May 2021

Podcast will now include real life features, as well as special guests and informal discussions on the latest equine clinical topics.

3 mins

RCVS Knowledge, which is leading the VMD-backed scheme, launches online practical training programme to get members of network of vets ready to tackle antimicrobial resistance on farms. 

7 mins

Action Plan for Animal Welfare to focus on five key areas – animal sentience and cruelty; international advocacy; farm animal welfare; welfare of pets; and kept wild animals. 

6 mins

Vets remove 30 rubber gloves from the stomach of a Rottweiler during three-hour operation.

5 mins

Chris Linney has become the only boarded cardiology specialist to practise in the county of Yorkshire after taking a job at Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield.

4 mins

Vets at Axiom Veterinary Laboratories alarmed about an increase in confirmed CTVT cases, most of them in dogs imported from Romania – and have urged colleagues to be alert.

8 mins

RVC student Collette Taylor’s PhD research is into development of novel diagnostic targets to find specific leptospira in canine clinical cases.

6 mins

New series of popular podcast will focus on the relationships between specialists and the first opinion practices they serve.

4 mins

After success of online presentations in 2020, association has announced a return on 24 to 26 May via a free event.

4 mins

The Investors in the Environment award is recognition for the association’s ongoing initiatives to minimise its environmental impacts.

4 mins

April 2021

Passing of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill means maximum sentences for animal cruelty offences have been increased from six months to five years.

5 mins

College has published a set of FAQs to guide veterinary professionals through some of its guidance on veterinary medicines.

4 mins

Fabio Stabile and Sarah Mason at Southfields Veterinary Specialists team up to work on rare case in four-year-old border collie.

6 mins

Equine dentistry specialists Chris Pearce and Nicole du Toit aim to help build knowledge on selection criteria for modern dentistry techniques.

3 mins

“Dry eye can be a devastating disease and PDT surgery offers hope to those when management with medicine fails” – Chris Dixon, Veterinary Vision.

4 mins

Half-day event – on Tuesday 25 May from noon to 4pm – will focus exclusively on cats, and is aimed at vets and VNs.

4 mins

Brainchild of RCVS-recognised advanced practitioner in zoological medicine Sonya Miles, website will feature range of courses, fact sheets, care sheets and how-to videos.

3 mins

Annabelle Chappell has completed her first year at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, but is now just weeks from having to walk away as she cannot afford to pay her course fees.

14 mins

Sheldon Middleton has taken over from Ian Ramsey as president of the association, and wants to use the successes of first virtual event to shape his year.

5 mins

In a joint response to the royal college consultation on plans for widespread reform of veterinary legislation that closes today (23 April), associations want level of regulation proportionate to level of risk.

12 mins