April 2017

Vets who prefer consulting to theatre work should be tasked with front-of-house duties to help practices better meet preventive health care challenges in the 21st century.

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Vets and VNs from Pride Vets in Derby are heading off to Morocco to help animals in need – and are appealing to their colleagues to help raise extra funds and donate equipment before they go.

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The UK’s largest employer of vets has been tipped to “show scope for earnings to more than double in the next five years” by analysts at a leading city financial institution.

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A vet with a particular interest in exotic pets and wildlife has joined Best Friends Veterinary Group as clinical director.

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Feeding hay and fresh grass to support dental, digestive and emotional health will be the key theme of this year’s Rabbit Awareness Week.

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The WSAVA has called on vets to take a proactive role in tackling hereditary disease and advise breeders on the tests available to them.

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Profession members owning golden retrievers or Labrador retrievers are being urged to take part in a study to increase understanding of canine atopic dermatitis.

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Vets have expressed their concern diet myths could be harming rabbits’ health after a BVA survey revealed 85% of vets had serious concerns about the herbivore’s health due to the wrong food.

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Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is offering veterinary staff the chance to enhance their knowledge on a range of topics via upcoming CPD events.

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Veterinary students from The University of Nottingham have examined 400 of the Queen’s military horses alongside British Army vets and soldiers to conduct a screening programme for a potentially life-threatening equine disease.

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Vets will have the chance to discuss hot topics and share experiences with their human medicine counterparts as part of a new platform aimed at furthering the concept of one health.

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Three vets are in training to take on the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon in the name of charity.

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A number of veterinary professionals are celebrating after scooping a BSAVA Award in recognition of their contribution to science.

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The achievements of people from the veterinary, farming and charity industries who go beyond the call of duty to enhance animals' lives have been celebrated at the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2017.

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The BCVA has welcomed a suggestion from a Government minister that infecting badgers with “something like a herpes virus” could help disseminate a vaccine against bTB.

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A charity established 89 years ago has given its greatest gift to the RVC by enabling it to quadruple its capacity to perform canine heart surgery.

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The Canine Rehabilitation Institute is to bring the Certified Canine Rehabilitation Therapist programme's Canine Sports Medicine module to the University of Surrey in September.

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A year on from the introduction of compulsory microchipping in England, Scotland and Wales, a BVA survey has found 44% of vets surveyed cannot reunite missing or stray dogs with their owners due to incorrect chip information.

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Equine vets looking to take the next step in their careers can now study for a General Practitioner Certificate in equine medicine.

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UK vets, and students on veterinary medicine and VN courses, have been urged to help some of Portugal’s most vulnerable animals – and explore the country at the same time – by signing up to a new volunteer scheme.

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