A senior vet who performed surgery says a 15-month-old cocker spaniel would have died without an initiative that allowed him and a colleague to help pay for it.
Initial admissions to veterinary science courses are up this year despite the fall in UCAS applications, but the VSC says those figures donât tell the whole story.
A new survey has found 4 in 10 owners think it will be harder to provide for their pets this winter than last, with heating costs and vet bills the most common concerns.
The college has outlined the protocol through which some misconduct cases that are not deemed to require a full disciplinary hearing will be considered.
Demand for tougher penalties to address âgrowing trendâ of canine cropping, as latest data shows 1,200 alleged cases of mutilation have been reported to RSPCA in past three years.
A clinical audit that reduced prescribing of one common antibiotic by nearly a third has boosted professional and client confidence, practice leaders say.
Three organisations â the British Veterinary Zoological Society, RSPCA and Scottish SPCA â have joined forces to produce a guidance document to help wildlife rehabilitation centres dealing with the virus.
The Freedom Project says demand for its services, which help dog owners escaping domestic abuse, has jumped by almost a quarter in the past year and new volunteers are needed.
Group has urged ministers to introduce a minimum gate price, which it argued could help to protect UK food security against unsustainable production costs.
Practices have now been given until the end of this month to take part in a census looking at the role of veterinary care and animal nursing assistants in practice.
A case â in Craigavon, County Armagh â is the first in Northern Ireland for nearly four years, but its timing is outside the recognised November to May season for the disease.
Cheshire vet Matt Haslam to cover the subject for students and new vet graduates as latest in the Carpool Cases series from the Farm Animal Veterinary Society, in partnership with VetPartners.
Matt Guyâs mother died two weeks into his degree course at the University of Bristol, he retook a year and took out another to prioritise mental health during the pandemic, but is now set to start vet work.Â
Early UCAS data shows the number of scholars being accepted on to courses is currently up around 7% compared to last year, even though admissions are down by a similar amount.
