“Rising loan amounts will deter talented prospective students from pursuing studies in veterinary sciences and will further increase disparity between those for whom it is financially viable” – Association of Veterinary Students.
Practice bosses advised to plan now for increases to their national insurance contributions, and the national living wage, before they come into force next spring.
Move comes as a campaign group warns that plans for the latest round of culling activity mean it is likely badgers will become extinct in several parts of England.
The research has been approved by the RCVS ethics review panel and has been launched to reveal the impact of outside influences on the clinical advice given by veterinary surgeons to clients.
Latest veterinary degree programme also attracting interest from outside Scotland, with third of all applications for 2025-26 academic year from elsewhere.
Luis Villalonga Rodriguez has won the European College of Veterinary Neurology’s Boehringer Ingelheim – Best Poster Presentation by a Young Neurologist in Training award.
Another county has been added to the restricted zone as more cases linked to the transit of animals from areas affected by the disease were detected in North Yorkshire.
Cats and Their Stats analysis by Cats Protection warns “rash breeding decisions”, plus more kittens needing homes and depiction of one concerning one in a major film, make current problems worse.
Online retailers and Trading Standards officials have been alerted to what the company described as “illegally copied” versions of its YuMOVE products.
The possibility of professionals being given the chance to vote for members of a college committee has been mooted ahead of a key meeting later this week.
UK Pet Food finds just 4% of surveyed owners thought their pet was overweight, while half admitted they had never sought veterinary advice on the issue.
Vet Laura, now 31, finished fourth in the 3,000m on the indoor track in Prague in 2015, while she was still a student, but she gets the medal after the winner’s later disqualification for doping offences.
Paragon Veterinary Group becomes first winner of Royal Horticultural Society’s new national Sustainable Gardening Award – adding to growing list of green accolades.
