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A specialist at one of the UK’s leading small animal hospitals has explained why doing ‘nothing’ was the best course of treatment for ...

Close shave for puppy who swallowed razor blades

Linnaeus Group

New diagnostic data from MSD Animal Health suggests nearly a quarter of infectious calf scour cases are likely to have been caused by a mix ...

A Quarter of Infectious Calf Scour Cases Likely to be Caused by a Mix of Disease Organisms

MSD Animal Health

London Vet Show saw the launch of Oralade Liquid Concentrate by Macahl Animal Health, providing an easier way to stock and dispense the UK..

Oralade Encourages Vets And Nurses To Concentrate On Rethinking Hydration

Macahl Animal Health

The countless animals who have served in conflicts around the world have been remembered with the laying of wreaths at t...

Animals who served in conflicts remembered Dogs Trust lays wreaths at Animals in War Memorial

Dogs Trust

MSD Animal Health is introducing more durable product packaging for BOVILIS® ROTAVEC® CORONA to further improve the vaccine’s ...

Flexible New Packaging for Leading Calf Scour Vaccine

MSD Animal Health

The Burgess Excel Vet Awards, which celebrate the hard work of veterinary practices and individuals who work tirelessly to improve the lives...

Burgess Excel Vet Awards announces the shortlist of finalists championing rabbit and guinea pig welfare

Burgess Pet Care

A physiotherapist who spent almost two decades treating humans for the NHS is now turning her attention to helping pets in need as part of a...

Former NHS physio turns attention to animals with Pets'n'Vets

Linnaeus Group

On Thursday November 11th 2021 at 09:45 a stellar array of equestrian professionals and supporters - and the charity’s Presiden...

International equestrian experts come together to consider ‘Whose opinion matters?’

World Horse Welfare

A study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) revealed that the evidence base for recommending any on...

Keratomalacia treatment study highlights general lack of reliable evidence base to support clinical treatment decisions

BSAVA

EquiTrace, a unique app that combines identity, GPS and medical records data using a scanner, a microchip and a mobile phone, today won Ente...

EquiTrace wins Best Start-Up Award & new Best Vet Tech Award at the Innovation Arena run by Enterprise Ireland and the National Ploughing Association

EquiTrace

The first study to document the histopathological frequency of hepatobiliary diseases in a large cohort of dogs in the United Kingdom ...

Study offers insight into canine hepatobiliary disease in UK dogs

BSAVA

The College of Animal Welfare’s Virtual Clinical Coach Congress is returning to screens on Thursday 4 November 2021, and tickets are o...

Virtual Clinical Coach Congress is back in November, and open for registrations!

The College of Animal Welfare

Blue Cross pet charity is calling out to animal lovers, pet owners and veterinary teams across the UK to nominate their ‘V...

Nominate now for your top Veterinary nurse of 2021

The Blue Cross

Successful performance of first-ever fully canine antibodies in dog trial paves the way for next-generation technology to meet therapeutic n...

PetMedix monoclonal antibodies outperform benchmarks in canine study

Petmedix

Leading veterinary referral centre Anderson Moores has launched a full-time dermatology service after expanding its expert team.Hilary O&rsq...

New dermatologist joins expert team at Anderson Moores

Linnaeus Group

To celebrate the fact that this year’s London Vet Show is going ahead in person, IVC Evidensia has decided to shake things up a little...

IVC Evidensia announces London Vet Show ‘shake-up’

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

The new President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has committed to dedicating her 2021-22 presidential term to making con...

Building ‘connections that count’ core for new RCVS President who took over the reins at Royal College Day 2021

RCVS

IVC Evidensia has launched their 2nd International Graduate Academy Virtual Congress with a sustainability theme. Nearly 500 graduate vets a...

IVC Evidensia launched their 2nd International Graduate Academy Virtual Congress

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

One of the original pioneers of a leading UK animal hospital has decided to stand down after seeing her ambition to create a top veterinary ...

Devoted Davina leaves lasting legacy at Anderson Moores

Linnaeus Group

Hydration Day is on June 23rd and Macahl Animal Health, manufacturer of Oralade, is reminding vets to consider oral rehydration fluids to he...

Oralade Highlights Importance of Hydration Day

Macahl Animal Health

Dr Cecilia Villaverde BVSc, PhD, DACVN, DECVCN (EBVS ® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition), a Catalan veterinar...

New Chair for WSAVA’s Global Nutrition Committee

WSAVA

Ceva Animal Health, the manufacturer of Cevac Chlamydia, has launched the results of the National Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) ...

National Enzootic Abortion of Ewes Survey highlights opportunities for testing and vaccination

Ceva

New site will provide advanced cancer treatments and employ over 100 professionals CVS Group, one of the UK’s leading providers o...

New state-of-the-art Specialist Veterinary Hospital planned for Bristol

CVS UK Ltd

Scientists working in the labs of PetMedix Ltd have recently achieved the successful transfer of more than 4 Mbp of canine antibody DNA into...

PetMedix announces completion of the Ky9™ canine antibody discovery platform

Petmedix

World Horse Welfare welcomes the Government’s proposed ban on export for slaughter included in its latest animal welfare bill under it...

World Horse Welfare welcomes proposed ban on export for slaughter

World Horse Welfare

· This report showcases Purina’s progress on key commitments; including the launch of...

Purina in Society Report showcases Purina’s positive impact on the lives of pets, people and the planet, while also revealing 8 trends that will shape the future of the petcare market

Purina Institute

Scotland’s Rural College looks to create Scotland’s first new school of veterinary medicine since 19th Century New vet scho...

Scotland set for first new vet school in 150 years

SRUC

Vetstream announces the launch of a new service “Webpartner Owner Factsheets” to support clients to help them understand more ab...

Vetstream adds significant new content service for practice websites

Vetstream

One of the UK’s leading small animal hospitals has marked Vet Nursing Awareness Month in style with a triple success.Kentdale Referral...

Trio of vet nurse successes mark VNAM at Kentdale

Linnaeus Group

The first ever epidemiological study on hypoadrenocorticism in dogs within the UK primary-care population has been published and appears in ...

First epidemiological study published on hypoadrenocorticism in dogs under primary-care practice in the UK

BSAVA

RCVS Knowledge is delighted to launch its new Farm Vet Champions course, providing free and practical training in championing good antimicro...

RCVS Knowledge launches new Farm Vet Champions learning course

RCVS

Stonehaven Incubate has partnered with human health player Regenosine to launch Vetosine, a new company that will develop and commercialize ...

Stonehaven Incubate launches new company aiming to tackle canine osteoarthritis

Stonehaven Incubate

IVC Evidensia are delighted to announce that Finbarr Heslin, has been appointed as the inaugural Chair of their Irish Clinical Board.Finbarr...

IVC Evidensia announces Finbarr Heslin as Chair of Irish Clinical Board

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

A multidisciplinary animal hospital has expanded its emergency and critical care team with the appointment of two new clinicians.Eastcott Ve...

Eastcott Expands Ecc Team With Two Key Appointments

Linnaeus Group

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is investing £850,000 to create a top-of-the-class veterinary clinical skills teaching centre in...

£850k veterinary skills centre for Aberdeen

SRUC

Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of the leading behavioural product ADAPTIL, has launched a new leaflet on separation anxiety to help ease d...

Ceva launches separation anxiety leaflet to ease dogs out of lockdown

Ceva

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), found that 68% of portable electronic devic...

Study confirms bacterial contamination of mobile phones and tablets in veterinary hospitals

BSAVA

Following the announcement in July 2020 of the closure of the Animal Health Trust, The Kennel Club is delighted to confirm that The Kennel C...

The Kennel Club Genetics Centre to re-open as part of the University of Cambridge

The Kennel Club

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), found that the addition of antacid treatmen...

Antacid treatment may be beneficial to brachycephalic dogs undergoing surgery

BSAVA

Stonehaven Incubate AG has appointed former Copenhagen Life Science Advisors Managing Partner, Jarne Elleholm as its new full time CEO with ...

Stonehaven Incubate AG has appointed former Copenhagen Life Science Advisors Managing Partner, Jarne Elleholm as its new full time CEO

Stonehaven Incubate

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), found that ultrasound-guided fine-needle cy...

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous fine needle cytology moderately effective at retrieving clinically useful samples from GI lesions

BSAVA

The Northern Ireland Branch of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and the North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) have jointly ...

New joint president elected for NIVA and BVA Northern Ireland Branch

BVA

A new digital solution has been launched, enabling pet owners to sign up to wellness plans in a COVID secure way.Premier Vet Alliance (PVA),...

Premier Vet Alliance launches digital sign-up platform for Premier Pet Care Plan and Animal Healthcare clinics

Premier Vet Alliance

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the Review of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations (WAT...

Government must commit to improving welfare of animals at slaughter, say vets

BVA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has renewed its call for animal owners to respect their veterinary teams as practices adjust to new...

Renewed push to respect your vet during the national lockdowns

BVA

A tiny blind kitten has regained her sight after undergoing intricate surgery at one of the UK’s top animal hospitals.But expert vets ...

Yorkshire animal hospital restores blind kitten's sight - with operation on her liver

Linnaeus Group

In a global first, the newly formed not-for-profit Vets in Mind Alliance has launched its free to use app to support the health and welfare ...

The “Vets in Mind” App is launched to support the mental health and welfare of the whole veterinary sector

The Vets in Mind Alliance

The animal charity is asking the public to not let off loud fireworks in their gardens this New Year’s EveMost (69%) of horse ow...

Blue Cross calls for people to ditch fireworks this NYE, as horse owners reveal extent of suffering

The Blue Cross

Ceva Animal Health has extended its comprehensive range of treatments for Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) with the launch of TULAVEN 1...

Ceva launches TULAVEN - a new addition to its range of treatments for BRD

Ceva

One of Europe’s leading small animal hospitals has added to its expert team with the appointment of a new resident in small animal sur...

Surgery resident joins elite team at world-class Willows

Linnaeus Group

Work underway to upgrade Simplyhealth customers to PVA’s state-of-art portalPremier Vet Alliance (PVA), the global provider of pet hea...

Premier Vet Alliance Announces Completion of Simplyhealth Animal Health Business Acquisition

Monday 1-Thursday 4 March 2021Vets South 2021, the popular regional veterinary conference organised by Improve International, has launched i...

Virtual Vets South 2021 Aims to Help Veterinary Teams ‘Conquer their Fears’

Improve International

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

RCVS updates key Covid-19 guidance for four home nations

RCVS

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

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

BVA

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has elected Thai veterinarian Dr Siraya Chunekamrai as its new President. Dr Chunekamr...

Thai Veterinarian Dr Siraya Chunekamrai Elected WSAVA President

WSAVA

Ceva Animal Health has extended its leading range of veterinary behaviour products with the launch of a completely new, innovative pheromone...

Ceva launches innovative new feline pheromone product - FELIWAY Optimum

Ceva

Two distinguished Specialists at one of the UK’s leading small animal hospitals have been honoured with Fellowships by the Royal Colle...

RCVS HONOURS WILLOWS’ SPECIALISTS WITH FELLOWSHIPS

Linnaeus Group

Following the diagnosis of babesiosis in a human patient for the first time in the UK, the BSAVA have put together a Q&A about tic...

BSAVA provides Q&A advice regarding babesiosis

BSAVA

A leading vet at one of the UK’s top small animal hospitals is celebrating after becoming a double-board specialist.Laura Bree, who is...

Leading Willows clinician becomes a double-board specialist

Linnaeus Group

In partnership with the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA), Vet2Vet has launched VETbytes, a mobile point-of-care cli...

Revolutionary Point-of-Care App Launches, Giving Veterinary Professionals Rapid Evidence-Based Clinical Support

BSAVA

York – July 2020: Five vet nurses working in a range of clinical settings have been announced as the winners of Animalcare&rsquo...

Animalcare reveals Vet Nurse Heroes

Animalcare

The BSAVA has launched an exciting series of science webinars, to take a closer look at some of the papers published in the Journal of...

BSAVA launches BSAVA Science webinar series

BSAVA

Ceva Animal Health, the manufacturer of Cevac Chlamydia, has launched a National Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) Survey to ca...

Ceva launches National Enzootic Abortion of Ewes Survey during ‘For Flock’s Sake – Vaccinate!’ campaign

Ceva

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

Vetsina Animal Diagnostics appoints Simon Wheeler as its first CEO

Vetsina Animal Diagnostics

A West Country veterinary centre has been given a glowing assessment by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as it received offic...

Cave Veterinary Specialists awarded hospital status by RCVS

Linnaeus Group

VECTRA 3D spot-on solution for dogs and VECTRA Felis 423mg/42.3mg spot-on solution for cats, manufactured by Ceva Animal Health, h...

VECTRA 3D for dogs and VECTRA Felis for cats change distribution category to NFA-VPS

Ceva

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the announcement from Trade Secretary Liz Truss that a new Trade and Agriculture Commi...

Vets must be at the heart of new Trade and Agriculture Commission, says BVA

BVA

As non-essential shops reopen in the UK from 15th June, Bayer is supporting veterinarians also returning to practice by providing business s...

Bayer is hosting a free post-lockdown business strategy webinar for veterinary practices

Bayer HealthCare

A research article by the world’s largest equine welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, that highlights the link between the welfare o...

Major endorsement for scientific paper that shines a light on the welfare of brick kiln equids

The Donkey Sanctuary

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has paid tribute to its long-standing Committee and Executive Board member Emeritus Pr...

WSAVA Pays Tribute to Emeritus Professor Michael Day

WSAVA

The results of the National Milk Fever Survey1, launched by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, manufacturer of Bovikalc®, have been ana...

National survey reveals 78% have had downer cows but subclinical milk fever may be underestimated

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), found that relying on total calcium concent...

New JSAP study shows ionised hypercalcaemia is unaccompanied by total hypercalcaemia in about one third of dogs

BSAVA

Veterinary practices are remaining open to focus on emergency care and urgent treatment for animals while reducing face-to-face contact betw...

Veterinary practices to remain open only for emergency care and to maintain food supply chain

BVA

The BSAVA has put together a Q&A for pet owners during tick bite prevention week 22 – 28 March 2020. The information, which ...

BSAVA provides Q&A advice to help prevent tick bites

BSAVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and British Veterinary Association (BVA) have issued a joint statement to help the veterinar...

RCVS and BVA issue joint guidance on ‘key worker’ status for veterinary surgeons

RCVS

Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has said today (March 4) that a pet Pomeranian dog belonging to...

Covid-19: BVA responds to report of human-to-animal transmission in Hong Kong

BVA

The College of Animal Welfare now offers the opportunity for Registered Veterinary Nurses to top up their veterinary nursing qualification t...

New Top Up Degree Launched by CAW for Registered Veterinary Nurses

The College of Animal Welfare

Leading North East veterinary centre Wear Referrals has welcomed top small animal surgery specialist Jon Hall.The state-of-the-art referral ...

Wear Referrals welcomes leading specialist to its talented team

Linnaeus Group

National pet charity, Blue Cross has launched a report examining the devastating impact poverty, mental health problems and loneliness has o...

Mental health problems, isolation and poverty: meet the charity tackling these issues by removing the barriers to pet ownership.

The Blue Cross

PetSavers has provided a Citizen Science research grant to support the development of a novel canine ageing and wellbeing tool to help...

PetSavers funds new canine ageing and wellbeing project

BSAVA

Memorandum of Understanding Spurs CollaborationThe World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has signed a Memorandum of Unders...

WSAVA and Mission Rabies Join Forces on Rabies Prevention

WSAVA

With Defra having recently issued a press release encouraging poultry owners to prepare for the increased risk of avian influenza over...

BSAVA provides Q&A advice on avian influenza in backyard poultry

BSAVA

Launches scholarship for a veterinarian and a veterinary technician/nurseThe Global Pain Council (GPC) of the World Small Animal Veterinary ...

WSAVAs Global Pain Council Aims to Raise Standards of Pain Management by Teaching the Teachers

WSAVA

BSAVA provides Q&A advice on tick-borne encephalitisWith tick-borne encephalitis confirmed for the first time in ticks in the UK earlier...

BSAVA provides Q&A advice on tick-borne encephalitis

BSAVA

University of Liverpool professor Alex German and veterinary nurse Josephine Oakden will be debating ways to understand and tackle the pet o...

Leading animal welfare charity to spotlight pet obesity at BVNA Congress Fringe

BVA

Thursday 3 October, Biosecurity Minister Lord Gardiner and the UK Chief Vet visited Heathrow Airport to find out more about the work of Bord...

Sniffer dogs used at the border against the threat of African swine fever

DEFRA

The Animal Health Trust (AHT) is joining BEVA at Congress for a big 15th birthday party this year. The two organisations are celebrati...

BEVA and AHT celebrate 15 years of disease surveillance

BEVA

Ceva Animal Health is launching a range of new marketing support to raise awareness of its leading veterinary behaviour products, ADAPTIL&nb...

New ADAPTIL and FELIWAY marketing support for fireworks and party season

Ceva

Zoologist and wildlife photographer, Victoria Hillman and Guardian Picture Editor, Eric Hilaire are set to join an expert panel of judges fo...

Wildlife photo experts join judges in finding 2019s best veterinary shutterbug

BVA

Vets from the international animal charity SPANA were the first to identify ‘Equine Flu’ as the respiratory disease that swept t...

Charity Spana Is First To Officially Diagnose Devastating Equine Flu In Mali

SPANA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the quick response from government vets and inspectors who detected traces of African ...

NI vets applaud swift action as African Swine Fever detected in animal products brought back in luggage

BVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is delighted to be exhibiting at the Royal Highland Show this year for the first time, highl...

College attends 2019 Royal Highland Show for the first time

RCVS

Estimated as the third most popular pet in the UK, rabbits’ needs are still grossly misunderstood. Sometimes referred to as the &lsquo...

Not a healthy bunny? Vets offer guidance on how to keep your rabbit in tip-top condition

BVA

Local animal charities from across the UK have recently benefited from £56,000 in veterinary care and treatments.The money was donated...

Animal charities benefit from a Lifeline

Vets4Pets

Educational charity the British College of Veterinary Specialists (BCVSp) has launched a new website, www.yourvetspecialist.org to help info...

New website showcases important role of Veterinary Specialists

Love Island star and TV personality, Chris Hughes, is lending his support to Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Adaptil and Feliway, with t...

Chris Hughes launches Cevas Pet Anxiety Month at Crufts

Ceva

A vet from Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies) in Hertfordshire has been sharing her knowledge and experience to help veterinary surgeons...

Davies Anaesthesia Specialist helps teach vets in India

Davies Veterinary Specialists

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly welcomed plans to offer free certification training for vets to help meet increased dema...

BVA welcomes plans for free certification training for vets

BVA

A new European Advisory Board has been created to raise awareness of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) and help veterinarians to ...

A new Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Advisory Board for Europe

Zoetis