May 2019

A one health approach without ā€œculture of blameā€ is key to tackling antimicrobial resistance, says association.

7 mins

The UKā€™s newest veterinary school, which opens next year, chooses a University of Surrey academic as its founding head.

2 mins

The BCVA is urging all vets who spend at least 25% of their time seeing cattle ā€“ whether BCVA members or not ā€“ to help them formulate policy for the next five years.

4 mins

Stick injury punctured dogā€™s oesophagus and travelled a considerable distance down its neck.

4 mins

The renovation of the Hobday Building at the schoolā€™s Camden campus marks the most extensive redevelopment the estate has seen in more than 80 years.

5 mins

The collective behind Rabbit Awareness Week (1 to 9 June) has released three webinars aimed at highlighting the importance of preventive care.

5 mins

Global names in gastroenterology will be sharing their knowledge to help vets and VNs support the work of the British Horse Society and the University of Nottinghamā€™s REACT to colic campaign.

4 mins

Hampshire referral group becomes European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Satellite Training Centre in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia.

3 mins

The technique has been pioneered by Matthias Schneider, head of the Department of Cardiology at the University of Giessen, Germany.

4 mins

VetCompass study provides hard evidence of what veterinary surgeons have long suspected, and also identifies breeds at highest risk.

3 mins

April 2019

Veterinary surgeons are being urged to measure the blood pressure of all cats older than seven years old as part of Feline Hypertension Month, starting on 1 May.

5 mins

Vet Ian Wright says , despite the lurid headlines, UK vets did have lessons to learn from the discovery ā€“ for the first time in the UK ā€“ of a male Hyalomma rufipes tick on an untravelled horse.

6 mins

WSAVA president Shane Ryan, believes vets are often overlooking welfare issues in their patients due to the increasing pressure they are working under.

5 mins

The programme ā€“ starting in January 2020 ā€“ consists of 14 modules and is delivered using a combination of lectures and practical sessions.

3 mins

Study on lambs by scientists at The Pirbright Institute could eventually pave way for a human vaccine against CCHF virus.

4 mins

BBC report, compiled by Government figures, named two of the UKā€™s largest veterinary groups as having the largest gender pay gaps among UK companies with 5,000 or more employees.

4 mins

BVDzero Scholarship Programme from Boehringer Ingelheim, in collaboration with the World Association for Buiatrics, will award ā‚¬1,000 to undertake high-quality farm animal practice to each of 10 successful student applicants.

Vets and medics will gather on 7 May to share knowledge and insights about the impact of human factors on patient safety.

3 mins

As part of her lecture at BSAVA Congress, zoo vet Heather Bacon warned some rescue dogs imported into the UK are ā€œabsolutely not suitable as petsā€.

4 mins

Operation described as ā€œthe most extensively-affected case of surgically-managed pyothoraxā€ seen by an experienced veterinary surgeon.

6 mins