Vets are to be given the chance to shape the way animal abuse is tackled by participating in a new survey that could bring the profession in line with its human medicine counterpart.
TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham has urged companion animal vets not to “talk down to” clients and understand they are not just treating pets, but also their human owners.
Leeds-based Beechwood Veterinary Group is inviting pets to free nail clipping clinics to raise money for a local rescue fund that helps pay for the treatment and care of strays.
The Veterinary Christian Fellowship is to explore pain management in companion animals via a CPD session at the University of Bristol's vet school in May.
Vets who prefer consulting to theatre work should be tasked with front-of-house duties to help practices better meet preventive health care challenges in the 21st century.
Vets and VNs from Pride Vets in Derby are heading off to Morocco to help animals in need – and are appealing to their colleagues to help raise extra funds and donate equipment before they go.
The UK’s largest employer of vets has been tipped to “show scope for earnings to more than double in the next five years” by analysts at a leading city financial institution.
Profession members owning golden retrievers or Labrador retrievers are being urged to take part in a study to increase understanding of canine atopic dermatitis.
Vets have expressed their concern diet myths could be harming rabbits’ health after a BVA survey revealed 85% of vets had serious concerns about the herbivore’s health due to the wrong food.
Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service is offering veterinary staff the chance to enhance their knowledge on a range of topics via upcoming CPD events.
Veterinary students from The University of Nottingham have examined 400 of the Queen’s military horses alongside British Army vets and soldiers to conduct a screening programme for a potentially life-threatening equine disease.
Vets will have the chance to discuss hot topics and share experiences with their human medicine counterparts as part of a new platform aimed at furthering the concept of one health.
