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This year has been declared World Veterinary Year, marking the 250th anniversary of the birth of the veterinary profession and of veterinary...

World Veterinary Year 2011 to mark the 250th world anniversary of the veterinary profession

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly welcomed the report of the independent Advisory Group on Responsibility and Cost Sharing...

Vets back common sense approach to responsibility and cost sharing

In celebration of its 25-year anniversary, Improve Veterinary Education, part of the Improve International Group, is running an exclusive ti...

25 Years: Small Animal Surgery and Medicine Programmes Anniversary Offer

Improve International

Dogs Trust and Purina PetCare Europe have joined forces to launch initiatives to help animal welfare charities across Europe to improve welf...

Dogs Trust and Purina PetCare Europe launch initiatives to support European animal charities

Dogs Trust

The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) has awarded its Animal Welfare Research Award (£45,300) to a project aiming to reduce...

UFAW funds project aiming to reduce the number of animals used in research

UFAW

The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF), the British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) charity, is calling for researchers to submit funding bids...

New Animal Welfare Foundation funding available for researchers to examine impacts of breeding on animal welfare

Animal Welfare Foundation

Global animal welfare charity SPANA (the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad) is delighted to announce that a road in Mauritania, W...

Road in Mauritania's capital city named in honour of animal charity SPANA's lifesaving work

SPANA

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

International Working Animal Day recognises the invaluable contribution of the world's animal workforce

SPANA

Biosecurity Minister Lord Benyon has appointed Professor Jonathan Statham as the new Chair of the Animal Health and Welfare Board for Englan...

Professor Jonathan Statham appointed AHWBE Chair

DEFRA

For the past year and a half, eyes have been on the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe: but SARS-CoV-2 is only the latest animal virus to ...

Influenza, Still a Major Threat – New International Report on Current Research

STAR-IDAZ IRC

Emily Gascoigne of Synergy Farm Health has been named Farm Educator of the Year in the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards. Emily, a RCVS Recognised ...

XLVets member Emily Gascoigne wins Ceva Farm Educator of the Year

XLVets

After three years of co-funding with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, nearly 400,000 farmers trained in animal care, more than 60 an...

Zoetis A.L.P.H.A. Initiative Accelerates Sustainable Livestock Production and Improves Livelihoods for Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Zoetis

The National Anti-Vivisection Society has welcomed news that the Medical Research Council plans to close Harwell Institute’s Mouse Gen...

Plans to close GM mouse lab due to changing scientific landscape

National Anti-Vivisection Society

The African Small Companion Animal Network (AFSCAN), a project of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA’s) char...

AFSCAN Launches Pan-African Infectious Disease Surveillance Program

WSAVA

Ceva Santé Animale (Ceva) and the World Veterinary Association (WVA) continue their commitment to promote ever better international s...

Ceva and the WVA launch the Global Animal Welfare Awards 2019

Ceva

Australian Veterinarian to Receive 2018 WSAVA, Hills 'Next Generation' Veterinary Award

WSAVA

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The winners of the prestigious Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2018 have been announced in a glittering ceremony in The Mercian Suite at the Birm...

Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2018 winners announced!

Ceva

8 years ago

Vets are vital to deliver UKs post-Brexit vision for animal health and welfare

BVA

Vets are vital to achieving the UK Government’s post-Brexit vision for high animal welfare and food safety standards, says the British...

Following the most successful round of nominations to date, Ceva Animal Health has revealed its shortlist for its seventh annual Ceva Animal...

Ceva Animal Welfare Awards - the shortlist is revealed!

Ceva

Namibia 27-29 October 2016: the African Small Companion Animal Network (AFSCAN) announced two new initiatives for 2017 as part of its work t...

AFSCAN Announces New Initiatives for 2017

WSAVA

Global veterinary equipment supplier KRUUSE has increased its sponsorship of the African Small Companion Animal Network (AFSCAN), an initiat...

AFSCAN Welcomes KRUUSE as an Additional Main Sponsor

WSAVA

Ahead of next month’s national elections (5 May), the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and BVA’s Northern Ireland, Scottish ...

BVA launches election manifestos calling for action on animal health and welfare

BVA

University student who sought rehabilitation in animal charity work attributes academic success to his work with ‘Devil Dogs’To ...

From 'Devil Dogs' to 'Caring Canines'

Petplan

World Veterinary Day (WVD) takes place annually on the last Saturday of April and this year vets from around the world join together on Apri...

Vets lead on animal welfare for World Veterinary Day

12 years ago

Ceva Animal Health Awards nominations deadline fast approaching - January 27th 2014

With nominations now open, Ceva has announced the addition of new categories to its annual Animal Welfare Awards. Now in its third year,...

12 years ago

Cosmetics Testing Ends in Europe: A victory for ethics and science

Today (March 11th) Animal Defenders International (ADI) welcomes the final stage of implementation of the European Cosmetics Directive. This...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Future Horizons in the Global Animal Health Market" report to their offering. Ass...

Research and Markets: Future Horizons in the Global Animal Health Market - 2012 Report

Our video exposes the reality of life for circus animals, showing the confinement and deprivation endured by animals on the road as well...

Greece bans animal circuses

Merck Animal Health (MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada), formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, used eye-catch...

Merck Animal Health Debuts New Look, Focuses on Science at International Poultry Congresses

Forum Animal Health has launched the UK’s first granular solution for wet and dry food in a bid to tackle coprophagia – the undesirable ...

New product tackles embarrassing habit that can lead to deadly diseases

The Veterinary Public Health Association (VPHA) has taken action to address some of the issues raised by the Animal Aid undercover filming a...

Vets lead moves to address slaughterhouse problems

Vets from online pet companies are calling for industry wide collaboration to combat the predicted rise in animal abandonment this year. ...

Collaboration needed to Combat 'Credit Crunch Cast Outs'

17 years ago

WSPA is Helping Veterinary Students Worldwide Learn About Animal Welfare

A revised and expanded international syllabus to assist with the teaching of animal welfare in veterinary faculties has been launched by the...

18 years ago

Worlds Largest Pet Adoption Drive Brightens the Holidays for Four Legged Friends

The world’s largest pet adoption drive – Iams Home 4 the Holidays (IH4TH) – kicked off today and has set a goal to help find loving ho...

18 years ago

Zoetis announced as principal sponsor of the newly titled Animal Medicines Amnesty

Zoetis

Zoetis UK Ltd today announced that it is the principal sponsor of the Animal Medicines Amnesty (formerly the Antibiotic Amnesty) 2025 campa...

2 months ago

Central Qualifications showcasing new qualifications at BVNA Congress 2025

Central Qualifications

Central Qualifications (CQ) will be showcasing a new range of Level 2, Level 3 and 4 veterinary nursing qualifications at this year's BVNA C...

3 months ago

CVS introduces new large animal Graduate Programme Careers Day

CVS UK Ltd

CVS is introducing a new large animal careers day for its equine and farm graduates, in addition to improving the current careers days it ho...

6 months ago

Organisations Urge MPs to Recognise the Transformative Power of the Human-Companion Animal Bond

Call for Policies to Support Both Human and Canine WelfareLeading human and canine welfare organisations are urging MPs to champion policies...

11 months ago

Animal charity Brooke launches virtual learning platform for equine vets in developing countries

Brooke

Working horse and donkey charity Brooke is inviting vets and animal health professionals to its new online learning platform, to boost equin...

1 year ago

CVS brings clarity to contextualised care with the launch of ‘What Matters to You’ guide for clinicians

CVS UK Ltd

CVS is aiming to bring clarity and simplicity to the ongoing debate about contextualised care with the launch of a simple guide for clinicia...

New legislation laid today (11 December) will introduce the option to issue fixed penalty notices for a range of animal health and welfare r...

New legislation introduces penalty notices for animal health and welfare offences

DEFRA

The 23rd International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (ICAWC) is being held in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 3-5 October 2023. ICAWC is a leadi...

This Morning’s Dr Scott Miller amongst world-leading experts announced at major global conference for animal welfare sector

Dogs Trust

Ceva Animal Health has appointed Roy Geary as regional director and Peter Dunkley as director of companion animal strategy and key accounts ...

Two high-profile recruits strengthen Ceva’s management team

Ceva

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is calling upon members of the veterinary professions to help them recruit around 30 animal ...

RCVS calls on professions to support recruitment of animal owners and keepers for new Public Advisory Group

RCVS

Five new clinicians have been welcomed to Davies Veterinary Specialists (Davies), the Linnaeus-owned small animal referral hospital based i...

Davies welcomes five new clinicians

Davies Veterinary Specialists

ZAVENTEM, BELGIUM – June 28, 2022 – Zoetis today reported on progress during the five years of its African Livestock Productivity and He...

Zoetis Celebrates A.L.P.H.A. Initiative’s Five-Year Anniversary and Progress Toward Improved Livestock Health and Farmers’ Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa

Zoetis

Leading veterinary associations have set out recommendations on the use of small animal parasiticides, as new research shows almost all (98%...

Vet associations call for risk-based approach to parasiticide use for cats and dogs

BVA

14.00 UTC, Wednesday, June 23 2021The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is to host a free webinar to highlight the impact of...

WSAVA Webinar: Pets and Domestic Violence – is your team prepared?

WSAVA

A coalition of leading veterinary bodies and animal welfare charities across the UK has put its weight behind a new petition calling on the ...

Leading vets back petition calling for an end to cruel ear cropping practice

BVA

· Better Together Study from PURINA® and Mayo Clinic found people with fibromyalgia exp...

Therapy Dogs Offer New Fibromyalgia Management Option

The BSAVA Small Animal Formulary has been one of the Association’s most trusted and highly valued publications for over a quarte...

BSAVA releases new edition of the Small Animal Formulary

BSAVA

The winners of the prestigious Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2019 have been announced in a glittering ceremony in The Mercian Suite at the...

Ceva Animal Welfare Awards 2019 winners announced!

Ceva

The SVTPT has for the past 10 years enjoyed federal recognition for its higher professional examination and qualified therapists are officia...

Dr Barbara Roder To Present Deep Oscillation in Equine Respiratory Therapy At The 20th International Convention of The Swiss Association of Animal Physiotherapy (SVTPT)

PhysioPod UK Limited

Nostalgic images of UK cities show our streets filled with animals and highlight the stark contrast between the past and modern dayPlough ho...

The Fundamental Role of Working Animals in Britain's Past - International Working Animal Day

SPANA

8 years ago

Vets respond to government pet licensing consultation

BVA

Leading veterinary organisations the British Veterinary Association (BVA), the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) and the B...

Pet owners and animal lovers urged to help Public Health England and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate recruit 100,000 UK ‘Antibiot...

Public Health England, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and The Bella Moss Foundation call on pet owners to join the fight against antibiotic resistance

The Bella Moss Foundation

Elanco Animal Health has announced that it has unified its business units under one brand and will utilise the blue logo used by its foo...

Elanco unifies under one brand and will utilise the blue logo used by its food animal divisions

11 years ago

TV Vet Marc Abraham Finalist for ‘Vet of the Year’

Marc volunteering helping moonbears at Animal Asia’s sanctuary in Chengdu, China (credit: Kristie Poole) Brighton based Marc the Ve...

12 years ago

Winners announced for Petplan’s first Animal Charity Awards

All the finalists Following a nationwide search to find the UK’s top animal charity workers Petplan, the UK’s largest pet insuran...

Ceva Animal Health has recruited three new veterinary professionals to support the company’s rapidly growing livestock and companion anima...

Ceva expands veterinary team to support rapidly growing livestock and companion animal product portfolios

Following the increasing popularity of the annual Animal Welfare Foundation Discussion Forum in recent years and to celebrate the charit...

Animal welfare Discussion Forum expands for 30th anniversary

MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the USA and Canada), a leading provider of innovative animal health products and serv...

MSD Animal Health Announces ACTIVYL® and ACTIVYL® Tick Plus For European Markets

Veterinary Business Development, publisher of some of the UK’s top veterinary publications, has announced it will launch a new magazin...

Veterinary Business Development to launch a new magazine, called Animal Health Advisor, in April

MSD Animal Health, known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada, today announced that it intends to centralize certain funct...

MSD/Merck Animal Health Headquarter in New Jersey, US

‘Historic U.S. Bill to end cruelty to wild animals in circuses – UK Government urged to now do the same’ Wednesday, Nov 2nd on ...

Celebrities Bob Barker, Jorja Fox and animal protection organisations launch ‘Travelling Exotic Animal Protection Act’

Following the launch of Elanco Companion Animal Health in the UK in October 2010 and Elanco’s recent acquisition of Janssen Animal Health,...

Elanco strengthens companion animal portfolio

Merck Animal Health, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announced today that it has embarked on the expansion of a va...

Merck Animal Health Breaks Ground for $18 Million Vaccine Plant Expansion

The all-encompassing website champions animal welfare education worldwide and offers teachers an invaluable one-stop welfare resource for ed...

WSPA releases online education resource in three languages

The most eminent figures from the veterinary world will soon assemble in Lyon, France, the birthplace of veterinary science, to hold the lar...

World Conference on Veterinary Education marks ‘Vet Year’ and 250th anniversary of the profession

Animal Welfare: Improving the Provision of Animal Health and Welfare in England Tuesday October 5th 2010, Central London, 09:00 - 14:00 (...

Talk: Risk assessment and public health Tuesday October 5th 2010, Central London, 09:00 - 14:00 (Half Day)

Pharmgate LLC of Ramsey, New Jersey and ECO Animal Health Ltd of London, England are pleased to announce the formation of Pharmgate Animal H...

Pharmgate and ECO Animal Health Establish a Joint Venture for the Distribution of Animal Health Products in North America

16 years ago

US stars take action for World Animal Week (4-10 October)

Actors Kellan Lutz (Twilight), Brooke Shields, Kristin Davis, Christina Applegate, Tiffani Thiessen and supermodel Joanna Krupa (best known ...

16 years ago

Scottish BVA Dinner Speech 2008

Speech by BVA President Nick Blayney at the BVA Scottish Dinner (12 June 2008) Honoured guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annu...

17 years ago

Global Aquatic Veterinary Association Formed

Emerging from the needs of a large number of veterinarians already involved in aquatic animal medicine a new veterinary organisation has bee...

19 years ago

OIE launches WAHID, unique global animal health database

The World Animal Health Information Database (WAHID) interface is now available on the OIE web Site and operational. This new extensive data...

19 years ago

New study reveals need for cultural change and increased safety focus in companion animal veterinary practices

CVS UK Ltd

A major new study, led by Dr. John Tulloch at the University of Liverpool and in collaboration with CVS, has revealed the significant scale ...

3 weeks ago

International Animal Rescue, on the death of Dr Jane Goodall

International Animal Rescue

Today, along with animal lovers and conservationists across the world, we grieve the loss of the incredible Dame, Dr Jane Goodall. Jan...

2 months ago

CVS launches Level 4 Award for Animal Medicines Advisors

CVS UK Ltd

CVS Group is launching the VetSkill Level 4 Award for Animal Medicines Advisors (SQP – Companion Animal) this July. The ne...

4 months ago

Vets call on Government to license unregulated dog fertility clinics to help clamp down on irresponsible breeding

BVA

British Veterinary Association and British Small Animal Veterinary Association urge crackdown on services linked to organised crime and unet...

IVC Evidensia have announced a raft of new members joining their Small Animal and Equine Clinical Boards over the last month, providing furt...

Eight new members join Small Animal and Equine Clinical Boards at IVC Evidensia

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

Ceva Animal Health has launched its 2024 ‘Call for Projects’ search to discover and support new, innovative solutions for the wellbeing ...

Ceva Animal Health launches its 2024 ‘Call for Projects’ to help enhance the human-animal bond

Ceva

Animal and Equine (RUMA CA&E)[1]. The Alliance was established in 2020 to define the principles of responsible use of medicines in the c...

First RUMA Companion Animal and Equine Annual Progress Report released detailing new national metrics for measuring antibiotic use in Dogs and Cats

RUMA

Dogs Trust and Purina PetCare Europe have announced a new partnership at the charity’s International Companion Animal Welfare Conference (...

Dogs Trust and Purina Europe announce new partnership at International Companion Animal Welfare Conference on World Animal Day

Dogs Trust

A newly-appointed clinical director who has taken the helm at a leading Essex vet practice has spoken of the lightbulb moment she first knew...

Highly-experienced Laila appointed to lead team at Animal Ark

Linnaeus Group

Defra Secretary of State George Eustice announced plans at the NFU conference earlier today to roll out publicly funded annual veterinary vi...

Post-Brexit funding for animal health and welfare an opportunity, say vets

BVA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly welcomed the Welsh Government’s One Health approach to the new Animal Health and Welfa...

Vets applaud ‘One Health’ animal plan for Wales

BVA

Eminent veterinarian Jon Wray has become the new clinical director at Linnaeus flagship small animal hospital Willows Veterinary Centre and ...

Jon Wray appointed new clinical director at industry-leading Willows

Linnaeus Group

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), the regulator for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses in the UK, has released a new f...

RCVS provides reassurance that vets will be carrying out vital vet work during pandemic

RCVS

The One Health Committee of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has launched the first Certificate Program to focus ...

Certificate Program Focusing on the Role of Companion Animals in One Health Launched by the WSAVA

WSAVA

Campaigners, who have fought for decades to stop circus suffering, are today celebrating after the British Parliament today finally banned t...

Wild animal circus ban PASSED in UK Parliament

Animal Defenders International

Government sets out legislation to increase maximum sentences for animal cruelty, following strong support from public and welfare groupsEnv...

Gove delivers new bill to punish animal abusers

DEFRA

American physical therapist and Master Yoga teacher Lara Heimann will join veterinary experts from around the world on the speaker panel of ...

Global Wellness Guru Joins Clinical Experts for VET Festival 2019: 7-8 June, Loseley Park, Surrey

VET Festival

American physical therapist and Master Yoga teacher Lara Heimann will join veterinary experts from around the world on the speaker pan...

Global Wellness Guru Joins Clinical Experts for VET Festival 2019 - 7-8 June, Loseley Park, Surrey

More than a dozen celebrities from the entertainment industry, Ed Asner; Danny Boyle; Brian Blessed; James Cromwell; Jorja Fox; Tonya Kay; K...

Stars say Let us do the entertaining as wild animal circus bill is introduced to Congress

Animal Defenders International

Over a decade ago, human clinical trials of test drug TGN1412 resulted in catastrophic injury to test volunteers. The story is the subject o...

BBC docu-drama about drug trial disaster exposes misleading animal tests

Animal Defenders International

Recognising and retaining the vital roles that vets play across animal health, animal welfare and public health is pivotal to securing succe...

Vets vital to post-Brexit success say BVA

BVA