Watford-based firm intent on UK and European expansion hopes to increase its current 160 branch partners with modernised model featuring more favourable exit options.
Former BVA president Gudrun Ravetz admitted the Competition and Markets Authority process could be âbumpyâ, but has backed the sector to come through and maintain public trust.
Sue Paterson told a Welsh parliamentary inquiry sector had âprogressively lost controlâ of its ability to regulate practices amid a lack of progress on legislative reform.
Female youngster was found dehydrated, unconscious, weak and with a low body temperature in a garden, but team at Goddard Veterinaryâs Groupâs Caterham practice in Surrey were able to save her.
Regulator says the ânature and potential significanceâ of concern about competition for companion animal services is so great that a full investigation must take place â despite criticism.
Welfare legislation that imposes requirements that were only previously applied to livestock on the island are to be enforced for domestic pets from this weekend.
Ceva warns vets and farmers that a vaccine batch failure in the manufacturing process will mean a gap in supply of Cevac Chlamydia from June to August.
Bosses respond after officials describe a pay and conditions offer from Valley Vets as âderisoryâ and begin balloting members for action a year after recognition agreement.
Two vaccines have now been approved for emergency use in the Netherlands and an academic believes the rollout there will have a crucial influence on the scale of any new outbreak here.
A leading academic advocate of the diet says he is more confident of his teamâs findings, after new analysis raised questions over health claims linked to the approach.
Topics will include brachycephalics and extreme breeding, animal welfare in a global crisis, vegan pet food, animal experimentation and the environmental impacts of parasiticides in the profession.
Bosses at OOH provider insist the move is temporary, but necessary for legal reasons, and say they cannot guarantee the safety of staff who do choose to sleep on site.
