Ministers insist measures included in the widely supported legislation will be delivered individually – but the move has provoked anger from opposition politicians and welfare groups.
RVC study on different cell populations in equine tendons will aid understanding of why older horses – and humans – are more prone to injuries and inform future treatments.
Scientists hope the latest study based on VetCompass programme data will allow for more targeted health care to be provided for the breed and also aid potential owners.
Identichip is running a waiting room and window display competition to encourage practices to highlight pet protection from microchipping, and has launched a social media toolkit.
The North of Ireland Veterinary Association has called for ideas on how to tackle the questions of recruitment, retention and return at an event in Portadown later this month.
Document calls for an immediate rethink of policy relating to the disease in England, which its authors say is cruel, wasteful and “fundamentally wrong” – but Defra dismisses its claims.
Colleagues at Donview Veterinary Centre in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, will walk more than 30km (18.6 miles) across difficult terrain for The Canmore Trust, set up in memory of a fellow vet and friend.
Veterinary professionals are being asked to encourage animal owners and keepers to put themselves forward for the new body, which is being set up in an initial 12-month pilot scheme.
Louise Buckley fears thousands of dogs could give false positive results and feels more needs to be done to offer imported dog owners contextualised care.
The lack of formal legal protection for the title of veterinary nurse has been branded a “travesty”, and likened to fraud as a new report of professional and public surveys on the issue was released.
Dogs Trust leaders have warmly welcomed plans for new legislation, which they say could also help to prevent many pets from being handed over to groups like theirs.
Vet and clinical animal behaviourist Kendal Shepherd and canine behaviourist Helen Howell publish open letter describing behaviour of officers in incident as evidence of “a lack of appropriate training”.
The company has been given five working days to submit proposals to address competition concerns in the latest inquiry affecting one of the UK’s biggest veterinary care providers.
RCVS fellow Mark Bowen will present on vaccination, serology and guttural pouch lavage as a combination of tools to keep highly contagious infection at bay.
Five new cases have been reported among birds since housing restrictions were lifted last month, though Defra says the risk to poultry is low as long as strong biosecurity systems are in place.
Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists, Axiom Veterinary Laboratories and Finn Pathologists hope findings may give vets practical recommendations on susceptibility testing and antibiotic use.
