BSAVA says its new system offers “unprecedented, tailored and flexible support for all stages of an individual’s career, while allowing people to explore their own development pathway”.
Device can track the location of a point light source through the imaging of “ballistic and snake” photons using a time resolved single-photon detector array.
Veterinary studies point to ways producers can make better use of drugs in pigs by delivering doses large enough to treat various diseases – but no larger.
Regan Veterinary Group is planning canine well-being clinics after teaming up with a charity to offer health checks and antiparasitic treatments to dogs owned by the homeless.
Small animal specialist Andy Moores, from Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists, awarded RCVS′ highest honour for meritorious contributions to clinical practice.
Jolle Kirpensteijn has received the WSAVA's President's Award in recognition of his work to "transform" the organisation and enhance the effectiveness of its global operations.
More than 1,000 vets have been asked to share their records to demonstrate they are keeping their skills and knowledge up-to-date by completing minimum CPD requirements.
The Small Animal Medicine Society (SAMSoc) has embarked on a recruitment drive to swell the ranks of vets and vet students with an interest in small animal internal medicine.
John Fishwick claims he is “constantly inspired by tenacity and dedication of colleagues”, while outgoing president Gudrun Ravetz hails small acts of joined-up working by veterinary family.
Willie Anderson, who was a contemporary of Alf Wight and qualified the same year the Mini car launched, is still seeing animals after close to six decades in profession.
Ethical issues around euthanasia and welfare concerns associated with breeding animals for physical traits will be discussed by speakers, including TV vet Emma Goodman Milne.
The Veterinary Poisons Information Service is to host a series of refresher courses throughout 2018, aimed at keeping vets and VNs up to date in small animal toxicology.
Cardiologists in the US are researching the use of transvenous electrical cardioversion, a procedure that utilises an electric shock through carefully placed electrodes in the heart.
A research paper identifies high dose rate brachytherapy, which does not produce any significant acute adverse effects, as the best way of treating periorbital sarcoids in horses.
Merial Animal Health-organised webinar on bovine neonatal diarrhoea will be presented by independent veterinary consultant Alan Murphy, and cover prevention and control measures.
