The achievements of people from the veterinary, farming and charity industries who go beyond the call of duty to enhance animals' lives have been celebrated at the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2017.
The BCVA has welcomed a suggestion from a Government minister that infecting badgers with “something like a herpes virus†could help disseminate a vaccine against bTB.
The Canine Rehabilitation Institute is to bring the Certified Canine Rehabilitation Therapist programme's Canine Sports Medicine module to the University of Surrey in September.
A year on from the introduction of compulsory microchipping in England, Scotland and Wales, a BVA survey has found 44% of vets surveyed cannot reunite missing or stray dogs with their owners due to incorrect chip information.
UK vets, and students on veterinary medicine and VN courses, have been urged to help some of Portugal’s most vulnerable animals – and explore the country at the same time – by signing up to a new volunteer scheme.
Ecologists at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology have led a study on strategies for controlling midge-borne diseases such as bluetongue and Schmallenberg virus.
Equine vets and horse owners will have access to the latest research and resources on common emergency conditions in horses with the launch of a website.
Vets are being challenged to help researchers from the University of Liverpool as they attempt to establish the impact of fluke infection in horses across the UK.
CVO Nigel Gibbens has launched a Government Veterinary Services blog to create a place for Government vets to share stories about the varied roles they undertake.
The RCVS has announced the winners of this year’s Queen’s Medal and Golden Jubilee Award – the highest honours the college can bestow on a veterinary surgeon and veterinary nurse.
A leading veterinary dermatologist has called for vets to prescribe narrow-spectrum antibiotics for first-line cases of otitis externa to help reduce levels of multiple-resistant, chronic infections.
