Vets working at a new hospital outpost in the Gambia will act as sentinels for emerging tropical diseases fast becoming a real threat to equines in the UK.
TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham has urged companion animal vets not to “talk down to” clients and understand they are not just treating pets, but also their human owners.
Byre Vets in Werrington, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire is the latest to be added to a network of practices located in the nearby towns of Oundle, Thrapston, Corby and Stamford.
Leeds-based Beechwood Veterinary Group is inviting pets to free nail clipping clinics to raise money for a local rescue fund that helps pay for the treatment and care of strays.
The Veterinary Christian Fellowship is to explore pain management in companion animals via a CPD session at the University of Bristol's vet school in May.
Vets and VNs will get the chance to quiz RCVS officials on any subject in May and June when the college holds regional question time meetings in Blackpool and Belfast.
The veterinary profession could be on the verge of its biggest shake-up in half a century as the RCVS considers if new regulatory legislation is required.
CPD provider Improve International has extended its range of one-day courses aimed at practitioners dealing with species other than companion animals, such as goats, alpacas and game birds.
A course designed to help those in management roles support colleagues with mental health issue has been launched by the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) and VPMA.
The UK cat population has increased by 500,000 to 8 million in the past year, driven largely by an increasing number of male owners, according to the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association.
