Vet Times

October 2019

Winner nominated for her “enthusiasm, extensive knowledge and experience making her a role model for hard work and self-motivation”.

4 mins

The app is currently being rolled out across all Vets4Pets practices, with new practices being added on a monthly basis.

3 mins

Data translates to a reduction in sales of antibiotics and HP-CIAs by 53% and 66%, respectively, between 2014 and 2018.

5 mins

Advances in understanding this type of disease in sheep may lead to new diagnostic tests.

6 mins

Primates have complex welfare and social needs, which those in favour of banning people from keeping them as pets say cannot be met in a domestic environment.

4 mins

Over the past four years, customers at Medivet’s 300 practices have made one million donations to its "Saving the Rhino" campaign – raising £500,000 for the cause.

3 mins

Linnaeus Group-backed Cave Veterinary Specialists is eventually hoping to expand residencies to other disciplines, including internal medicine.

4 mins

Puppy Pilot is a scheme established by Dogs Trust to aid the interception of dogs seized by the APHA at the ports and provide care and rehabilitation for them prior to finding them new homes.

7 mins

Annual awards are a way to celebrate many great things happening in the profession – and the unsung heroes who make a difference in small animal practice.

4 mins

RCVS council agrees to prepare time-limited supplementary guidance on export health certification in case of no-deal Brexit.

4 mins

Linear accelerator at Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is first to offer the same cutting-edge radiation treatment options found in a human hospital.

6 mins

Learn how medical detection dogs can sniff out cancer, Parkinson’s disease, malaria and drug-resistant bacterial infections.

3 mins

Name change is in recognition of the increasing global spread of its candidates and growing demand for postgraduate veterinary qualifications worldwide.

4 mins

Stuart Reid “delighted and flattered” to be one of a handful of global scientists asked to join National Academy of Medicine.

4 mins

Recognised specialist in equine surgery will strengthen the trust’s equine clinical and research work.

3 mins

Regulatory convergence is key to improving access, say global veterinary associations in new position statement.

5 mins

New resource from Veterinary Management Group aims to support all veterinary professionals working in leadership and management roles.

5 mins

Event aimed to identify commonalities in terms of the challenges around student mental health, identify where gaps may exist, and form a network that can be continued beyond the day’s events.

4 mins

Latest UK farm livestock data from veterinary records shows significant fall in usage in cattle and sheep following imposition of new standards.

3 mins

To address supply issue concerns, the VMD has enhanced its emergency response plan to support the continued supply of veterinary medicines.

4 mins

New sanction imposed in second disciplinary committee hearing after Privy Council overturns original RCVS decision to remove his name from the register.

6 mins

Bristol vet Elisa Best has been recognised for her work to help orphaned and sick African rhinos.

5 mins

Ocular route of new conjunctival vaccine has advantage of lower interference with standard diagnostic tests, according to its manufacturer.

3 mins

New body is appealing for DNA samples from any dog with a confirmed diagnosis from a veterinary ophthalmologist of any inherited eye disease.

5 mins

Recruiting process is underway for the new unit, which will be led by an ECC specialist supported by three clinicians and six veterinary nurses.

3 mins

“[We] hope that this signifies the final push needed to get this fundamental principle of animal welfare over the line and into law”, says BVA president Daniella Dos Santos, responding to Queen's Speech.

5 mins

Assessor says OVs “not where they should be” at the moment on disease control, with four out of five assessed for tuberculin testing falling short.

4 mins

Call for evidence designed to help the Government understand how best to protect cats and kittens.

3 mins

Call from APHA scientists comes following the first identification of European bat 1 lyssavirus in a native British serotine bat.

5 mins

Mutual recognition agreement between RCVS and its Irish counterpart is first to be signed on a bilateral basis between the UK and another European Economic Area country.

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