Vet Times

February 2021

Top tech prize on offer for winning team in PetsApp pub quiz, which is due to take place on Tuesday (9 February).

3 mins

Free one-day virtual Royal Canin Management Virtual Congress will discuss issues of pet obesity, featuring speakers from home and overseas.

5 mins

Applications are now open for the RCVS Mind Matters 2021 Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grants, with a deadline for proposals of 30 April 2021.

6 mins

The livestock injectable is now supplied in eco-friendly anti-shatter vials, along with many in the company’s portfolio.

2 mins

January 2021

Askham Bryan College’s veterinary nursing department is hosting its third annual congress on Monday 15 February, with 10 speakers lined up.

4 mins

Lee and Nikki cause havoc in the VN Times kitchen with a cooking show based around the idea of foods that can be prepared in a standard office environment...

3 mins

Following on from the monster success of our first two events, we were delighted to lift the winter blues and blow away the cobwebs by hosting Vet Nurse Happy Hour version 3 on 28 January.

3 mins

DOUXO S3 PYO pads contain the active ingredient ophytrium, and chlorhexidine at 3%.

3 mins

Solution for injection contains cloprostenol 0.250mg/ml as its active ingredient.

3 mins

Members of the RCVS Fellowship Board particularly want to hear from more female applicants ahead of the closing date on 15 February 2021.

5 mins

Durham Equine Practice has expanded with a new-look veterinary team to enhance its service to 15,000 of the north-east’s horses, ponies and donkeys.

4 mins

VeggieDent FR3SH Dental Chews gain seal for plaque control from Veterinary Oral Health Council.

2 mins

“We are a mission-driven business set up with two clear goals: one, to place people in their dream roles, and the other, to give back to the industry we love” – Chris Worthington, VetFinders.

5 mins

Your interactive guide to the wonderful world of rabbits. Click on each graphic to learn more…

Spillers Fibre Lite Molasses Free is described as low-calorie soft chopped fibre feed with added grass nuts and garlic, but no added sugar.

4 mins

Certification scheme coordinated by independent providers designed to be an extra tool to support the safe production of raw pet food.

3 mins

Members of veterinary profession needed to help process fellowship applications, and provide advice and guidance.

4 mins

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution wants to get at least 26,000 responses to identify physical and mental well-being issues.

4 mins

Nominations close for 2021 Petplan Veterinary Awards on 18 January, with veterinary professionals urged to nominate their colleagues.

3 mins

Bimeda offers vets the chance to win an Apple Watch to celebrate the launch of the UK’s only apple-flavoured flunixin oral paste for horses.

4 mins

“We expect to have doubled the size of VetPartners in Italy by the end of January…” – David Giraldi, VetPartners Italy managing director.

4 mins

Mendip Supplies starts up and offers a range of endoscopic kits for farm animal vets to keep handily in their car.

3 mins

Denis Brinicombe Group expands its range to meet needs of a wide range of cattle.

3 mins

December 2020

Choir of veterinary professionals and their families premieres first performances online, with all rehearsals and recordings carried out remotely over Zoom.

8 mins

The “Use of cannabidiol (CBD) in dogs and cats” information document is freely available to everyone and available online.

4 mins

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health launches Thank You Vets campaign to recognise care and passion of equine vets during continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

4 mins

Laboratory is the first in the UK to sign up to the Equine Veterinary Surveillance Network and will contribute valuable disease surveillance to project.

2 mins

Institute of Student Employers judges singled out how the programme sets graduates up for success and were also impressed by “the collaborative approach” to designing it.

3 mins

Agreement will enable graduates of Irish and UK veterinary schools to continue to seek to practise in the other country when they wish.

8 mins

“The RSPCA has been calling for a complete ban on the keeping and trade of primates as pets for some time, because their needs simply cannot be met in a domestic environment” – Ros Clubb, senior scientific manager at the RSPCA.

11 mins