The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance has called on global business leaders to recognise the complexity of the antimicrobial resistance challenge in humans and animals.
A news article in Veterinary Times has been welcomed for highlighting the hereditary health crisis affecting cavalier King Charles spaniels and other breeds.
Veterinary practices are being urged to support a campaign to help vaccinate the 100,000 stray and roaming dogs in Sierra Leone at risk of culling because of the fear of rabies.
Many vets are failing to recognise post-neutering pain in cats, it has been claimed, with a survey showing only 33% of felines receive postoperative analgesia (at home), compared with 75% of dogs.
Veterinary professionals can brush up on best practice anaesthesia at a series of Jurox-hosted CPD meetings across England during September and October.
The RCVS has appointed Shona McIntyre and Mary de Las Casas as postgraduate deans to help guide recently graduated vets through their first few years in practice.
Animal welfare charities have expressed concern about the rapidly rising number of primates being kept in "backyard Britain" and joined with the BVA to push for a ban on keeping them as pets.
The RSPCA has advised cat owners to read the labels of flea and tick treatments carefully before use after a cat had to be euthanised when its owner applied a tick-treatment intended for dogs.
Defra has confirmed seven additional licences for badger control measures covering parts of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset, with operations underway.
An online petition launched as part of a campaign to secure access to ketamine as an essential veterinary medicine has secured more than 11,300 signatures - with 15,000 the next milestone.
