Vet Times

April 2022

New digital learning platform will be launched later in the year to support and develop skills and knowledge of veterinary teams, and RCVS is seeking panel to provide early feedback.

3 mins

Third in the series of RCVS Knowledge’s QI Boxset covers benchmarking, and how it can be used to improve clinical outcomes and quality of care.

4 mins

Actress and radio presenter Gemma Atkinson is backing pet nutrition firm’s campaign to provide more than 150,000 meals for shelter pets across participating countries.

7 mins

Audevard Laboratories has introduced a 10-tablet blister pack for Equioxx, which was the first tablet form of the NSAID for horses and originally launched in a 60-tablet bottle.

3 mins

Bruce Whitelaw, who also chairs animal biotechnology at the university, is appointed after having served in interim director role since 2020.

4 mins

March 2022

“It would be deeply misguided to push back the need for these vital checks even further and in so doing weaken this layer of protection for both animal and public health” – James Russell, BVA.

6 mins

Journals have been launched to support company’s behaviour product ranges.

4 mins

The patented Fr3sh technology, already found in other Virbac dental products, has now been added to palatable solution used in daily drinking water.

3 mins

“Thank you to NOAH for helping us raise awareness and vital funds“ – Jade Statt, StreetVet co-founder.

5 mins

Dr Paterson, currently chairperson of the college’s education committee, will become junior vice-president if re-elected in current election cycle.

3 mins

Improvements to equipment and facilities have been made at all three of Veterinary Vision’s sites in northern England.

5 mins

The Veterinary Academy Series will see specialists from the vet school deliver evidence-based knowledge through new semester-based CPD series. 

6 mins

Hertfordshire practice donates more than £2,000 – equivalent to almost a third of its carbon emissions – to a tree planting project in the country.

5 mins

Group will provide financial support to academics, institutions and researchers who seek to better understand pancytopenia, identify causes and improve treatment options. 

5 mins

Feline specialists Sam Taylor and Sarah Caney are teaming up to offer the live, online, case and discussion-based course in May.

3 mins

Following extensive lobbying, the Government has put in place emergency support measures to help people fleeing war-torn Ukraine bring their pets with them to the UK.

6 mins

Company adds Veterinary HPM Adult Neutered Wet with Salmon (a life stage diet) and Urology Cat Wet (a clinical diet) to its nutrition line-up.

6 mins

Caernarfon-based vet Anke Hill has been removed from the register after being sentenced to 19 years in prison for taking a “key part” in the kidnapping of a child at knifepoint.

8 mins

Company has developed awareness-raising materials for practices to use to make pet owners aware of common spring dangers.

4 mins

Group says money, which paid for monitors to make capnography available to all practices performing anaesthesia, will help it reduce greenhouse gases.

5 mins

Described as a premium, fast-acting and tasty chew to calm dogs facing stressful situations, it can be used daily or as needed.

5 mins

Burns Pet Rescue designed to offer a helping paw to rescue pets by supporting shelters with necessity product bundles to give to new owners.

3 mins

February 2022

Live event to run in Liverpool from 7 to 10 September with virtual stream also available and access to all content for a further six months to all in-person attendees. 

5 mins

First online discussion forum, exclusively for RCVS fellows, allows members to share ideas, make connections with others and have a greater involvement in future fellowship activities.

4 mins

RCVS disciplinary committee removes Walter Dingemanse from the register after he was handed an eight-month suspended jail term for possessing indecent images of children and extreme animal abuse.

10 mins

Farmer and former Defra chair will take over on 1 March following the retirement of Phil Sketchley, who has headed up the Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority since 2014.

6 mins

Laurent Garosi named winner of the BSAVA’s prestigious Bourgelat Award, with winners of both 2021 and 2022 awards also announced.

6 mins

“In the view of the committee, if [Anne Mullen] were permitted to remain on the register, there would be a serious risk of harm to animals” – Judith Way, chairman of the RCVS disciplinary committee.

11 mins

Registration is now open for the free event, which will be held on 2 March and feature speakers from the fields of public health, veterinary medicine and parasitology.

4 mins

Recognising receptionists as invaluable in practices to helping spread importance of preventive health initiatives, Virbac has launched a dental care course features, with content tailored to the front of house.

5 mins