Association launches its latest policy position in response to Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act, acknowledging benefits as well as urging caution.
Defra minister says “if action is needed, it will be proportionate and sensible”, but adds that sport is making “considerable efforts” to address issues.
Cats Protection officials have warned that more than four million cats may not be receiving regular care – and nearly a million are not registered with a vet at all.
Clinicians and students – both with and without experience of suicidal thinking – are being invited to participate in the study by University of Glasgow PhD student James Glass.
Posting of online promotions for surgery to remove the nictitans gland provokes fury among ophthalmology group and professionals who believe it raises serious ethical and welfare questions.
Concerns about the effectiveness of long-sought legislative reforms were highlighted during a discussion of what organisers see as the current “crisis” in the veterinary sector.
Sites in three areas of England and Wales are now known to have been affected by the virus following the movement of animals from other areas where it is circulating.
Officials hope work being led by academics in Liverpool and backed by both clinicians and police chiefs will make it easier to track down the owners of dogs who attack livestock.
