Melissa Donald pledges to spend a lot of her year at the head of RCVS listening to vet professionals and communities to better understand the issues affecting them.

“The overall incidence of suspected adverse reactions for both L2 and L4 vaccine products is… considered to be rare” – VMD statement.

The Veterinary Wound Library is running six free sessions open to vets and nurses, with each in three sections, lasting 45 minutes and made up of a real case to provide a thought-provoking challenge.

Vet John Ferguson, who previously set up East Neuk Veterinary Clinic in St Monans, Fife, has succeeded in winning planning permission for a primary care and orthopaedic referral centre in Glenrothes.

Four new courses, including two that officials believe are the first of their kind in the UK, are due to begin this autumn.

Staff at Wear Referrals in Bradbury, County Durham will feature on Emergency Vets, set to air soon on BBC One’s daytime schedules.

Organisation has launched a survey, closing on 18 July, on future developments – including notifications for new and updated data sheets, sharing links to data sheets and better search functionality.

Owners should avoid “extreme body shapes” before choosing a pet, RVC researchers have warned.

A charity that brings peace of mind and practical help to the elderly and terminally ill is among the worthy causes set to benefit from a £120,000 fund organised by VetPartners.

Scientists from the University of Guelph found that dogs on plant-based diets had a mean lifespan of 14.1 years, compared to a mean 12.6 years for those on meat-based diets.

A celebration of the life of International Animal Rescue trustee Lisa Milella will be held on 14 July following her death last month from motor neurone disease.

WellVet is back with a new website, and a series of sessions in July and August focused on issues that have emerged more frequently following the COVID pandemic.

Brexit deadlock risks increasing animal deaths and suffering unless the current stalemate is fixed quickly, a senior sector leader has warned.

Plans include proposals to remove the requirement - under certain circumstances - for vets to conduct a physical exam before deeming an animal to be 'under their care'.

BVA President Justine Shotton told the organisation’s Annual Welsh Dinner that the pressures of Brexit, COVID-19 and the rise in pet ownership were taking an “unsustainable” toll on the profession.

“Our amazing people are core to our success and investing in them… is vital to make sure we attract and retain talented vets, vet nurses and support teams” – Duncan Phillips, UK and Ireland chief executive.

More than 250 vets are already registered to provide data to Medicine Hub, an industry-wide initiative to collect data on the amount of antibiotics being used in cattle and sheep.

As the profession grapples with a growing recruitment and retention crisis, and vet teams are increasingly stretched, neutering appointments are proving more difficult for owners to book.

Three vets have been suspended from practice over the dishonest submission of mobility score assessments in cows.