Bosses of Veterinary Specialists Scotland say they are “thrilled” to have appointed Tobias Grave.

Fourteen bursaries have been awarded through a VetPartners programme, while applications have also opened for a new round of £80,000 EMS bursary grants from Vets4Pets.

An RCVS disciplinary committee said the incident was “a single, but serious failure” that was unlikely to be repeated.

Officials have described the measure as “very modest” after its approval by the Privy Council.

Consultation launched on plans that would require all poultry keepers to formally register their flocks.

Public health chiefs in the UK said they were remaining vigilant over avian flu, though they stress there is currently no sign that the virus is easily transmissible between humans.

An East Kilbride veterinary practice has been named Pet Blood Bank’s top host venue for its work with the organisation.

The Veterinary Human Factors Conference was told the sector must fully embrace new ways of working or risk “going backwards”.

Animal health trade body welcomes new post-Brexit agreement, but says work must not stop there.

Businesses and lawmakers are being urged to do more to prevent advertising that is seen to normalise brachycephalic dogs’ health issues.

Dogs Trust-funded work, led by vet school and the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience at University of Bristol, will look at how dogs respond to pheromones when left alone.

A campaigner says action could have been taken earlier after the Competition and Markets Authority revealed the proportion of independent veterinary practices in the UK almost halved in eight years.

Esther Skelly-Smith says animal welfare will also be a key plank of her year as president.

One of the UK’s leading veterinary groups is asking employees globally to nominate a woman they work with who they believe goes above and beyond.

Analysis finds 95% strongly agree VN title should be protected – while nearly half of respondents said they knew people working as a VN without being RCVS-registered.

New supplies of a vaccine against equine viral arteritis are not expected to be available until this autumn, the company has admitted.