Many vets are failing to recognise post-neutering pain in cats, it has been claimed, with a survey showing only 33% of felines receive postoperative analgesia (at home), compared with 75% of dogs.
The RCVS has appointed Shona McIntyre and Mary de Las Casas as postgraduate deans to help guide recently graduated vets through their first few years in practice.
Being bitten on the first day of a Mission Rabies vaccination programme for the second year running hasn't put vet Fiona Thomson off her desire to help a charity's efforts to stamp out the disease.
Neurosurgeons at the RVC Queen Mother Hospital for Animals have warned of the potential complications of microchipping very small dogs after a Chihuahua puppy was referred with a chip implanted in its brain.