RCVS council votes to refer the trial back to the standards committee to consider the issues, parameters and scope of the trial, and carry out further consultation.
UK CVO Christine Middlemiss addressed the subject of the veterinary workforce in a speech, ”A vet’s life post-Brexit”, given to delegates at BCVA Congress.
The Veterinary Client Mediation Service, funded by the RCVS, and operated by a leading Hertfordshire law firm offers help and guidance to resolve complaints between vets and clients.
Veterinary Times, London Vet Show and Medivet are teaming up to stream news, views and interviews direct to a multi-plasma wall on both days of the event next month.
RVC awarded two out of three grants in first tranche of money for developing vaccines, diagnostic tools and mathematical models to combat infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Emma Goodman Milne believes all vet students should spend time in a nursing role, while qualified vets could spend “one month every few years” working as a veterinary nurse.
More education required to assist clinicians and nurses in identifying physical signs of such activity, and more advice and support in reporting it, RVC survey concludes.
It will now be 11 years from the birth of the infected animal before Scotland can return to its previous bovine spongiform encephalopathy negligible risk status.
New recombinant virus vaccine offers partial protection against infectious bronchitis virus, but further research is needed to develop more robust solution.
“This is the largest study of Labrador retrievers to date and will substantially change how we view the health of this breed” – VetCompass researcher Dan O’Neill.