Veterinary Industry News

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that England will go into a national lockdown on Thursday 5 November, and the start of ...

BVA updates Covid-19 guidance for vets in England and Scotland

BVA

The world’s leading prestigious canine research awards, with prizes of £70,000 (€77,000; US$91,000), returns in ...

Nominations sought for International Canine Health Awards 2021

The Kennel Club

The BSAVA is working with the European Society of Veterinary Endocrinology (ESVE) to inform vets about a change in the antib...

Changes in canine cortisol measurements

BSAVA

The Chief Vets from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are urging bird keepers to maintain and strengthen their farm biosecuri...

Avian Influenza incursion risk raised to high in Great Britain

DEFRA

Jenny Campbell has been confirmed as the first of the Keynote Speakers for BSAVA Virtual Congress 25- 27 March 2021. The Bri...

Dragon’s Den keynote confirmed for new virtual BSAVA Congress

BSAVA

One of the UK’s leading Soft Tissue Specialists has joined Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies). Zoë Halfacree ...

Leading Soft Tissue Specialist joins Davies

Davies Veterinary Specialists

Three Kent vet practices have come together to donate £15,000 to their local animal welfare charity, to help them overcome any COVI...

Kent vets donate £15k to help local charity in lockdown

Vets4Pets

With the London Vet Show postponed until 2021, Elanco are bringing a taste of the congress to vets this November.In recognition of...

Don’t miss out! Join Elanco this November for Vet Show CPD at Home!

Elanco

A cocker spaniel puppy which suffered a double fracture to the jaw after being kicked by a horse has fully recovered following major reco...

Eastcott Veterinary Referrals rebuilds puppy's jaw

Linnaeus Group

The BSAVA has added a nutrition course to its popular Veterinary Nurse Merit Awards (VNMA). The course, which is sponsored b...

BSAVA adds Nutrition Course to Vet Nurse Merit Awards

BSAVA

IVC Evidensia has launched a new Official Veterinarian (OV) export information portal, aimed at UK producers wanting to export products, ...

New Export Health Certificate Information Portal Launched

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

Veterinary nurses, veterinary technicians and certain veterinary paraprofessionals around the world will soon be able to enrol for the fi...

Improve International Launches First Globally Accessible Distance Learning Veterinary Nurse/Veterinary Technician/Veterinary Paraprofessional Certificate Programmes

Improve International

Following the Prime Minister’s recent announcement to reintroduce national restrictions across England from 5 November until 2 Dece...

RCVS updates key Covid-19 guidance for four home nations

RCVS

Vetsina Animal Diagnostics – the new company formed by Roslin Technologies and DESTINA Genomics – has announced the appointme...

Vetsina Animal Diagnostics appoints David Whitcombe as Non-Executive Director

Vetsina Animal Diagnostics

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is looking for five new regional representatives to speak on behalf of vets from those regions a...

Are you the voice of the veterinary profession for your region?

BVA

To celebrate One Health Day (3 November 2020), the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a new campaign to inspire veterinary...

BVA launches #GreenTeamVet for One Health Day

BVA

World Horse Welfare has enlisted the assistance of equine charities and the Cambridge Veterinary School to help an overwhelmed owner of 7...

Vets and charities pull together to provide urgent care for over 70 horses in Cambridgeshire

World Horse Welfare

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed today’s (Sunday 1st November) announcement by Government that it will strengt...

BVA welcomes important step for animal health and welfare as Government puts Trade and Agriculture Commission on legal footing

BVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) will be holding a virtual veterinary nurses evening in November which will welcome over 7...

RCVS to hold November virtual veterinary nursing evening to celebrate new registrants

RCVS

Winter is the prime time to help your horse find his perfect summer body, says SPILLERS™. The colder months can help shift those pe...

Winter’s the time to work on your horse’s summer body says SPILLERS

Spillers

A top equine vet from Kent is in the running to scoop a prestigious’ Amateur Rider of the Decade’ award from leading national...

Vet in race to win prestigious 'rider of the decade' accolade

Linnaeus Group

On Monday 2nd November, XLVets members can tune in to the XLVets Festival, which runs online for the next two weeks. The event comes on t...

XLVets members kick back at COVID with online Festival and extend offer of free Yoga session to the profession

XLVets

Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies) has expanded its neurology service with the appointment of neurology technician Julia...

Davies expands neurology service with appointment of hearing screening specialist

Davies Veterinary Specialists

The Star Paws calendar to find the nation’s favourite pooch is now over! The Daily S...

Cash the golden retriever is top dog in Daily Star’s “Star Paws Takeover” calendar for Blue Cross

The Blue Cross

The head of imaging at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referrals Service in the West Midlands will ...

Continued European role for Willows' imaging specialist

Linnaeus Group

Vets are being urged to highlight the benefits of administering oral rehydration therapy (ORT) to scouring calves to farmers in a bid to ...

Vets urged to highlight the benefits of ORT for scouring calves

CEVA

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh has won the Veterinary School of the Year Award at the prestigious 2020 Glo...

The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies wins 2020 Global Animal Welfare Award

CEVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has instituted a new policy to provide financial support for a number of people with refu...

RCVS institutes policy for financial support for overseas-trained vets with refugee status

RCVS

Three-quarters of vets are concerned about stress and burnout in the profession as a result of Covid-19, according to a new survey from t...

Stress and burnout top vet concerns six months on from Covid lockdown

BVA

Dechra Veterinary Products has unveiled a new apple flavoured presentation of Equipalazone, its trusted powerful pain relief product....

Equipalazone® - a new generation of powerful equine pain relief

Dechra

A new study, published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), showed that transverse sectioning confers si...

New JSAP study shows value of transverse sectioning in assessment of canine alopecia

BSAVA

KCCT to provide £269,000 to kick off fundraising and further research into complex brachycephalic syndromes...

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust commits to advance health research into 13 more brachycephalic breeds

The Kennel Club

Harper Adams University is proud to have appointed Dr Philip Robinson as the Head of its new Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences Depart...

New appointment for Dr Philip Robinson as the Head of Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences at Harper Adams University

Harper Adams University

One of the UK’s leading referral centres has boosted its acclaimed neurology service with the addition of a new clinician....

Southfields boosts neurology team with talented new arrival

Linnaeus Group

Although it’s likely that many official fireworks displays will be cancelled this year because of Covid restrictions, unfortunately...

Top tips to keep your pets safe during fireworks season this year

Royal Canin

Two Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Presidents feature in the first of a new podcast series from RCVS Knowledge, which fo...

New podcast by RCVS Presidents kickstarts initiatives by RCVS Knowledge to diversify the professions’ official record

RCVS

With many public firework displays set to be cancelled this year due to Covid-19, and the likelihood that more people will host private d...

Fireworks advice for dog owners, as private garden displays set to rise because of Covid-19

Dogs Trust

Mars Petcare have announced two free-to-watch webinars to support veterinary experts in treating common dental issues in both cats and do...

Free expert-lead webinars from Mars Petcare aim to help veterinary professionals tackle dental health concerns

The IVC Evidensia BAME Board met for the first time on October 22nd to discuss a variety of aspects within the BAME Scholarship scheme in...

Inaugural BAME Board Meeting at IVC Evidensia

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

New research from The Kennel Club has found that more than 70 per cent of dog owners are worried about the possibility of fireworks movin...

Dog owners fret about fireworks as displays move from parks to private gardens in the wake of Covid-19

The Kennel Club

Following the launch of STELFONTA®, the breakthrough intratumoural solution to treat mast cell tumours in dogs, Virbac is delighted t...

Virbac Offers Interactive Online Mast Cell Tumour CPD Modules

Virbac Animal Health

Vets Eve Thomas and Sarah Parker recently won their bid to take ownership of a local practice. Keen to ensure they were capturing all the...

Intrepid duo open new vet practice with the support of the XLVets community

XLVets

nutravet is pleased to introduce nutramarin+ i...

NEW advanced liver support for pets in easy to administer sprinkle capsule

Nutravet

The Government is backing legislation for tougher prison times for those who cruelly mistreat animals, as plans to introduce more stringe...

Government backs Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill as it takes crucial step forward

DEFRA

National pet charity Blue Cross is offering a lifeline for vulnerable horses and ponies via its Home Direct scheme, ahead of...

Blue Cross offers lifeline for horses during pandemic winter

The Blue Cross

The UK One Health Coordination Group (UKOHCG) has elected multi-disciplined human and animal health nurse, Helen Ballantyne as its new ch...

Human and animal nursing champion to chair UK One Health Coordination Group

BVA

Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies) has invested £1.5m in state-of-the-art veterinary diagnostic imaging systems, r...

Davies elevates image of diagnostics with £1.5m cutting edge investment

Davies Veterinary Specialists