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One of the north-west’s leading small animal hospitals has seen its neurology service continue to blossom after the appointment of a new c...

Green-Fingered Neurology Clinician Joins Runcorn Animal Hospital

Linnaeus Group

Team members from the oncology department at a Cheshire animal hospital are skipping into action to raise money for charity. The ‘100...

Skip To It! Month-Long Charity Challenge At Runcorn Animal Hospital

Linnaeus Group

He will develop a flexible curriculum with a core focus on enabling veterinary professionals to tailor their development for a lifelong care...

Rob Kelly joins CVS as Head of Clinical Veterinary Education

CVS UK Ltd

A north-west veterinary hospital is top of the class after three of its clinicians passed exams enabling them to become specialists in their...

Three Specialists Toast Exam Success At Runcorn Animal Hospital

Linnaeus Group

CVS has introduced nine pioneering clinical improvement projects to support colleagues in achieving outstanding levels of patient care withi...

CVS introduces pioneering clinical improvement projects to achieve outstanding levels of patient care

CVS UK Ltd

A leading Somerset animal hospital is celebrating exam success for one of its vets which sees him join the elite of his profession. Jos...

Somerset Animal Hospital Celebrates Exam Success

Linnaeus Group

Resource unveiled ahead of dedicated BVA Live session on parasite control for dogs and catsA brand-new resource pack is now available to hel...

New resource to guide pet owners on responsible use of parasiticides

BVA

Marianne Davies from Iver in Buckinghamshire completed the London Marathon onSunday 23 April and raised more than £2,200 for global working...

SPANA Trustee Takes on the London Marathon and Raises Vital Funds for Working Animal Charity

SPANA

A resident in small animal surgery at a leading north-west animal hospital has won the prize for best abstract presented at the annual sprin...

HIF Abstract Wins Prestigious Prize

Linnaeus Group

A Leicestershire veterinary nurse is approaching half a century of loyal service to the same group with four practices in the county. L...

Loyal Lucy Approaching 50 Years At Leicestershire Animal Hospital

Linnaeus Group

Humanimal Trust, the charity founded in 2014 by Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, delves into the world of bioethics durin...

Humanimal Connection podcast explores ethical frameworks that support One Medicine

Humanimal Trust

The British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) Scottish Branch has welcomed the new farm payment scheme announced by Scotland’s Rural Affair...

Scottish vets welcome new farm payment scheme to support animal health and welfare

BVA

One of Norfolk’s leading veterinary practices is expanding its offering by investing in a brand-new branch and expanding its animal hospit...

Paw to the floor: Norfolk vets accelerates expansion with multi-million pound investment

Lloyds Banking Group

HORIBA UK Veterinary is sponsoring a CPD veterinary webinar discussing “Diagnosis of inflammatory disease in cats and dogs – Getting the...

CPD veterinary webinar on efficient diagnosis of inflammatory diseases

HORIBA

Humanimal Trust, the charity founded in 2014 by Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, has today (17 January) launched the first epi...

New ‘Humanimal Connection’ podcast shines a light on the links between human and veterinary medicine

Humanimal Trust

The Vice-Chairman of the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, Dogs Trust, is celebrating after receiving an MBE for services to Animal Welfar...

Dogs Trust Vice-Chair Awarded MBE in King’s Inaugural Honours List

Dogs Trust

Ahead of Christmas Jumper Day (December 8), vets are asking the public to avoid buying festive jumpers that depict dogs and cats bred for ex...

Pick animal welfare with your festive knitwear, urge vets

BVA

This Christmas, Humanimal Trust, the charity founded by Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, has teamed up with Blue Cro...

Charities join forces to help families and their animal companions this Christmas

Humanimal Trust

The health and welfare of NI farm livestock and pets is in danger unless changes are made to the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), warns anim...

Animal health to suffer without Northern Ireland Protocol changes, says NOAH

NOAH

Veterinary professionals worldwide will now have access to two new Cat Friendly Guidelines that promote positive, respectful interactions wi...

ISFM/AAFP release two new Cat Friendly Veterinary Guidelines

International Cat Care

It has been proven that owning a pet can improve your mental health, and a leading Awarding Organisation says that working with them could d...

Clear mental health benefits of working with animals says leading Awarding Organisation

iPET Network

The British Veterinary Association is calling on the Government to deliver its promised commitment to animal health and welfare by ensuring ...

‘Don’t let vital legislation slip through the net’: British Veterinary Association urges Government to deliver crucial Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

BVA

Veterinary surgeon to take up the helm of leading emergency serviceVets Now today announces that qualified veterinary surgeon Patricia Colvi...

Vets Now announces new CEO

Vets Now

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging vets to report unregulated canine fertility clinics to relevant authorities as it doubles...

Huge spike in unregulated dog fertility clinics fuelling an ‘animal welfare disaster’, vets warn

BVA

“You’d be amazed how much difference the cost of your morning cup of coffee could make. Did you know about the close links between that ...

How the cost of a coffee can change the lives of the people and horses who transport it

World Horse Welfare

Humanimal Trust, the charity founded in 2014 by Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, has appointed a new Trustee, Anna Radford.&nb...

Humanimal Trust Appoints Anna Radford as New Trustee

Humanimal Trust

Brand new mixed practice, 3 Bridges Vets, in Dunfermline has opened its doors to clients this month and is the newest member of the XLVets c...

New Mixed Practice, 3 Bridges Vets, joins the XLVets community as they open their doors

XLVets

Zoetis Ltd today announced it has completed the acquisition of Jurox, a privately held animal health company, which develops, manufactures, ...

Zoetis Announces the Completion of Jurox Animal Health, a Leading Provider of Livestock and Companion Animal Products, based in Australia

Zoetis

Humanimal Trust, the charity founded in 2014 by Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, has appointed a new Chief Executive. Joe Bailey joins t...

Humanimal Trust Appoints New Chief Executive

Humanimal Trust

Global animal charity SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) has announced three new appointments to its gl...

Working Animal Charity SPANA Appoints Three New Global Directors

SPANA

Lora Fryars, veterinary surgeon at Lanes Farm Vets near Preston, Lancashire, is the CREAM Awards’ 2022 Young Dairy Vet of the Year. ...

2022 Young Dairy Vet of the Year Announced

KRKA

A leading animal grooming school is now offering an even wider range of courses to those leaving the armed forces.The Four Paws Groom School...

From RAF to ruff! New animal industry qualifications available to armed forces leavers

iPET Network

Since its very first day, Noble Futures has been dedicated to supporting those in the animal and agricultural related industries by matching...

Noble Futures Senior Leadership Team Grows

Noble Futures Ltd

Vita Animal Health has launched their mini-series of feline webinars with sessions covering feline cardiac disease and management of geriatr...

Vita Animal Health launch webinar series on feline health as a resource for vets and owners.

Vita Animal Health

The iPET Network has gained approval as an End Point Assessment Organisation for the Equine Apprenticeships. iPET Network are now appro...

iPET Network gains End Point Assessment provider approval for Equine Apprenticeships

iPET Network

British Veterinary Association (BVA) President Justine Shotton has called for urgent multi-stakeholder action to improve recruitment, retent...

BVA President calls for urgent action to bolster veterinary capacity in Wales

BVA

An experienced sales manager, who worked as a veterinary nurse for more than 10 years, has joined Krka as Account Manager for the South...

Krka Expands Sales Team with new South East Account Manager

KRKA

The iPET Network has released a comprehensive guide for anyone thinking about choosing a career in dog grooming.There is a national shortage...

iPET Network releases comprehensive guide for people thinking of training to become a dog groomer

iPET Network

The UK’s largest membership body for the veterinary profession is today (26 May 2022) setting out a blueprint for making international tra...

Vets set out vision for post-Brexit trade with the EU

BVA

The first comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy and adverse events of the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme i...

Systematic review does not support use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in dogs with preclinical myxomatous mitral disease and cardiomegaly

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the Government’s commitment to bringing a suite of measures that provide lasting cro...

Vets welcome Queen’s Speech commitment to prioritise animal welfare in next parliamentary session

BVA

Vets around the country are being urged to encourage their farming clients to test for enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) if they have experien...

Test for EAE, before it’s too late!

Ceva

The UK’s largest veterinary body has today (28 April 2022) voiced strong criticism of the Government’s decision to scrap the planned int...

Vets say government decision to delay import checks requirement by up to 18 months “flies in the face of common sense”

BVA

The largest study to date to estimate the prevalence and risk factors for Cushing’s syndrome in dogs attending primary-care practice in th...

Epidemiological study identifies novel breed associations for Cushing’s syndrome in dogs

Ceva Animal Health has extended its leading veterinary behaviour range, ADAPTIL®, with the launch of ADAPTIL® Chew, the new fast-calming c...

Ceva extends ADAPTIL range with the launch of ADAPTIL Chew

Ceva

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) shares the concerns recently expressed by the Norwegian court regarding the breeding o...

WSAVA Calls for ‘Health-focused’ Breeding

WSAVA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is highlighting a storm of shortages after the workforce saw a drop of more than two-thirds in new ...

UK’s veterinary workforce crisis deepens as EU registrant numbers drop by over two-thirds since Brexit

BVA

An Essex vet practice has received a glowing endorsement of its top-quality care for cats with a silver award from the International Society...

Animal Ark earns prestigious silver award for care of cats

Linnaeus Group

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has launched its annual search for veterinarians and veterinary team members who are g...

Nominations Invited for 2022 WSAVA Awards

WSAVA

An award-winning Yorkshire animal hospital has welcomed a new European specialist in small animal internal medicine to its growing team. Liz...

Paragon Veterinary Referrals welcomes European small animal surgery specialist Lizzy Conway

Linnaeus Group

Industry stalwarts, Peter Keyte and Bryan Hamilton, retire from Ceva Animal Health after a collective 60 years in the animal health industry...

Industry stalwarts Peter Keyte and Bryan Hamilton retire

Ceva

A highly-experienced and highly-qualified small animal specialist has joined the expert team at Veterinary Specialists Scotland (VSS). Karla...

Top small animal specialist joins VSS team

Linnaeus Group

The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) has announced Somerset veterinary surgeon Julian Kupfer as the new Chair of its board.Julian originally ...

Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes new Chair

Animal Welfare Foundation

AB Agri has partnered with US biotechnology company Intralytix to explore the use of bacteriophages – the natural viruses of bacteria – ...

AB Agri and Intralytix investigating use of bacteriophages as natural alternative to antibiotics for animal health applications

AB Agri

Leading UK veterinary group Linnaeus has launched a campaign to highlight the importance of responsible antibiotic use to tackle the complex...

Linnaeus launches safeguarding antibiotics campaign

Linnaeus Group

Dr. Thinlay N. Bhutia, a veterinarian who has spent his career working towards the creation of a rabies-controlled state in his Himalayan ho...

Indian Veterinarian Awarded 2021 WSAVA One Health Award in Recognition of Pioneering Work to Combat Rabies

WSAVA

One of Scotland’s leading veterinary referral centres has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of a top soft tissue surgeon to its...

VSS continues growth with addition of soft tissue surgeon

Linnaeus Group

Founded by vets and led by vets, VetPartners is passionate about the profession and about creating a great place to work, where colleagues e...

Why Pete's proud to be part of VetPartners

VetPartners

The International Coalition of Working Equids (ICWE) is offering its support and expertise to equine owners in Nepal, after the country&rsqu...

UK charities support Nepal’s equine owners after Glanders outbreak

The Donkey Sanctuary

Free ‘Open Session’ on point-of-care ultrasound takes place on Wednesday 22 SeptemberGlobal veterinary CPD provider Improve...

Emergency Medicine and Surgery Online Learning Postgraduate Certificate Programme Launched by Improve International

Improve International

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed moves by the Government to crack down on illegal puppy imports.The measures, which for...

Vets hail decisive Government proposals to crack down on illegal puppy imports

BVA

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust is urging other organisations and charities to help fund a plane to save Nowzad’s staff and the anima...

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust supports urgent evacuation mission of Afghanistan-based animal charity amid military chaos

The Kennel Club

A new study, published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), supports the use of weekly proteinuria monitoring during the fi...

Study supports regular proteinuria monitoring during masitinib treatment

BSAVA

When you have operated inside the jaws of an alligator there is likely to be very little that will phase you in life, let alone in the world...

Willows appoints world-class cardiology specialist to lead service

Linnaeus Group

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) is delighted to announce that the 'impact factor' for the Journal of S...

JSAP’s impact on the rise

BSAVA

Royal Canin and ADCH (Association of Dogs and Cats Homes) are highlighting the plight of animal rescues, animal charities and pet food banks...

Animal rescues still struggling after lockdown

Royal Canin

The BSAVA has opened enrolments for a new postgraduate certificate programme in small animal diagnostic imaging. The programme starts ...

BSAVA announces new postgraduate certificate in small animal diagnostic imaging

BSAVA

The team at a Surrey-based animal hospital has gone above and beyond for charity by completing the Route 66 virtual challenge last month.&nb...

North Downs travel equal distance to India online for charity

North Downs Specialist Referrals

On its sixth annual International Working Animal Day (15 June), animal charity SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Anim...

INTERNATIONAL WORKING ANIMAL DAY PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON ANIMALS’ VITAL ROLE IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COMMUNITIES

SPANA

Ceva Animal Health is pleased to announce that its zero-milk withdrawal, injectable wormer for cows, Eprecis, has changed its legal category...

Eprecis injection is now a POM-V, creating opportunities for vets

Ceva

Elanco Animal Health has completed the development of its comprehensive parasiticide portfolio with the recent marketing authorisation of ne...

Elanco completes parasiticide portfolio expansion with launch of new CredelioTM Plus, offering vets a parasite treatment for every lifestyle

Elanco

Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies), the small animal referral practice based near Hitchin in Hertfordshire, is celebrating the ski...

Davies celebrates VNAM with free first aid videos for pet owners

Davies Veterinary Specialists

York – April 2021: Orozyme® Oral Hygiene Gel, an enzymatic toothpaste with a unique multi-enzyme formula to suppress plaque,...

Addition of Orozyme® Oral Hygiene Gel Signals Move into Dental Care by Animalcare

Animalcare

The BSAVA is pleased to announce that the following titles are making their BSAVA Congress debut this week and will be on specia...

BSAVA titles making their debut at BSAVA Congress 2021

BSAVA

Illinois and U.K-based Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging has named Dr. Simon Platt as its Small Animal Medical Director.Dr. Platt will direct Hall...

Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging names Simon Platt, BVM&S as Small Animal Medical Director

Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging

Veterinary specialist CPD company Improve International has launched the latest in its suite of two-year Distance Learning (DL) Postgraduate...

Improve International Launches Cardiology Distance Learning Postgraduate Programme

Improve International

SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) announced today that Dr Mary-Lorraine Hughes has been appointed...

Spana Announces New Chair Of Trustees

SPANA

In this special blog to celebrate International Women and Girls in Science Day today, 11 February, the BSAVA caught up with Krista Arno...

The BSAVA is celebrating International Women and Girls in Science Day

BSAVA

Garston Veterinary Group, which is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, has become the newest member of the independent XL...

Century-old independent practice becomes newest member of XLVets

XLVets

Leading experts in veterinary medicine, human medicine and parasitology from 12 countries came together online to discuss the latest data hi...

Expert discussion reignites advice for tackling vector-borne diseases

Elanco

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has started two new Working Parties which will look at the role and possible regulation of v...

RCVS forms two new Working Parties on vet techs and sustainability

RCVS

The link between violence to humans and animals is well-documented and with domestic violence seeing significant increases this year, IVC Ev...

Vet Group Launches Non-Accidental Injury Support

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

IVC Evidensia’s Farm Animal Advisory Board (FAAB), created in 2018, is integral to the group’s strategy for the continued develo...

New Vice Chair for Farm Animal Advisory Board

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

Vets and farmers are being encouraged to work together to ensure best practice in the disposal of pharmaceutical waste.The move follows rece...

Do you know how your farmers are disposing of their pharmaceutical waste?

Ceva

One of the UK’s leading Soft Tissue Specialists has joined Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies). Zoë Halfacree not only e...

Leading Soft Tissue Specialist joins Davies

Davies Veterinary Specialists

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

New Export Health Certificate Information Portal Launched

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

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 the ...

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

BVA

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

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

BSAVA

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), showed that there were inherent differences...

Study reveals differing electrolyte measurements between point-of-care and reference analysers in dogs with hypoadrenocorticism

BSAVA

Groundbreaking ankle replacement surgery at one of the UK’s top animal hospitals has put a spring back in the step of a young rottweil...

ROTTWEILER ‘OAKEY DOKEY’ AGAIN AFTER PIONEERING ANKLE SURGERY AT WEAR

Linnaeus Group

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging pet owners and livestock keepers who are worried about their animals’ welfare to ta...

Vets urge owners to take steps now to minimise seasonal fireworks trauma for pets

BVA

Veterinary surgeons keen to develop their skills and increase the profitability of their practice can enrol for one of Improve International...

Improve International Launches Globally Accessible Distance Learning Postgraduate Programmes

Improve International

Global pet nutrition company Royal Canin has partnered with the World Small Animal Veterinary Association to support the Global Nutrition Co...

Royal Canin Backs WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee

WSAVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council Covid-19 Taskforce has recently decided to extend until the end of September the Col...

RCVS Covid-19 Taskforce further extends remote prescribing guidance

RCVS

National pet charity, Blue Cross, has released a report to MPs demonstrating that the UK could face crisis in areas of pet welfare if warnin...

Blue Cross calls on government not to ignore warnings of a possible pet crisis

The Blue Cross

AniV8, Inc. is collaborating with Elanco Animal Health to evaluate AniV8’s wearable technology in research settings. AniV8’s col...

AniV8, a new pet wearable player, collaborates with Elanco to develop its wearable technology

Elanco

Aservo®EquiHaler® addresses an unmet need in the equine marketAservo®EquiHaler® (ciclesonide inhalation solution) is a resul...

Aservo® EquiHaler®, industry-first therapy for severe equine asthma, now available in the UK and Ireland

Boehringer Ingelheim

Ceva Animal Health has extended the license for PRID DELTA, the progesterone releasing intravaginal device which is used to manage...

Ceva extends license for PRID DELTA

Ceva

Dr Richard Squires BVSc (Hons) PhD DVR Dipl. ACVIM Dipl. ECVIM-CA GCertEd, Associate Professor in Companion Animal Medicine, James Cook Univ...

New Chair for WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group

WSAVA