December 2020

Ruminant Health and Welfare group wants vets or advisors to work with sheep producers to focus on key areas of improvement.

5 mins

SPVS and VMG ended their events calendar on a high with live and interactive focus on leadership and management, drawing more than 400 attendees.

4 mins

“We were contacted by the show’s production team, and expressed serious concerns about the concept and title of the programme, as well as the consequences it could have” – BVA.

6 mins

Duchess of Cornwall visits Old Windsor centre in Berkshire to officially open kennels that includes dedicated maternity area and puppy paddock.

5 mins

RCVS’ Mind Matters Initiative is holding two events this month to help members of the veterinary team understand mental ill health.

4 mins

RCVS Veterinary Graduate Development Programme will launch in summer 2021 to replace Professional Development Phase, following detailed feedback provided by profession.

8 mins

Dogs Trust urges Government to raise minimum age of pups entering the UK and increase penalties for smugglers following alarming research results.

58 mins

PDSA reports half a million teleconsults via new telephone appointment system installed to deal with surge in demand caused by pandemic.

4 mins

Body representing animal health firms says "it has not been demonstrated" flea products cause the imidacloprid and fipronil contamination in English rivers.

14 mins

“It was great to celebrate virtually, and give that much-needed boost to the veterinary industry and those involved in it” – Anthony Chadwick of The Webinar Vet.

4 mins

Europe’s largest event for small animal veterinary sector back as an online-only event to deliver 130 hours of CPD across five simultaneous streams per day.

6 mins

Proposals to end long journeys for animals exported for slaughter and fattening a “historic opportunity” to boost UK standards, says environment secretary.

7 mins

Leading bTB experts are concerned the Government is misleading the public and the profession on key facts surrounding the UK’s controversial badger cull.

8 mins

“The new document highlights the importance of the vet-farmer relationship, and it is essential that these changes work in practice for our members and our farming colleagues” – BVA.

3 mins

Batt Laboratories has announced its support for West Midlands Police’s puppy development programme as it adds its first full-time veterinary team member.

4 mins

November 2020

Latest innovation from charity is to help people and their pets off the streets at national network of “pet friendly” hostels.

8 mins

Charity, which has equine centres in Oxfordshire and Staffordshire, wants horse owners’ help with a survey on impact of fireworks.

3 mins

End of Brexit transition, COVID-19 and exotic disease all conspiring on profession at same time, according to a new report from the association.

8 mins

Tributes have been paid to John Lewis, who has died following a short illness.

8 mins

Vet warns of dangers posed to pets by face coverings after performing a gastrotomy and two enterotomies on a sprockador puppy to remove three ingested masks.

6 mins