January 2022

University of Central Lancashire hosting free talk to outline how its skills-based veterinary curriculum could help solve some of the challenges facing the veterinary profession.

4 mins

Independent practice owner Lennon Foo will host the two-part webinar series on 31 January and 7 February for students and new graduates.

4 mins

Vets are being encouraged to make the case to farmers for trace element supplementation, which can help at a stressful time for cows.

4 mins

Operation Magic Carpet rescued 92 people – including 13 vets who had worked with the Mayhew – to safety in Pakistan, and is now seeking support and financial aid to help secure them new lives in the UK.

17 mins

Major milestone as Jonny Hughes, a veterinary diagnostic imaging specialist, becomes the latest team member at the teleradiology and teleconsulting company.

3 mins

The 24/7 support service is currently provided by 93 volunteer responders – including 3 with 25 years each of voluntary service with the charity.

7 mins

One in every 250 dogs prescribed behaviour-modifying drugs each year, with toy poodle, Tibetan terrier and shih-tzu most likely to be medicated – but researchers fear many cases are missed.

5 mins

Largest veterinary care provider in Europe has expanded its offering in France with the addition of practice chain VetOne.

4 mins

Veterinary Voices Hiking Group is a new venture encouraging professionals to reach out, post local walks and meets, and create a supportive community. 

6 mins

Event had been due to take place in Newport this January, but restrictions on events in Wales have prompted organisers to hold it later in the year. 

3 mins

The team at Northwest Veterinary Specialists inserted five screws into the vertebrae of a two-year-old dog suffering from a compressed spine.

4 mins

Company behind Stelfonta says a survey it carried out on its stand at the London Vet Show shows many vets personally diagnosed average of seven cases per year.

5 mins

All of the practice group’s referral hospitals with rotating intern initiatives will participate this year, taking the number of interns to 79.

6 mins

University of Cambridge, Linnaeus and The Kennel Club have partnered to identify factors contributing to the risk of developing idiopathic epilepsy in dogs.

7 mins

Practice in Hythe, near Southampton, took steps to reduce its environmental impact in six key areas and secured an Investors in the Environment Award.

6 mins

Nominations for the Petplan Veterinary Awards 2022 close in four days’ time on 10 January.

5 mins

The RCVS disciplinary committee refused the restoration of Gary James Cassius Samuel after deciding he continues to represent a risk to the welfare of animals. 

10 mins

UK’s chief vet says she fully recognises the efforts of professions and knows people are tired, but “best approach is to continue to work as a team”.

14 mins

December 2021

Livingston-based referral practice has been accredited as a Gold Cat Friendly Clinic under the International Society of Feline Medicine scheme.

5 mins

The 12-year-old collie was caught under the wheels of a car, so run over twice, in a road traffic collision that left him with fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a damaged abdominal wall and pelvis.

4 mins