With a nose like that: music legend Sir Paul McCartney has thrown his support behind 2017's Wetnose Day, the charity initiative that aims to raise funds for animals in need across the UK.
A fund-raising campaign – plus support from a fellow charity – has succeeded in preventing the closure of a Worldwide Veterinary Service animal shelter in remote northern Thailand.
Adapted from an existing feline TB test, the assay assists in the diagnosis of suspected canine or feline TB cases, as well as helping to categorise the type of Mycobacterium involved.
Members of the profession can enhance their knowledge around dog bite prevention and behaviour at a special event in London this month, hosted by It's Me or the Dog presenter Victoria Stilwell.
In a Guide Dogs-funded study, University of Nottingham vet school researchers have developed a new tool that can be used to predict a young dog’s likelihood of successfully completing guide dog training.
Owners are being warned to ensure their dogs are fully up to date with vaccinations after an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of parvovirus near one of the UK’s most densely populated dog walking areas.
A woman who abandoned her poorly, elderly dog in a dustbin to die has been given 80 hours of community service and banned from keeping animals for life.
The BVA and Britain’s largest canine welfare charity have expressed disappointment at a decision by members of the Scottish Parliament that could reverse a ban on docking certain working dogs’ tails.
A record-breaking number of delegates flocked to the Veterinary Education for Tomorrow (VET) Festival 2017 for a packed programme with a well-being theme.
Research into the genetic modification of insect vectors could have a game-changing impact on the control of mosquitoes and other pathogen-carrying pest insects.
Two British vets have raised more than £6,600 to help endangered rhinos by completing a gruelling 900km mountain bike race across four provinces of South Africa.
The UK’s first veterinary cooperative is looking to expand its unique business model that allows self-employed vets to choose how much work they want to do, and when.
The BVA and Dogs Trust have appealed for members of the Scottish Parliament to use their last chance to reject the proposal to reintroduce tail docking for certain types of dogs.
Study suggests bacteriophages could accompany or replace antibiotics used to treat bacterial disease across all types of livestock, helping safeguard the future of some drugs in human medicine.
The head of a leading charity has claimed the lives of a million creatures could be saved every year by enhancing the profession’s knowledge of wild animal medicine.
