Veterinary surgeons from across the country were involved in implanting the device into Prince Buttons at Rainbow Equine Hospital, in one of only a handful of procedures in donkeys in the world.
A new round of reform proposals has put hundreds more jobs at risk, just weeks after plans for the company to outsource its finance operations were revealed.
Professionals are being encouraged to take part in a project examining current and future digital capabilities, and how to develop them, but there isn’t long left to have your say.
Full data from 22 practices on hundreds of cases shows what was prescribed and for which conditions, and will help inform group’s clinical audits and guidelines for antimicrobial use.
Bosses hope to raise £100,000 in 12 months for the group, which cares for the pets of homeless people, after making it their first official charity partner.
Christine Middlemiss says profession must shift culture on food safety roles as she joins delegation asking RCVS council to extend a scheme helping to plug potential OV workforce shortages.
Research project will explore effects of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction in adult horses and ponies, and hopes to shape future monitoring and decision-making.
New WSAVA president Ellen van Nierop also worried about critical disparity of access to medicines – with half of all vets working without the basic drugs they need to protect small animal welfare.
BVNA officials describe process of judging practices’ submissions as “incredibly tough” as they reveal the winner and runners-up in one of the competitions it launched as part of the annual campaign.
Ten-year-old Siberian husky Dexter was initially treated for heart base tumour, but later developed rare Budd-Chiari syndrome as it compressed a blood vessel, and had to undergo trans-atrial stenting.
