In a Vet Times exclusive, Daniella Dos Santos and BVA president James Russell pay tribute to vets across the UK and rally the troops ahead of another “difficult year”.
Choir of veterinary professionals and their families premieres first performances online, with all rehearsals and recordings carried out remotely over Zoom.
After tougher restrictions – including a new Tier 4 for England – were introduced to help curb a virulent new COVID-19 variant, RCVS and BVA contact CVOs to ensure advice to vets is in line with rules in all four nations.
Shearbridge Veterinary Centre’s reception Christmas trees at surgeries in Queensbury, Bradford and Hipperholme, Halifax, allow owners to remember lost pets, with the practice making £1 charity donations for each one.
Laboratory is the first in the UK to sign up to the Equine Veterinary Surveillance Network and will contribute valuable disease surveillance to project.
“We’ve created the VET Honours to recognise the camaraderie and highlight the community we have in each other in the veterinary world" – Nicole Cooper, VET Festival.
A third of owners talked to their animals during the pandemic, with 43% saying their pet helped them cope and three-quarters saying their companion understands them.
“The establishment of this centre will not only pave the way for innovation in the field of regenerative medicine... it will also contribute to the growth of our local economy” – RVC.
Biologists from Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, find evidence of arms race between X and Y chromosomes in cattle to determine proportion of males and females in the next generation.
“The RSPCA has been calling for a complete ban on the keeping and trade of primates as pets for some time, because their needs simply cannot be met in a domestic environment” – Ros Clubb, senior scientific manager at the RSPCA.
