Further amendments to the rules have also been approved, while a review of their effects will take place 12 months after implementation.

Contribution will be presented during the Cornwall Veterinary Association’s annual CPD day next month.

Cats Protection, which has launched an online support hub promoting pet care on a budget, fears tens of thousands of animals could already be at risk because of owners cutting veterinary spending.

Places are still available for the latest in the BVA’s series of lunchtime sessions, which aim to help address the veterinary sector’s workforce pressures.

Councillors are being asked to approve plans that would enable the college to prosecute alleged breaches of the Veterinary Services Act on a trial basis.

School’s Queen Mother Hospital for Animals is marking 10 years of providing extracorporeal therapies for cats and dogs with kidney failure, immune-mediated disease and certain toxicities.

Richard Irvine has taken up his new role as Wales’ chief vet, succeeding Christianne Glossop.

The BVA president has called on politicians to finally pass the long-awaited Kept Animals Bill into law to help safeguard animal and human health.

Almost one in five owners are now struggling to pay for preventive care, the latest Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey indicates.

Defra has defended its approach after it was accused of seeking to “accommodate” the pet industry with rules that enable some animals to be kept in lower standard housing for up to three months 

Professionals who have gone above and beyond will be recognised at awards ceremony in Manchester later this month  (23 March).

Bosses of Veterinary Specialists Scotland say they are “thrilled” to have appointed Tobias Grave.

Fourteen bursaries have been awarded through a VetPartners programme, while applications have also opened for a new round of £80,000 EMS bursary grants from Vets4Pets.

An RCVS disciplinary committee said the incident was “a single, but serious failure” that was unlikely to be repeated.

Officials have described the measure as “very modest” after its approval by the Privy Council.

Consultation launched on plans that would require all poultry keepers to formally register their flocks.

Public health chiefs in the UK said they were remaining vigilant over avian flu, though they stress there is currently no sign that the virus is easily transmissible between humans.