Ecologists at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have led a study on strategies for controlling midge-borne diseases such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg virus.
Equine vets and horse owners will have access to the latest research and resources on common emergency conditions in horses with the launch of a website.
Vets are being challenged to help researchers from the University of Liverpool as they attempt to establish the impact of fluke infection in horses across the UK.
CVO Nigel Gibbens has launched a Government Veterinary Services blog to create a place for Government vets to share stories about the varied roles they undertake.
The RCVS has announced the winners of this year’s Queen’s Medal and Golden Jubilee Award – the highest honours the college can bestow on a veterinary surgeon and veterinary nurse.
A leading veterinary dermatologist has called for vets to prescribe narrow-spectrum antibiotics for first-line cases of otitis externa to help reduce levels of multiple-resistant, chronic infections.
The operations director of one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit veterinary clinics – who is also a former registered general nurse – has called for stronger control over clinical standards.
The granting of the UK’s first sterile Manufacturer’s Specials Authorisation by the VMD has the potential to change the way equine vets here manage horses, according to BEVA.
Research has detailed how a new vaccine has protected cows from respiratory syncytial virus infection, thought to be the main cause of the majority of respiratory diseases in cattle.
UK vets are asked to be aware of possible cases of feline thiamine deficiency after Pets at Home withdrew sale of certain products from its own-range senior cat kibble products.
A unique one health partnership between a UK veterinary neurologist and a paediatric neurosurgeon could signal “the biggest step forward in managing canine epilepsy”.
The chairman of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance has stood up for the efforts to reduce antibiotic use as it claimed a new fund-raising campaign could “demotivate” such activity.
