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.
Ross Allan explains how clinical diagnosis is more like the work of a detective than a scientist, and why you should question everything – particularly when it comes to history taking.
National Milk Laboratories’ FarmAssist dataset, from more than 200 vet practices, shows total use is dropping and huge fall in highest priority critically important antibiotics.
RCVS Knowledge launched the antimicrobial resources to coincide with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week in late November and will feature free evidence-based resources.
Association adds resources including congress lectures, webinars and its Companion magazine to its library, with content freely available throughout December.
The solution for injection – which contains ketoprofen (100mg/ml), and is used in cattle, pigs and horses – is back in stock with wholesalers following manufacturing issues.
The Veterinary Pathology Group and Fitzpatrick Referrals are partnering on the study, which will look at what happened to more than 15,000 dogs after surgery to remove tumour.
Parasiticide document has been produced to aid farm vets on the ground to work with farmers to ensure animal health and welfare and meet challenges of endoparasiticide resistance.
VMD grants marketing authorisation for feline-focused spot-on parasiticide that covers all major endoparasites and ectoparasites in cats, including tapeworms, fleas and ticks.
Ahead of her festive classic single’s annual climb up the charts, team at Eastcott Veterinary Referrals in Swindon name scanner – centrepiece of a £3 million expansion – after Mariah.
Following the success of its efforts in 2020, the company is making free Christmas board kits, social media content and posters available for practices again for 2021.
European and RCVS specialists Pete Smith and Roberto Jose-Lopez bring wealth of new experience to Buckinghamshire-based small animal referral hospital.
Group of students from the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine gave up part of their weekend to help at British Hen Welfare Trust rehoming day.
Association raises fresh concerns about vets’ names being made public, but college registrar points to misconceptions about the nature of the cases to be submitted to new conduct committee.
After difficult 18 months, vet pharmaceutical company hopes online game, in partnership with Vet Times, will help vet professionals to de-stress and remember importance of preventives against parasites.
Alex Davies helped set up a virtual work experience scheme that attracted more than 1,000 students who would otherwise have missed out during the pandemic.
Culmination of two years’ work sees college council agree new set of standards and methodology for veterinary degrees, including increase in general practice learning to 70% of students’ studies.
Scientists at the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast are to feed seaweed to farm animals in bid to help slash methane by at least 30%.
Annual gathering of veterinary professionals at ExCeL London did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but is back with added safety measures to welcome delegates.