January 2021

International Cat Care and veterinary division the International Society of Feline Medicine shares BVA concerns over implementation, and has queries about unowned cats, impact on vet visits and age cats will be chipped.

10 mins

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

3 mins

“We’re excited to hear from the next intake of new vets and look forward to supporting them in their transition to clinical practice...” – Chloe Roberts, Linnaeus.

3 mins

RCVS and BVA in discussions with CVOs – but “confirm we will not be reverting to emergency-only work” in joint statement.

5 mins

SPVS and the VMG will host a full-day sustainability CPD event in partnership with Vet Sustain on 27 January.

4 mins

The RCVS Mind Matters Initiative has provided £20,000 to commission a study into the impact of moral injury across the veterinary professions.

5 mins

December 2020

In a Vet Times exclusive, Daniella Dos Santos and BVA president James Russell pay tribute to vets across the UK and rally the troops ahead of another “difficult year”.

9 mins

Iris’s Cats in Need and the Country Trust are the college’s chosen charities for 2020 to each receive £2,000 gift.

10 mins

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

8 mins

Defra launches eight-week consultation and says law could be introduced in England as early as next year.

8 mins

Davies Veterinary Specialists wants patients with chronic small intestinal diarrhoea for multicentre study.

5 mins

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

4 mins

Study led by vet school finds new interaction within cells that could lead to novel therapies for conditions in humans and animals being developed.

8 mins

After tougher restrictions – including a new Tier 4 for England – were introduced to help curb a virulent new COVID-19 variant, RCVS and BVA contact CVOs to ensure advice to vets is in line with rules in all four nations.

6 mins

Shearbridge Veterinary Centre’s reception Christmas trees at surgeries in Queensbury, Bradford and Hipperholme, Halifax, allow owners to remember lost pets, with the practice making £1 charity donations for each one.

4 mins

VetPartners launches project to encourage team working to treat a painful problem in cattle.

6 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

“We’ve created the VET Honours to recognise the camaraderie and highlight the community we have in each other in the veterinary world" – Nicole Cooper, VET Festival.

6 mins

A third of owners talked to their animals during the pandemic, with 43% saying their pet helped them cope and three-quarters saying their companion understands them.

5 mins

“The establishment of this centre will not only pave the way for innovation in the field of regenerative medicine... it will also contribute to the growth of our local economy” – RVC.

6 mins