After leaving school following A-levels, Paul Imrie became a junior reporter on the weekly paper serving his hometown of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. He spent four years on the district and city desks of the Derby Evening Telegraph, and during this stint studied for, and achieved, the Diploma in Journalism from the now PA-owned Editorial Centre in Hastings.
Following a further four years with the Leicester Mercury, Paul joined VBD in 2004, and has been deputy editor of Veterinary Times, editor of VBJ, and editor of Veterinary Times since 2009. He has also been VBD’s editorial manager since April 2010.
Findings provide “critical insights” into how immune responses can be measured from blood samples, providing a foundation for future testing of mucosally administered vaccines.
New equine infectious disease surveillance scheme wants vets to submit case reports as part of RedWatch, which in time could lead to research to create prediction tools for real-time reporting.
“Fundamentals” course has been developed under the college’s Mind Matters Initiative to explore ways to create civil workplaces using research spearheaded by University of Aberdeen.
All sides in House of Commons today (29 November) back vet and MP Danny Chambers’ private members bill at second reading – with Government listing potential restrictions.
Wolds Veterinary Clinic, started seven years ago and which employs 36 vets at Humberston, near Grimsby, hopes investment will aid patients and vets in other clinics in the region.
Organised by the Dairy Sheep and Goat Consultancy Team at Friars Moor Livestock Health Veterinary Practice, event will feature vets and health professionals from all over the world.
Based at vet hospitals in Storrington and Chichester, the independent aims to provide wide range of referral-only services to patients across West Sussex.
Research from industry-wide impact survey reveals many farmers on board, but work still to be done to help more than half understand bluetongue implications in 2025.
Team at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland blames fireworks for death of baby red panda Roxie – and “cannot rule out” same noise also played part in death of her mother Ginger five days earlier.
The Pirbright Institute has carried out the first comparative study of traditionally used Göttingen minipigs against the larger model for testing duration of laboratory-made monoclonal antibodies.
Vet Laura, now 31, finished fourth in the 3,000m on the indoor track in Prague in 2015, while she was still a student, but she gets the medal after the winner’s later disqualification for doping offences.
Paragon Veterinary Group becomes first winner of Royal Horticultural Society’s new national Sustainable Gardening Award – adding to growing list of green accolades.
Willett House Veterinary Surgeons, which has eight sites in south-west London, and Hertfordshire-based Reed Veterinary Practice join expanding practice group.
New study from the RVC and the University of Southampton suggests saddles fitted to the curve of a horse back when it is still may not be optimal for distributing weight when moving.
Organisers say hundreds of businesses are committed to the month-long initiative to encourage public to return unused and out-of-date medication to help tackle antimicrobial resistance.