March 2017

A family of Labrador retrievers has been given a key role in helping select VN students to study at Edinburgh Napier University.

3 mins

University of Nottingham staff and students are rising to the challenge of collecting charity cash with their own version of The Great British Bake Off.

5 mins

Staff at the RVC are celebrating after ranking as one of the top three veterinary schools in the world in the QS World University Rankings.

3 mins

Vets and students keen to develop their neutering skills have a unique opportunity to enhance their knowledge via a training course in Spain, helping unwanted greyhounds in the process.

3 mins

A novel appeal has been made for play equipment to help relieve the boredom and enrich the lives of abandoned ponies rescued from Bodmin Moor.

2 mins

Formally adopted at a council meeting on 2 March, the RCVS has published a document outlining the three core principles that will guide its approach to the Brexit process.

4 mins

Athlete and veterinary student Laura Muir has spoken exclusively to Veterinary Times of her delight at becoming a double European Indoor Champion.

4 mins

A vet based in Greater Manchester has used his own pet to help a 17-year-old cat whose red blood cells plummeted after surgery.

4 mins

Subjects taught at The University of Nottingham - including veterinary science - are among the best in the world according to a new league table.

3 mins

Dogs at the Kimblewick Hunt's kennels in Buckinghamshire were suspected of having the disease in December, with animal health officials confirming the outbreak a month later.

4 mins

Vets across the UK have been put on the alert for a scam designed to steal thousands of pounds from practices.

5 mins

The chairman of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance has stood up for the efforts to reduce antibiotic use as it claimed a new fund-raising campaign could “demotivate” such activity.

6 mins

Vets are being made aware of a case of zoonotic Brucella canis in a rescue dog imported into the UK from Serbia/Romania.

3 mins

Helen and Mike Jeffreson of Eastfield Veterinary Hospital in Lincolnshire are hanging up their stethoscopes after steering the business from a tiny surgery into one of the UK’s most respected practices.

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A fund-raising campaign sparked by a dog’s successful fight against cancer has ended with the AHT receiving its biggest ever donation from an online charity group.

4 mins

Refusal from councillors today (6 March) for South Lakes Safari Zoo in Dalton-in-Furness result of concern over whether Zoo Licensing Act conservation matters would be implemented.

5 mins

Research finds majority of sports horses were able to return to their intended use after treatment as well as compete on a satisfactory level for several years.

4 mins

Charity Brooke says it hopes to raise £23,600 to provide food and water for almost 14,000 donkeys in Kenya after its government declared a national disaster.

3 mins

Defra has said around 55,000 birds are being culled after a new case of avian flu was detected on a farm following the investigation of another premises.

2 mins

Redwings Horse Sanctuary has published the full report of its survey of more than 2,000 horse owners to assess awareness of strangles, attitudes towards the disease, and biosecurity practices.

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