Analysis by Cats Protection reveals rises in both number of owners wanting pets to have kittens and number being given away to relatives, friends or rescue groups.
Solution aims to streamline professional development requirements for veterinary practices through an easily accessible and user-friendly virtual platform.
Plea to look beyond patient delivered by dual qualified veterinary and medical nurse Helen Ballantyne during a passionate keynote address on the “one health” theme at Vets Now congress in Leeds.
Restrictions have been imposed in response to the new infections, which were confirmed less than two weeks after a different strain was detected in East Yorkshire.
Research from industry-wide impact survey reveals many farmers on board, but work still to be done to help more than half understand bluetongue implications in 2025.
Former RCVS president Lord Sandy Trees warns sector could be at risk of destruction, but argues vet professionals could play major role in shaping debates.
A disciplinary panel said it felt Shakira Free Miles had sought to justify her actions, but there was no evidence that her views could bring further harm to either animals or the profession.
Move comes as a campaign group warns that plans for the latest round of culling activity mean it is likely badgers will become extinct in several parts of England.
The Ruby Goodhew Foundation has been launched to support student vet nurses following the death from leukaemia of Ruby Cabral – née Goodhew – in October 2023.
Key aspects of the college’s reform agenda were backed by council members yesterday (7 November), despite calls in some quarters for more dramatic change.
Latest veterinary degree programme also attracting interest from outside Scotland, with third of all applications for 2025-26 academic year from elsewhere.
Another county has been added to the restricted zone as more cases linked to the transit of animals from areas affected by the disease were detected in North Yorkshire.
