Feline Hypertension Awareness Month begins in May, with practices urged to carry out routine blood pressure checks in cats aged seven or older.

Davies Veterinary Specialists – owned by Linnaeus and part of the Mars family – to take part in recycling project that aims to collect plastic packaging to be turned into pet-related items.

Following a 10-year review, vet school is commended for upholding high recruitment standards and practices, and providing CPD opportunities to its researchers.

One-hour webinar follows Government legislation to make chipping compulsory for England’s cats.

Garston Veterinary Group in Somerset was crowned green veterinary practice of the year at The Webinar Vet’s Virtual Congress 2023.

Boehringer Ingelheim held steady with global animal health sales of €4.6 billion (£4 billion) in 2022, but invested €464 million (£408 million) in R&D and says it has 20 new products in the pipeline.

Small animal specialist and clinical cardiologist Jon Wray, an RCVS fellow, has joined Linnaeus-owned Southfields Veterinary Specialists.

Depictions on social media – for example of badger baiting – harm vulnerable adults and children, as well as the animals, and should feature in Government’s Online Safety Bill, say campaigners.

Angie Lloyd-Jones is one of the driving forces behind the Small Animal Veterinary Guidelines for Professional Ultrasound Practice, published by The British Medical Ultrasound Society.

Hambleton Equine Clinic is the first vet practice yard to be accredited under Yard Excellence Scheme, part of the wider Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy campaign.

Basildon-based, £16 million referral centre receives International Society of Feline Medicine’s highest accolade for efforts including a “Cat Land” within the hospital.

School’s Queen Mother Hospital for Animals is marking 10 years of providing extracorporeal therapies for cats and dogs with kidney failure, immune-mediated disease and certain toxicities.

Ceva Animal Health, the fifth-largest global animal health company, unveils Ceva Wildlife Research Fund.

Dogs Trust-funded work, led by vet school and the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at University of Bristol, will look at how dogs respond to pheromones when left alone.

Kieran Borgeat, RCVS-recognised veterinary cardiology specialist, joins Wiltshire hospital.

Chris Shales, an RCVS fellow, is keen to introduce a range of treatment innovations as part of his role of clinical director at West Midlands-based referral centre.

Set up in 2011 at a Pets at Home store, demand has risen – leading to new consult rooms and larger theatre space being created.

In a poll of thousands of pet owners in the UK and across Europe, 34% of dog owners and 43% of cat owners put clinical signs of OA down to their pets getting older.

The service – “Occurrence of parasite-associated infections” – is based on data collected by German laboratories, but it is hoped it will soon feature data collated from across Europe.

The Cardiff Cat Clinic, the only feline-exclusive practice in Wales, had long hoped to provide the service – not only for its own clients, but others facing waits across the country.

Nicola Bromley, who has more than 20 years’ experience as a vet and experienced leader, joins the management team from previous role as clinical director at a multi-site vet hospital in West Sussex.

The group will offer up to eight weeks’ full pay in exceptional health event circumstances, and changes will also apply to major surgery as part of a gender transition in “veterinary industry first”.

Condition also common in the bichon frise and West Highland white terrier, according to RVC study.

Comprehensive study funded by California-based AnimalBiome reports success rate in cats experiencing chronic digestive issues was 77%.

Previously announced stint on 24/7 Pet Hospital begins on BBC One on Monday 6 February.

New approach funded by CVS Research Award will offer best clinical care for dogs with Cushing’s disease.

Researchers are launching a study to determine and benchmark individual and herd-level passive transfer status across herds, with aim of providing largest information to date.