The BVA has said steps are being taken to educate vets and students in poultry welfare and medicine protocols, following an increase in the number of people keeping pet chickens.
The European Medicines Agency has issued a marketing authorisation valid throughout the EU for a vaccine against a new type of haemorrhagic disease virus.
Chickens are now the UK’s sixth most popular pet, but the majority of vets are “dumbfounded” when presented with a poorly bird in their surgery, it has been claimed.
Two new cases of Babesia have been confirmed in untravelled UK dogs, lending weight to predictions the disease could spread this autumn and next spring.
The BVA has announced a £10,000 donation to Vetlife after Veterinary Times revealed a near tripling of annual contacts to the charity dedicated to helping vets in crisis.
A confidential charity dedicated to helping vets in crisis has revealed a near tripling of annual contacts to its anonymous helpline over the past three years.
An RCVS disciplinary committee hearing has been adjourned indefinitely after respondent Roger Meacock agreed to amend his website to make it compliant with his professional responsibilities.
A call has been made for all UK veterinary practices to be subject to compulsory infection control inspections in a bid to combat antimicrobial resistance.
The UK’s reputation for animal health and food quality post-Brexit lies in the hands of the country’s official veterinarians, according to UK CVO Nigel Gibbens.
