Kit Sturgess, specialist in small animal medicine and editor-in-chief of Veterinary Evidence, will lead the charity’s board of volunteer trustees responsible for values, strategy and overall performance.
The Veterinary Wound Library is running six free sessions open to vets and nurses, with each in three sections, lasting 45 minutes and made up of a real case to provide a thought-provoking challenge.
Vet John Ferguson, who previously set up East Neuk Veterinary Clinic in St Monans, Fife, has succeeded in winning planning permission for a primary care and orthopaedic referral centre in Glenrothes.
New rules and tougher penalties are being proposed in a long-awaited report, but MP Neil Hudson and a welfare charity boss believe further restrictions are needed.
London Vet Show initiative aims to bring together tomorrow’s veterinary leaders to gain recognition from their peers and colleagues, and receive an acknowledgment for their early career work.
Pro Plan-branded diets have been formulated to meet the nutritional needs of cats in International Renal Interest Society renal disease stages 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, respectively.
A new Government document has formally recognised violence or threats towards pets, as well as the use of tracking systems on animals, as indicators of domestic abuse.
Organisation has launched a survey, closing on 18 July, on future developments – including notifications for new and updated data sheets, sharing links to data sheets and better search functionality.
A charity that brings peace of mind and practical help to the elderly and terminally ill is among the worthy causes set to benefit from a £120,000 fund organised by VetPartners.
Scientists from the University of Guelph found that dogs on plant-based diets had a mean lifespan of 14.1 years, compared to a mean 12.6 years for those on meat-based diets.
A celebration of the life of International Animal Rescue trustee Lisa Milella will be held on 14 July following her death last month from motor neurone disease.
WellVet is back with a new website, and a series of sessions in July and August focused on issues that have emerged more frequently following the COVID pandemic.
Plans include proposals to remove the requirement - under certain circumstances - for vets to conduct a physical exam before deeming an animal to be 'under their care'.
More than 250 vets are already registered to provide data to Medicine Hub, an industry-wide initiative to collect data on the amount of antibiotics being used in cattle and sheep.
As the profession grapples with a growing recruitment and retention crisis, and vet teams are increasingly stretched, neutering appointments are proving more difficult for owners to book.
