July 2021

A 14-week-old kitten has been saved by a team at Dick White Referrals who performed an intricate operation to remove a swallowed needle that was threatening to puncture its eye.

5 mins

RCVS Knowledge has launched the Canine Cruciate Registry as a free way for vets worldwide to access anonymised information.

5 mins

Virbac and BattLab/Laboklin announce free canine mast cell tumour webinar series to launch in October.

3 mins

Pilots include support such as monthly professional skills training, well-being support and a one-to-one mentoring framework as part of internship programmes.Ā 

9 mins

RCVS ViVet innovation initiative to host free-to-attend 90-minute sessions in September.

4 mins

Vetfit ā€“ along with the WellVet team ā€“ will be hosting a unique one-day well-being event on 17 September designed to support practical personal and team development.Ā 

4 mins

Staff at the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network are asking for vets to help them standardise when and how investigations into potential outbreaks should begin.

7 mins

Level of complaints to professionā€™s mediation service highest since its launch ā€“ with announcement coming the same week BVA reveals extent of client abuse against veterinary teams.

10 mins

Eleven-year-old Sparky had a ā€œfootball-sizedā€ growth of fat surgically removed from his abdomen after it had begun to displace some of his internal organs.

6 mins

ā€œBehavioural problems have rightly been a focus of perceived risk and concern among the veterinary profession and animal welfare organisations. And that is borne out in the reportā€¦ā€ ā€“Ā PDSA senior vet Sean Wensley

15 mins

North-east referral practice carries out second ankle replacement on a Labrador retriever using an innovative system ā€“ two years after first procedure with same system on another ankle.

5 mins

Specialist at Essex practice operates on 17-year-old tortoise left with a prolapsed penis after trying to pass an extremely large bladder stone.

5 mins

RCVS coronavirus survey will ask veterinary professionals to provide evidence of how COVID-19 has impacted experiences of working in profession.

6 mins

Close to 6 in 10 vets in clinical practice felt intimidated by clientsā€™ language or behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic ā€“ a rise of 10 percentage points on 2019.

5 mins

RCVS is embarking on a six-week consultation on a proposed set of new standards and methodology for accrediting UK and international vet degrees.

6 mins

Association commits to providing face-to-face event from 5 to 7 September, back at the ICC in Birmingham.

4 mins

Royal college is looking for applications from undergraduate veterinary students for its RCVS Fellows of the Future competition.

6 mins

Eminent equine vet Sue Dyson, an RCVS fellow, is struck off register for disgraceful conduct after falsifying letter from a fictional Home Office official for a weight study.Ā 

16 mins

Practice group says it is thinking a little differently in its plans for the end-of-year show, to celebrate the return of the face-to-face event.

7 mins

ā€œAlthough parasiticide treatments can be used to treat these infestations, there was some concern that rapidly killing large numbers of worms could lead to anaphylaxis as the worms dieā€ ā€“ vet Nicki Reed.

4 mins