Money will allow team members across the group to undertake research projects and further overall evidence base for clinical decision-making.

Association releases statistics for World Veterinary Day today (30 April) and launches a campaign to support vets and veterinary workplaces experiencing abuse from animal owners.

Peter Rossdale, who died in November 2021, was a dedicated equine clinician and scientist, and a special additional plenary lecture and award have been created in his memory.

“Vet teams can use this new information to help owners make better choices in terms of the types of dogs that they find appealing and that they purchase” – Dan O’Neill, associate professor in companion animal epidemiology at the RVC and paper co-author.

Novel treatments GS-441524 and remdesivir are legally available to vets in the UK and Australia to use for the disease, and a study wants to find out how cats have responded.

In this episode, and the accompanying article, Nuria Quesada Vicent reviews the current pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies available to treat different types of pain.

Two-year-old Weimaraner fractured knee cap after careering down Cumbrian hill and into a wooden stake, but was treated at Kentdale Referrals.

BVA welcomes bill banning private use of rodent glue traps passing its third reading in Parliament and going for Royal Assent – but is disappointed it falls short of outright ban.

Bio-Thermo microchips available in the UK for the first time, meaning no-contact temperature scanning for infectious disease is achievable through related digital app.

The University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust was formed in 1983 to support capital and development projects at the school, and The Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital.

In a letter to RCVS president Kate Richards, Christine Middlemiss says primary aim is not enforcement, but to protect UK biosecurity – and prevent first rabies case in UK in a century.

The course, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Primary and Accessible Care and Education internship, aims to help students develop skills in teaching and research in a practical setting.

Defra halted imports from Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Romania for health reasons, and also to free up quarantine space for the owned pets of refugees coming to the UK from the war zone.

SPVS and VMG event is back face-to-face for the first time since before the pandemic, with four lecture streams planned across two days.

Four streams – two for companion animal and one each for equine and farm – plus an exhibition of 18 companies, brought people to Truro for day of learning.

Cockburn Vets in Coalville, Leicestershire wins a second successive gold award in the national scheme, while Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service also comes out on top again.

NOAH, AnimalhealthEurope and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe among those spreading awareness of vaccines’ contribution in animal health and welfare as part of 20 April celebrations.

IVC Evidensia division sponsors the University of Bristol vet school’s hockey team, providing cow print hockey shirts for the players.

Premier Vet Alliance has moved the times of three webinars in April, May and June to 7:30pm because of the challenges affecting depleted practice teams.

Officials are concerned about the health risks for the UK of large numbers of rescue animals entering the country, and instead Defra wants to prioritise pets of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Interactive, pop-up discussions and debate sessions on the profession’s big talking points will be part of proceedings at BVA Live in June.

The Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations and The Webinar Vet teamed up for the event, which ran all day on 9 April and featured 19 live sessions.

The BVA’s popular Veterinary Photographer of the Year competition attracted entries from creative veterinary professionals from across the UK in three categories.

With warmer temperatures already seen in some areas this year, overwintered larval stages are already hatching as adult flies.

Researchers hope work to understand coronaviruses, and how to control and prevent their spread, will benefit both human and animal health.