Movement Referrals: Independent Veterinary Specialists opens at Preston Brook, Cheshire, to provide orthopaedics and neurology referral services.

VetTeamAMR – a collection of free evidence-based tools and resources to support vet teams – follows the successful Farm Vet Champions scheme and will launch at an event for equine clinicians on 6 June.

Vale Referrals and Vale Vets in Gloucestershire will be able to treat thousands more animals a year after expanding size of premises by 30%.

American College of Veterinary Radiology and European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging partner on statement, which is published open access to increase distribution.

Belgium-based firm is a leading developer of veterinary digital radiography x-ray, and veterinary patient archiving and communication system software.

Company hopes resource will help students and practices to attract post-graduation farm vets.

The 2023 event features 90-plus hours of online and on-demand CPD, with 14 hours on orthopaedics and diagnostic imaging, 9.5 hours on reproductive medicine and 22 hours on internal medicine.

Overall Pets at Home company revenue, including retail division, rose 6.6% to £1.4 billion, with statutory profit before tax down from £148.7 million to £122.5 million.

The initiative, due to be held from 2 to 8 July, will aim to promote improving the health and welfare of these pets in the UK.

RVC study on different cell populations in equine tendons will aid understanding of why older horses – and humans – are more prone to injuries and inform future treatments.

Scientists hope the latest study based on VetCompass programme data will allow for more targeted health care to be provided for the breed and also aid potential owners.

Northwest Veterinary Specialists celebrates being recognised as top-level cat-friendly clinic.  

Identichip is running a waiting room and window display competition to encourage practices to highlight pet protection from microchipping, and has launched a social media toolkit.

Colleagues at Donview Veterinary Centre in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, will walk more than 30km (18.6 miles) across difficult terrain for The Canmore Trust, set up in memory of a fellow vet and friend.

“Internships explained: unleash your potential” is hosted by Linnaeus and career support organisation Vets: Stay, Go, Diversify on Tuesday 23 May.

RCVS fellow Mark Bowen will present on vaccination, serology and guttural pouch lavage as a combination of tools to keep highly contagious infection at bay.

Group’s addition to focus on improving first opinion standards in areas such as dental radiography, hypertension and ophthalmology.

Portland Vets, which has three sites in the south-east, has converted separate a building near its Edenbridge branch into a cat-only clinic.

Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists, Axiom Veterinary Laboratories and Finn Pathologists hope findings may give vets practical recommendations on susceptibility testing and antibiotic use.

John Hutchinson, professor of evolutionary biomechanics, has been elected in recognition of his outstanding contribution to science, joining a handful of other fellows from the college.

Use of independent and unvalidated genetic testing for certain myopathies is growing among many owners, despite lack of evidence, with seemingly normal animals being euthanised in some cases.

Vet-led project – part of international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service, which has just merged with Dogs Trust – hopes to vaccinate 100,000 dogs in capital Phnom Penh against rabies.

Mum-of-two Caroline Frith, who has stage four secondary breast cancer, ran her best-ever time and raised most of any female runner on JustGiving for cancer support charity Maggie’s.

Pool House Equine Hospital in Lichfield and Great Western Exotics in Swindon have been awarded RCVS hospital status to represent their dedication to providing highest veterinary standards.

While fitting the devices is relatively common in dogs, cats present more of a challenge.

Half of group’s 500 practice sites will be relocated or upgraded within next five years.

Three vets and two VNs will take their seats for their respective councils at college’s July annual meeting.

Fresh from the success of the 2023 conference, organisers want lecture and workshop ideas for next January’s event in Birmingham.