April 2024

Vets, technical staff and poultry managers all welcome for week-long course in June taught by specialists at The Pirbright Institute, University of Surrey and from industry.

4 mins

International Collective on Extreme Conformations in Dogs agrees on what healthy dogs should look like, and publishes position statement it hopes will aid prospective dog owners.

10 mins

Veterinary and welfare sector leaders have backed calls for wide-ranging legislative and regulatory change after MPs set out the range of measures they think are needed.

9 mins

Topics and dates revealed for Farm Animal Veterinary Society’s “Carpool Cases” series, which are scheduled to run until February 2025.

4 mins

Applications are now open for a new BEVA programme starting this summer that aims to extend career support for vets beyond existing schemes for new graduates.

6 mins

Pressure is growing within the veterinary sector against tougher migration rules, which it is feared will drive up both costs and recruitment challenges.

11 mins

A joint response by the BVA, the BSAVA, the BVNA, SPVS and the VMG has been published after a consultation on plans for a full market investigation ended yesterday (11 April).

6 mins

Vetlife’s new impact report has been released in which its president says he thinks the current need for its services is higher “than at any time in its history”.

5 mins

Consultation on pathway project imminent, but Sue Paterson told BSAVA Congress delegates initial focus groups highlighted significant “inequalities” in access.

9 mins

College snatches pole position in veterinary science area for fourth year in a row.

4 mins

Seventeen candidates are in the running for seats on the college’s council and VN council, with voting remaining open throughout most of April.

9 mins

Recent cases have raised questions about the procedures through which some professionals were granted anonymity in both their hearings and the documents published from them.

10 mins

The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals stepped in with the largest donation in its history for nine-year-old Liza.

4 mins

Vet group refuses to confirm job cut numbers, despite speculation dozens of roles could be axed.

7 mins

Vets are being asked to share their experiences of testing for and treating lungworm during the current grazing season.

4 mins

Plea comes as Antibiotic Amnesty organisers reveal major advances in both the number of products returned and practices participating in last year’s programme.

10 mins

Defra warned in a legal letter on behalf of two wildlife organisations, which alleged the department failed to properly set out its case for the proposals.

9 mins

Two leading vets and researchers clashed on the issue during a packed, and at times heated, discussion at BSAVA Congress, while the BVA defended use of anthelmintic products.

10 mins

Panel of “world-leading experts” will present guidance ahead of WSAVA’s first breeding control direction.

3 mins

Potential impact of Competition and Markets Authority review and its aftermath was picked up extensively by speakers during BSAVA Congress.

10 mins