March 2018

Veterinary Marketing Association to support organisation throughout next 12 months after choosing it to receive its accolade.

4 mins

Royal Canin and British Veterinary Receptionist Association roadshow will begin in May and include visits to Glasgow, Basingstoke, Chatham, Daventry and Barnsley.

3 mins

Document published by the European Food Safety Authority and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control confirms antimicrobial resistance as one of the biggest threats to public health.

4 mins

Discovery could allow scientists to identify animals infected with the disease virus and distinguish them from those that have been vaccinated.

4 mins

Accolades across six categories to be presented to chosen veterinary profession members and organisations at RCVS Day on 6 July.

9 mins

Concern as BBC investigation discovers more than 800 sea creatures died at Sea Life Great Yarmouth within 12-month period.

5 mins

The charity, founded in 1824, did not get its first female inspectors until the 1950s, but today 64% of the 309 UK postholders are women.

4 mins

RSPCA rescues inquisitive mustela that avoided trip to tip after being discovered in Surrey garage camouflaged among teddy bears.

3 mins

Midlands-based Scarsdale Veterinary Group is recognising successes of female colleagues in a diverse range of roles across the business to challenge stereotypes about roles available to them.

4 mins

Event aims to drive change in attitudes and legislation, to ensure pet owners are not turned away from private or social tenancies in future.

4 mins

US scientists have developed a single blood test capable of testing for eight different tick-borne pathogens. The assay is faster and more sensitive than the traditional two-tiered testing algorithm.

6 mins

All-party group will propose solutions to a range of problems facing cats, such as toxins contained in antifreeze and laws on air guns.

3 mins

Elspeth Whyte, set to take on starring role of Dolly Gallagher Levi in four-night run at Edinburgh's King's Theatre, has received overwhelming support from colleagues.

3 mins

New lecture stream aims to empower veterinary professionals to take proactive steps to “map” a more positive future for themselves and their teams.

4 mins

Leading sportswoman Claire Lomas and US veterinary personality Andy Roarke will both speak at this year's Cx Congress in June.

3 mins

Glasgow-trained Christine Middlemiss returns to Defra from Australia, where she has been working as CVO for New South Wales since August 2016.

5 mins

Senior research fellow at the Zoological Society of London, Institute of Zoology says Government’s TB strategy is “sensible, but disappointing” because its scope excludes badger culling.

7 mins

Developed by Brooke, the tool measures the physical and behavioural well-being of the horses, donkeys and mules the charity has assessed over six years.

4 mins

February 2018

Organisers of the National Equine Health Survey plan to use social media to encourage even more owners to get involved this year.

4 mins

Compassion in World Farming's strategy calls for a wholesale shift from industrial agriculture to transformative and regenerative food and farming.

4 mins