Dog owners should be urged by vet professionals to remain on their guard against the disease, despite a sharp fall in the number of recorded cases in 2022.
New regulations are being introduced in the coming weeks, but welfare organisations are unhappy that a key measure was changed following opposition from jockeys.
The company, which employs around 8,000 people across the UK and Europe, has declined to comment on reports suggesting it could be sold later this year.
Senior politicians have indicated they are willing to look into the state of the veterinary sector in Wales after hundreds of people signed an online petition on the issue last year.
Time is running out for vets, researchers and students to submit their applications for the annual prizes organised by The Kennel Club Charitable Trust.
Chief executive Lizzie LockettĀ believes recent history has shown both her organisation, and the wider sector, can provide for animals and the public despite current challenges.
Dogs Trust received 50,000 owner requests for them to take on their pets last year ā while a new survey found vet bills to be the highest cost concern for owners in 2023.
Fourteen events are planned between January and April, and officials say they want to extend their work to consider collective, as well as individual issues.
Vets and other stakeholders are being invited to have their say in a review process that opens next week ahead of the release of a new edition later in 2023.
A retired receptionist who took calls from Winston Churchill has received a lifetime achievement award from the British Veterinary Receptionist Association.
