June 2023

Bosses hope to raise ÂŁ100,000 in 12 months for the group, which cares for the pets of homeless people, after making it their first official charity partner.

5 mins

Christine Middlemiss says profession must shift culture on food safety roles as she joins delegation asking RCVS council to extend a scheme helping to plug potential OV workforce shortages.

15 mins

Research project will explore effects of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction in adult horses and ponies, and hopes to shape future monitoring and decision-making.

6 mins

Nominations open for the 2023 prize, which will be presented during the London Vet Show in November.

5 mins

Navaratnam Partheeban has led the figures from the veterinary and animal welfare sectors recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours.

5 mins

New WSAVA president Ellen van Nierop also worried about critical disparity of access to medicines – with half of all vets working without the basic drugs they need to protect small animal welfare.

12 mins

BVNA officials describe process of judging practices’ submissions as “incredibly tough” as they reveal the winner and runners-up in one of the competitions it launched as part of the annual campaign.

4 mins

Those behind NAVC HiVE say focused events are “designed to be nimble and get ahead of issues impacting veterinary professionals”.

5 mins

In celebration of today’s (14 June) World Blood Donor Day, it has announced the winners of its best donor awards for cats and dogs.

5 mins

New EMS support framework has also been designed to help practices and students structure each placement, based on RCVS day one competencies.

5 mins

Ten-year-old Siberian husky Dexter was initially treated for heart base tumour, but later developed rare Budd-Chiari syndrome as it compressed a blood vessel, and had to undergo trans-atrial stenting.

6 mins

Linda Belton will officially take up the post at the RCVS annual meeting next month (7 July).

4 mins

Rabbit Awareness Week will take place from 26 to 30 June and the theme of this year’s event will be ‘Neutering: Protect and Prevent’.  

5 mins

Leaders of a data collection scheme on antibiotic usage say vets have a “vital” role in building on recent progress as they hope to double the number of datasets held this year alone.

10 mins

WSAVA Congress will be held in China for the first time with the Suzhou International Expo Center near Shanghai hosting the three–day event from 3 to 5 September.

5 mins

Veterinary professionals urged to focus on “cost-effective” care solutions as more than 200,000 cats and dogs are currently unregistered because of a lack of practice capacity for new clients.

13 mins

“We are committed to continuing to make IVC Evidensia a better place to work, which means listening and working with our teams to support positive change” – Duncan Phillips, UK chief executive.

5 mins

British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association’s 60th anniversary autumn conference will probe how understanding of orthopaedics has progressed since the group’s inception.

3 mins

VetPartners has created the academy for a limited number of final-year vet students to join in Cornwall in July, with applications closing on 16 June.

3 mins

New clinic for small pets of north-west aims to trace animals with structural heart abnormalities.

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