October 2017

Device can track the location of a point light source through the imaging of ā€œballistic and snakeā€ photons using a time resolved single-photon detector array.

6 mins

Veterinary studies point to ways producers can make better use of drugs in pigs by delivering doses large enough to treat various diseases ā€“ but no larger.

4 mins

September 2017

Regan Veterinary Group is planning canine well-being clinics after teaming up with a charity to offer health checks and antiparasitic treatments to dogs owned by the homeless.

4 mins

Small animal specialist Andy Moores, from Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists, awarded RCVSā€² highest honour for meritorious contributions to clinical practice.

3 mins

Jolle Kirpensteijn has received the WSAVA's President's Award in recognition of his work to "transform" the organisation and enhance the effectiveness of its global operations.

5 mins

More than 1,000 vets have been asked to share their records to demonstrate they are keeping their skills and knowledge up-to-date by completing minimum CPD requirements.

3 mins

The Small Animal Medicine Society (SAMSoc) has embarked on a recruitment drive to swell the ranks of vets and vet students with an interest in small animal internal medicine.

4 mins

John Fishwick claims he is ā€œconstantly inspired by tenacity and dedication of colleaguesā€, while outgoing president Gudrun Ravetz hails small acts of joined-up working by veterinary family.

7 mins

Willie Anderson, who was a contemporary of Alf Wight and qualified the same year the Mini car launched, is still seeing animals after close to six decades in profession.

7 mins

A rarely seen, huge abdominal mass occupying half of the belly of a bearded dragon is successfully removed and owner is told: ā€œHe is actually a she.ā€

5 mins

Ethical issues around euthanasia and welfare concerns associated with breeding animals for physical traits will be discussed by speakers, including TV vet Emma Goodman Milne.

3 mins

Jonathan Pycock hopes to assist colleagues in achieving the correct work-life balance and encourage active participation in the association.

4 mins

Veterinary personnel in Northern Ireland are to benefit from a confidential service staffed by specially trained colleagues at a local level.

5 mins

The Veterinary Poisons Information Service is to host a series of refresher courses throughout 2018, aimed at keeping vets and VNs up to date in small animal toxicology.

3 mins

Cardiologists in the US are researching the use of transvenous electrical cardioversion, a procedure that utilises an electric shock through carefully placed electrodes in the heart.

5 mins

A research paper identifies high dose rate brachytherapy, which does not produce any significant acute adverse effects, as the best way of treating periorbital sarcoids in horses.

7 mins

Merial Animal Health-organised webinar on bovine neonatal diarrhoea will be presented by independent veterinary consultant Alan Murphy, and cover prevention and control measures.

2 mins

Complex areas of feline dentistry will be covered by Peter Southerden, a highly respected European specialist, during a CPD event in November.

3 mins

Research by VetCompass has shown the prognosis for GDV, the life-threatening condition in dogs, is not as grim as often believed.

6 mins

August 2017

ā€He continues to champion and promote understanding of animal welfare at individual, community, national and international levels on a daily basis.ā€

6 mins