November 2024

“Rising loan amounts will deter talented prospective students from pursuing studies in veterinary sciences and will further increase disparity between those for whom it is financially viable” – Association of Veterinary Students.

9 mins

Practice bosses advised to plan now for increases to their national insurance contributions, and the national living wage, before they come into force next spring.

9 mins

Move comes as a campaign group warns that plans for the latest round of culling activity mean it is likely badgers will become extinct in several parts of England.

10 mins

The research has been approved by the RCVS ethics review panel and has been launched to reveal the impact of outside influences on the clinical advice given by veterinary surgeons to clients. 

3 mins

A professional accused of performing operations that were outside his competence levels has pledged he will never seek to return to practice.

5 mins

Latest veterinary degree programme also attracting interest from outside Scotland, with third of all applications for 2025-26 academic year from elsewhere.

9 mins

Luis Villalonga Rodriguez has won the European College of Veterinary Neurology’s Boehringer Ingelheim – Best Poster Presentation by a Young Neurologist in Training award.

5 mins

Another county has been added to the restricted zone as more cases linked to the transit of animals from areas affected by the disease were detected in North Yorkshire.

4 mins

Cats and Their Stats analysis by Cats Protection warns “rash breeding decisions”, plus more kittens needing homes and depiction of one concerning one in a major film, make current problems worse.

9 mins

Animal Aspirations has celebrated the progress made since its launch five years ago, but warned more still needs to be done.

6 mins

UK vet charity vaccinates 229,488 dogs in intensive two-week campaign by Worldwide Veterinary Service.

6 mins

Online retailers and Trading Standards officials have been alerted to what the company described as “illegally copied” versions of its YuMOVE products.

5 mins

The possibility of professionals being given the chance to vote for members of a college committee has been mooted ahead of a key meeting later this week.

8 mins

Former head of small animal orthopaedics at the Univesity of Liverpool School of Veterinary Science becomes firm’s latest branch partner.

7 mins

UK Pet Food finds just 4% of surveyed owners thought their pet was overweight, while half admitted they had never sought veterinary advice on the issue.

9 mins

Vet Laura, now 31, finished fourth in the 3,000m on the indoor track in Prague in 2015, while she was still a student, but she gets the medal after the winner’s later disqualification for doping offences.

3 mins

Paragon Veterinary Group becomes first winner of Royal Horticultural Society’s new national Sustainable Gardening Award – adding to growing list of green accolades.

5 mins

RCVS Disciplinary Committee hears four charges against Brian Cullen Bowles over an intradermal comparative tuberculin test carried out in his capacity as an OV.

7 mins

October 2024

TV star joined other big name ambassadors at the charity’s seventh annual conference which was held in London from 16 to 17 October.

5 mins

Willett House Veterinary Surgeons, which has eight sites in south-west London, and Hertfordshire-based Reed Veterinary Practice join expanding practice group.

4 mins