May 2019

The BCVA is urging all vets who spend at least 25% of their time seeing cattle – whether BCVA members or not – to help them formulate policy for the next five years.

4 mins

Stick injury punctured dog’s oesophagus and travelled a considerable distance down its neck.

4 mins

The renovation of the Hobday Building at the school’s Camden campus marks the most extensive redevelopment the estate has seen in more than 80 years.

5 mins

The collective behind Rabbit Awareness Week (1 to 9 June) has released three webinars aimed at highlighting the importance of preventive care.

5 mins

Global names in gastroenterology will be sharing their knowledge to help vets and VNs support the work of the British Horse Society and the University of Nottingham’s REACT to colic campaign.

4 mins

Hampshire referral group becomes European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia Satellite Training Centre in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia.

3 mins

The technique has been pioneered by Matthias Schneider, head of the Department of Cardiology at the University of Giessen, Germany.

4 mins

VetCompass study provides hard evidence of what veterinary surgeons have long suspected, and also identifies breeds at highest risk.

3 mins

April 2019

Veterinary surgeons are being urged to measure the blood pressure of all cats older than seven years old as part of Feline Hypertension Month, starting on 1 May.

5 mins

Vet Ian Wright says , despite the lurid headlines, UK vets did have lessons to learn from the discovery – for the first time in the UK – of a male Hyalomma rufipes tick on an untravelled horse.

6 mins

WSAVA president Shane Ryan, believes vets are often overlooking welfare issues in their patients due to the increasing pressure they are working under.

5 mins

The programme – starting in January 2020 – consists of 14 modules and is delivered using a combination of lectures and practical sessions.

3 mins

Study on lambs by scientists at The Pirbright Institute could eventually pave way for a human vaccine against CCHF virus.

4 mins

BBC report, compiled by Government figures, named two of the UK’s largest veterinary groups as having the largest gender pay gaps among UK companies with 5,000 or more employees.

4 mins

BVDzero Scholarship Programme from Boehringer Ingelheim, in collaboration with the World Association for Buiatrics, will award €1,000 to undertake high-quality farm animal practice to each of 10 successful student applicants.

Vets and medics will gather on 7 May to share knowledge and insights about the impact of human factors on patient safety.

3 mins

As part of her lecture at BSAVA Congress, zoo vet Heather Bacon warned some rescue dogs imported into the UK are “absolutely not suitable as pets”.

4 mins

Operation described as “the most extensively-affected case of surgically-managed pyothorax” seen by an experienced veterinary surgeon.

6 mins

Ambitious initiative aimed at reducing antibiotic use has been rolled out to more than 450 Vets4Pets and Companion Care practices.

4 mins

Research identifies new pathways involved in the development of Marek’s disease, which can help generate control strategies to reduce virus spread.

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