Association, with support from MSD Animal Health, creates scholarship in name of leading vet who died in 2020, and is welcoming applications from veterinary students across the world.
Fabian Rivers, who is on The Pets Factor on the BBC children’s channel, has appeared in a Cats Protection documentary raising awareness about online mis-selling of kittens.
Webinar is one of 16 now available as part of Wales’ Farming Connect Animal Health and Welfare programme, in conjunction with the National Animal Disease Information Service.
Grant applications can be either clinical or non-clinical and criteria include further education scholarships, advancement of research, educational schemes, and the advancement of learning and knowledge.
Cases in Bristol and Devon mean five cases of potentially fatal cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy in the UK in 2022 – and takes all-time figure to 284.
Research led by The Pirbright Institute finds variants alpha, beta and delta can infect more species, such as rodents and ferrets, compared to the ancestral virus strain.
Paragon Veterinary Referrals’ head of surgery Mickey Tivers and head of cardiology Chris Linney combined to perform complex surgery to correct rare defect that affects only one in 5,000 cats.
Actress and radio presenter Gemma Atkinson is backing pet nutrition firm’s campaign to provide more than 150,000 meals for shelter pets across participating countries.
Survey finds while 75% of respondents loved helping students and offering EMS, more than 60% cited fear of introducing infection to the practice as reason for not providing it during pandemic.
US doctor Jeffrey Bernfield, a Chicago-based specialist in diagnostic radiology, sought out vets at Dick White Referrals for treatment of severe mitral valve disease in 12-year-old cockapoo, Hula.
“It’s difficult because the bottom line for us is that we have had no response from anyone in Government at all,” says vet Anne, who believes refugees could instead go to Canada, Caribbean or south-east Asia.
Humane Society International and partner groups have established a fund, backed by Mars Incorporated, to pay for up to €250 (£209) for up to five pets each in 38 countries – including UK.
Stuart Reid CBE, president and principal of the vet school, has been granted honorary life membership of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine.
Former RCVS president Amanda Boag and Liz Barton, co-founder of WellVet and the Vet Mums group, say much more needs to be done across veterinary sector to stamp out systemic issues.
Vets at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referrals Service fitted an emergency pacemaker to the seven-year-old German shepherd dog after he was diagnosed with persistent atrial standstill.
Andrea Ang, of The University of Edinburgh, won the BVBA Veterinary Studies Award 2022, with Sophie Oliver, of the University of Nottingham, the runner-up.
