Nationwide programme encourages farmers to work more closely with vets on herd health planning to prevent disease in their animals and increase vaccination rates.
“While we know disease surveillance is a priority for the profession, we would like to understand what drives veterinary professionals to engage with the scanning surveillance system..."
Peers, MPs and vets gathered at the House of Commons on 27 June to discuss animal health, welfare, public health and veterinary workforce issues at a BVA and RCVS briefing.
Panellists will argue for and against the benefits of corporatisation to the veterinary profession, as well as clients, in a "Moral Maze" style debate.
The Vet Refresh and Nurse Refresh programmes aim to offer flexible and supportive CPD packages to support professionals returning to practice after a career break.
The RSPCA has launched an investigation into an abandoned dog found unable to walk and with claws so long they had curled three times before embedding in its pads.
The canine health experts offered myotherapy treatments, and conducted workshops and practical training sessions during their nine-day trip to Bangalore.
The £1.6 million facility at The Donkey Sanctuary in Devon can also offer practices within its catchment area a second opinion if required for donkey and mule patients.
The first article from the VBJ-powered Big 6 forum project has been published, and sees a panel of 18 practice owners, vets, business leaders and academics discuss the role of work-life balance in practice.
The Pets’n’Vets Family network has criticised the Scottish Parliament’s decision to lift the blanket ban on tail docking, saying it "cannot fit with the dog-loving ethos of our practice".
The Bull Breeding Soundness Examination course from the BCVA includes demonstrations of examination and semen collection techniques using electro-ejaculation on bulls in farm settings.
