June 2023

Team at Eastfield Vets in Cleethorpes comes to aid of Staffordshire bull terrior-whippet cross Tilly, with vet Jo Patrick dashing to the scene and receptionist Karen Clark joining her to contact owner for consent for treatment.

6 mins

RCVS Knowledge announces its 2023 Quality Improvement Champions and winners in its new category – Antimicrobial Stewardship Champions.

7 mins

Charity’s data follows launch of online support materials for anxiety, and suggests the service may now be seeing levels of annual demand beyond even the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 mins

Movement Referrals: Independent Veterinary Specialists opens at Preston Brook, Cheshire, to provide orthopaedics and neurology referral services.

5 mins

VetTeamAMR – a collection of free evidence-based tools and resources to support vet teams – follows the successful Farm Vet Champions scheme and will launch at an event for equine clinicians on 6 June.

7 mins

May 2023

An online questionnaire – funded by Defra – has been opened as part of the study, but time is running out for veterinary professionals to have their say.

12 mins

Overall Pets at Home company revenue, including retail division, rose 6.6% to ÂŁ1.4 billion, with statutory profit before tax down from ÂŁ148.7 million to ÂŁ122.5 million.

6 mins

Guidelines on professional wellness, reproduction and direct zoonoses, as well as an updated set of its vaccination guidelines, will be unveiled at WSAVA Congress in Lisbon from 27 to 29 September.

5 mins

The initiative, due to be held from 2 to 8 July, will aim to promote improving the health and welfare of these pets in the UK.

4 mins

Scientists hope the latest study based on VetCompass programme data will allow for more targeted health care to be provided for the breed and also aid potential owners.

9 mins

A total of 1,400 people have taken part in the project to date, but professionals and students are still being urged to get involved, regardless of their individual circumstances.

5 mins

Renewed fears exist over the fate of long-sought animal welfare legislation as the fight to get it into law was taken to Downing Street.

6 mins

Long-term funding solutions are critical to ensuring future sustainability in the sector, Malcolm Morley told guests at the dinner in Edinburgh.

6 mins

Document calls for an immediate rethink of policy relating to the disease in England, which its authors say is cruel, wasteful and “fundamentally wrong” – but Defra dismisses its claims.

13 mins

A dedicated stream, focusing on key current and future issues for veterinary sector leaders, is being offered to delegates attending the event in June.

4 mins

Vet and clinical animal behaviourist Kendal Shepherd and canine behaviourist Helen Howell publish open letter describing behaviour of officers in incident as evidence of “a lack of appropriate training”.

9 mins

RCVS fellow Mark Bowen will present on vaccination, serology and guttural pouch lavage as a combination of tools to keep highly contagious infection at bay.

4 mins

Experts have urged the Birmingham event that technology is unlikely to replace vets, but could “drive” them if they are not part of its development.

6 mins

Analysis published by the 2023 PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report suggests 48% of veterinary professionals had seen an increase in the number of dogs being euthanised on behavioural grounds.

13 mins

Association announces winners and highly commended finalists in three categories.

7 mins