer will integrate 15 years'...
  • Researchers ask equine practitioners to help with Cushings survey

    Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan's Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) are carrying out a survey of equine practitioners to discover, amongst other things, just how common Cushing's disease is internationally. The 16-question...

    Champion horse rider launches new range of disinfectants

    Protek Biochem Ltd., a company set up by champion horse-rider Debbie Topping, has won the rights to sell Envirocair Veterinary, a new range of disinfectants and sanitisers targeted at dogs, cats and other domestic pets, as well as horses and farm animals...

    New XL hoof bandage for digital dermatitis in cattle

    Kruuse has launched a new extra large size Bovivet Hoof Bandage for use in the treatment of digital dermatitis (DD) in cattle. According to the company, an estimated 70 per cent of dairy herds suffer with digital dermatitis and, if not treated, it...

    MSD launches new test kit for calf scours

    MSD Animal Health has launched an improved on-farm calf-side scour pathogen testing kit for faster diagnosis of the main infectious organisms implicated in a disease outbreak. According to the company, the new ScourCheck Rapid Programme promises a...

    BVA calls for increased vigilance after Schmallenberg virus detected in England

    The British Veterinary Association has reiterated its call for heightened vigilance following confirmation by AHVLA that Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has been detected on four sheep farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Sussex. At this early stage the virus...

    New veterinary charity aims to raise £30,000

    A new veterinary charity is offering veterinary surgeons, nurses and others in the profession the chance to get fit and raise money for Hounds for Heroes , SPANA and the Pet Blood Bank later this year. The Vet Charity Challenge (VCC) is looking for...

    New research indicates Lyme disease risk underestimated

    Ticks infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease may be considerably more prevalent in the UK than recent estimates indicate, according to new research from the University of Bristol that used pet dogs as 'sentinels' for human disease risk. ...
  • 1 week left for RCVS and VN Council election nominations

    The RCVS is reminding veterinary surgeons and nurses that there is one week left till the deadline for nominations for the 2012 RCVS and RCVS VN Council elections. Nominations must be made in writing on the prescribed form and received by the RCVS...

    RCVS Charitable Trust Library open day and prize draws

    The RCVS Charitable Trust Library is marking National Libraries Day (4 February) with an open day and prize draws for library users. The Library is inviting all vets and veterinary nurses - and librarians, staff and students from veterinary schools...

    Research shows Duvaxyn provides greater protection against equine flu

    Elanco Animal Health has highlighted the results of a new study 1 which concludes that Duvaxyn IE-T Plus stimulates a highter protective antibody response than four other equine influenza vaccines commercially available in Ireland. The trial compared...

    Practices urged to raise awareness of sweet itch

    Veterinary practices are being urged to raise awareness of summer skin conditions, such as sweet itch, following research carried out by Elanco Companion Animal Health, distributor of Cavalesse, which revealed that vets only tend to be consulted after...

    Royal Veterinary College opens specialist ophthalmology service

    The Royal Veterinary College has opened a new specialist ophthalmologist service at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) in Hertfordshire. According to the College, the service is equipped with the most up-to-date and state-of-the-art equipment...

    Disciplinary Committee suspends Co. Tyrone vet

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has suspended a Co. Tyrone veterinary surgeon from the Register for ten months, having found him guilty of serious professional misconduct relating to three convictions for contravening animal export regulations. Whilst...