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

Webinar is one of 16 now available as part of Wales’ Farming Connect Animal Health and Welfare programme, in conjunction with the National Animal Disease Information Service.

Independent, specialist-led ophthalmology service Focus Referrals has just celebrated one year in premises in Banbury, having initially been set up as a mobile service.

PBD Biotech said service using diagnostic test Actiphage will allow detection of bacteria in bulk milk or blood samples within days.

Research led by The Pirbright Institute finds variants alpha, beta and delta can infect more species, such as rodents and ferrets, compared to the ancestral virus strain.

Decision to launch a consultation on improving identification and traceability in England has been welcomed by World Horse Welfare.

Survey finds while 75% of respondents loved helping students and offering EMS, more than 60% cited fear of introducing infection to the practice as reason for not providing it during pandemic.

Fourth staging of British Veterinary Receptionist Association Congress to take place at Jurys Inn Hinckley Island Hotel in Leicestershire from 30 September to 1 October.

Stuart Reid CBE, president and principal of the vet school, has been granted honorary life membership of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine.

Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations teaming up for a full day of CPD with The Webinar Vet on 9 April to raise funds for war-torn country.

John Goacher, who practises in Falkirk, is not a seasoned runner, but wanted to go out of his comfort zone after losing family members to cancer.

Andrea Ang, of The University of Edinburgh, won the BVBA Veterinary Studies Award 2022, with Sophie Oliver, of the University of Nottingham, the runner-up.

Veterinary neurology lecturer Zohra Khan has become a diplomate of a European college and Amy Miele has started a residency at the behaviour clinic.

Jasmine Knight, a wild animal biology master’s student at the RVC, wants to collect data in an anonymous survey on profession’s attitudes to animal welfare in research animals, pets, livestock and wildlife.

British Veterinary Professionals for Ukraine, which had been coordinating the sending of medical equipment to human and vet medics, turns attention to supplying vet medicines.

Dairy farms involved in Welsh project to tackle issues report the uplift after applying a series of recommended changes.

More than 70 farm practice staff from across the country got together for the first event, which group now plans to run twice a year.

Puppy behaviour has always been important, but with so many more dogs in ownership since the pandemic, more clients will be in need of advice.

Europe’s largest companion animal veterinary event was one of the first casualties of pandemic when COVID-19 struck in March 2020, but is back as a hybrid event in Manchester.

Clive Elwood, a former RCVS specialist in small animal medicine, current author and owner of Trellis Leadership Coaching, joins headlining vet Sian Tranter for the 31 March webinar.

Figures from the Zoetis Parasite Watch Scheme, now in its seventh year, show worm patterns changing annually.

Vets4Ukraine2022, born out of vets wanting to do something, is raising funds to help people caught up in Russian invasion.

Interactive Porcilis Health Management planner from MSD aims to help simplify the vaccination process for vets and help them advise farming clients.

RCVS has set up a working party, and will invite representatives of other bodies, to look at provisions to allow for a more inclusive approach to training and hiring vets and VNs.

BVA guide, which vets can use in conversations with young people considering vet school, addresses issues about grades, lack of veterinary background, work experience and applying more than once.

Link-up between Orthomed and Osso VR will bring hands-on, virtual reality training to allow veterinary surgeons to practise procedures anytime, anywhere.