Recommendations aim to support and enable the veterinary practice team to implement a consistent, effective approach towards delivering improvements in preventive health care.

Vets using intraoperative fluoroscopy locate 7cm long sewing needle “dangerously close” to dog’s brain and manoeuvre it out.

Two-day event will bring together voices from across the profession and allied industries, delivering clinical lectures and networking opportunities. 

The discovery of EI among vaccinated horses in an active racing yard sparked the racing shutdown – with a decision to be made on Monday as to whether racing can resume.

For the second time this month, further cases of CRGV have been confirmed, meaning the mystery dog disease has been identified in 38 UK counties.

Courses are designed by vets who understand, or who have personal experience of, moving back to practice after a career break.

Bristol, Edinburgh, Nottingham and Preston are some of the cities where the two organisations will be hosting non-clinical CPD events during the next 12 months.

Targeting the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor may be an option for developing new drugs to prevent and treat the disease, according to a veterinary research team in Australia.

Discrimination within the profession is still an issue, says association, as it seeks anonymised examples from vets, VNs, students and practice managers to better understand the problem.

Vets told they do not have to euthanise animals named on the invasive species list, as long as they are being kept as pets.

Eight dates across the UK have been announced to help keep vets and VNs up to date with the latest toxicology information.

“The rising number of brachycephalic dogs is one of the biggest welfare issues Battersea is facing right now, which is heartbreaking to see” – Battersea head vet.