Paul Imrie

Paul ImrieAfter 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.
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April 2021

Vets and equine professionals from across the world getting ready for Strangles Awareness Week.

6 mins

Association launches campaign on World Animal Vaccination Day (20 April) to explain benefits of vaccinations in protecting UK animals.

5 mins

Cheshire Pet’s specially designed practice gains silver award from International Society of Feline Medicine and is headed by a team of cat advocates.

3 mins

Monoclonal antibody therapies – seen in the first new class of medications for OA pain in two decades – could soon have other veterinary applications. 

8 mins

Study by The Pirbright Institute analyses risk of different insect species in transmitting cattle disease, which is spreading into Europe from Africa and Middle East.

5 mins

The BVA and The FOAL Group want the Government to take urgent action to close a legal loophole that allows ear cropping to continue.

6 mins

Work had been halted due to COVID-19 restrictions, but builders are back on site creating Northlands Veterinary Hospital in Kettering, Northamptonshire.

4 mins

With BCVA and BEVA confirming their plans for face-to-face congresses, a more-like-normal schedule of events for late 2021 is starting to take shape. 

12 mins

The 11-year-old West Highland white terrier was referred to North Downs Specialist Referrals unable to walk and facing leg amputation on top of her cancer treatment.

7 mins

Jolyon Martin has been named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Science and Healthcare list for 2021.

5 mins

Day of online learning, where participants are encouraged to make donation to NHS Charities Together, is returning next week after first event raised ÂŁ22,500.

5 mins

Alex McGhee, who is business intelligence manager at Linnaeus, is helping the Sea Turtle Rescue Alliance as a data lead to apply data science to help vets caring for the reptiles.

7 mins

Thirsk-based retailer established in 2005 is licensed supplier of pet medications in UK and mainland Europe, dispatching up to 3,000 orders a day.

5 mins

Europe’s largest equine vet event back in September at ICC Birmingham, with virtual option also available to help mark association’s 60th year.

6 mins

RCVS is replacing Professional Development Phase with Veterinary Graduate Development Programme, which has trained advisors in each participating practice.

4 mins

Librela (bedinvetmab) for dogs and Solensia (frunevetmab) for cats target nerve growth factor, a key player in OA pain.

5 mins

Boehringer Ingelheim hails first innovation in disease category for more than 40 years with launch of its Prevexxion RN for broilers, layers and breeders.

3 mins

Association launches second-phase pilot project to help increase engagement between vets and owners about the topic.

7 mins

Venture is first online CPD platform for Jurox (UK), and aims to improve confidence and standards in veterinary anaesthesia.

4 mins

New String of Pearls kit is a small, lower-profile system for easier placement in small patients and updates original launched by Orthomed more than 10 years ago.

3 mins

Emergency and critical care provider to host virtual CPD throughout summer and autumn – and is hosting online congress again in 2021.

6 mins

JosĂ© Ruiz, maxillofacial surgeon at Davies Veterinary Specialists in Hertfordshire, resolves cat Dexy’s bilateral temporomandibular joint dysplasia.

4 mins

Two-thirds of mobile phones and tablets contaminated with staphylococci, including strains resistant to vancomycin and oxacillin.

4 mins

Vet Professionals and International Cat Care are running online survey of cat owners, including vet professionals, to look at owner experiences of medicating cats.

4 mins

Miniature dachshund Margot swallowed tube of ointment to suffer potentially fatal toxicity, but recovered after intervention by Davies Veterinary Specialists.

5 mins

APHA teaming up with University of Nottingham to conduct research project on presence and location of TB infection in badgers in the Southern Edge area.

4 mins

March 2021

Team led by Nicolas Granger at the RVC and Liang-Fong Wong at the University of Bristol develops combined cellular and molecular treatment.

8 mins

Dechra Veterinary Products has launched Cosacthen, which had only previously been available as human-registered or compounds veterinary special preparations.

3 mins

Simon Lyddon, who runs Vine Tree Vets in Herefordshire, is part of a 12-strong team on the five-week-plus voyage across Atlantic.

5 mins

Partners in annual awareness week announced their plans for the theme “Hopping through the Years” as part of BSAVA Virtual Congress.

7 mins