Birmingham vet centre – one of the largest in UK – has capacity to treat up to 10,000 pets a year.

A new digital platform aims to help vets treating the condition after more than three-quarters of survey respondents said they linked key signs to old age.

The college has agreed to work with the Advanced Veterinary Care Foundation in Mumbai to help improve standards and increase collaboration.

Owners are being urged to act quickly to secure exemptions to keep their pets before the ban comes into force early in the new year.

Around 100 companies and organisations have given support to the plan that sets out the industry’s objectives for the next five years.

The association’s president said Steve Barclay had taken over the department at “a critical time” and urged him to work with them on new veterinary legislation and other subjects.

Movement restrictions are in place around the site near Canterbury, where a single cow was confirmed to have the virus over the weekend.

Researchers say work on analysing dozens of samples is expected to be completed early in the new year and has “very exciting” potential.

Advice has been reissued to owners after an American study raised fears of a potential decline in effectiveness from the two main treatments available in the UK.

The wording of proposed changes to the college’s election regulations has been amended amid fears previously approved language “might inadvertently stray” into non-professional areas.

The group has teamed up with Responsible Use of Medicines Alliance – Companion Animal and Equine to greater support the profession in educating clients of dangers.

Dog Control Coalition, whose members include the BVA, has also voiced fears there is “no clear understanding” of just how many dogs could be affected by the forthcoming legislation.

Business, which is part of the science and diagnostics division of Mars Petcare, says new UK laboratory will open in Warwick on 15 November.

The BVA and RSPCA have both welcomed plans to ban livestock exports for fattening and slaughter, but believe more welfare measures should be on the legislative agenda.

Vets who tracked down a lost pet’s owners have warned his case was a rare one as the implementation of new requirements draws closer.

The Pesticide Action Network says legislative steps to prevent the use of several chemicals already present in many rivers are now needed, but both the BVA and VMD have reacted cautiously.

The event returns to Stratford-upon-Avon, where delegates will be encouraged to take charge of their own mental health in its keynote address.

Bosses claim the new paper will enable them to identify where changes need to be made and could also support the wider profession’s work.