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

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

BVA

World Horse Welfare has enlisted the assistance of equine charities and the Cambridge Veterinary School to help an overwhelmed owner of 72 h...

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

World Horse Welfare

One of the UK’s leading small animal hospitals has added more depth and breadth to its expert team with the arrival of two new recruit...

Twin appointments boost talented team at NDSR

Linnaeus Group

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has responded tonight (12 October 2020) after a crucial clause that imposes a requirement for agric...

Vets lament ‘severe blow for animal welfare’ as MPs vote against Agriculture Bill amendment on import standards

BVA

The risk to immune-suppressed clients and veterinary team members from human Bartonellosis and the importance of reducing the risk of ...

Parasite Expert Calls on Profession to Protect Immune-suppressed Staff and Clients from Bartonellosis at 2020 OV Conference

Improve International

Davies Veterinary Specialists is proud to announce that its internal medicine team member Nat Whitley has joined the WSAVA’s Vac...

Davies Internal Medicine Specialist joins WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group

Davies Veterinary Specialists

BVA has welcomed the RCVS announcement that the review of ‘under care’ and 24/7 is due to resume, following the interruption cau...

BVA welcomes under care review and calls on the RCVS to end temporary measures for remote prescribing

BVA

A leading Wiltshire small animal hospital has launched a state-of-the-art neurology service.Eastcott Veterinary Referrals, which is based in...

Eastcott Veterinary Referrals launches state-of-the-art neurology service

Linnaeus Group

Using its Vet Viewer benchmarking tool, business intelligence provider Veterinary Insights have calculated that revenue in UK companion anim...

Companion animal practice back to 82% of pre-lockdown revenue

Veterinary Insights

At its virtual Honours & Awards Evening (10 September 2020), the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) launched two new awards for...

RCVS launches two new awards for 2021 to celebrate community and compassion

RCVS

Urine dipstick test not accurate for detecting proteinuria in cats even when associated with urine-specific gravityA new study, published in...

Urine dipstick test not accurate for detecting proteinuria in cats even when associated with urine-specific gravity

BSAVA

Ceva Animal Health, the manufacturer of Cevac Chlamydia, has launched an interactive map to help demonstrate to farmers that Enzootic A...

Ceva launches Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) interactive map

Ceva

York – September 2020: With the deadline approaching for all horse owners in England to microchip their animals, Animalcare has ...

Equine Microchipping Reminders Offered by Animalcare Ahead of 1 October Deadline

Animalcare

Ceva Animal Health is carrying out a survey to ascertain livestock and mixed practice vets’ opinions on packaging and the environment ...

Pharmaceutical waste on farm … do we really know what happens to it?

Ceva

York – September 2020: Animalcare has achieved carbon neutral status as part of its commitment to run its business sustainably.&...

Animalcare Becomes a Carbon Neutral Business

Animalcare

Donkeys are one of Britain’s favourite animals, despite more than half of people wrongly believing they are stubborn, a study has reve...

Donkeys revealed as a British favourite despite ‘stubborn’ myth

The Donkey Sanctuary

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), evaluated urethral orifice cross-section di...

New study paves way for prediction of re-obstruction following feline perineal urethrostomy

BSAVA

New statistics show prices for some of the UK’s most desirable dog breeds reached record levels, as some sellers exploited demand for ...

Huge price hikes for popular breeds during lockdown revealed

Dogs Trust

Test and Treat – the UK-based point of care veterinary diagnostics company – has announced the appointment of vet Rachel Kirkby ...

Urinary tract infection diagnostics company builds veterinary team

Test & Treat

BSAVA have issued a reminder to primary care small animal practice staff to ensure they know how to work safely with bats. The reminde...

BSAVA issues reminder for small animal vets on safe working with bats

BSAVA

The Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss, has today called on all horse, pony and donkey owners in England to get their animals mi...

Equine owners urged to microchip horses ahead of October deadline

DEFRA

Robert Dawson MRCVS, Director and Veterinarian, Joii Pet Care - History shows that challenging times bring out the best in both people ...

Robert Dawson - Why COVID-19 will change the veterinary industry for the better

Joii

Study investigates ante mortem and post mortem findings of rabbits with RHDV2 Whilst rabbit haemorrhagic disease has been extensively invest...

Study investigates ante mortem and post mortem findings of rabbits with RHDV2

BSAVA

Global marcoms agency, Pegasus an Ashfield company, part of UDG Healthcare, has asked over 500 veterinarians, nurses, students and veterinar...

“We do not feel valued as a profession during the COVID-19 crisis”, say veterinary professionals - New survey reveals

Pegasus

Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of the leading veterinary behavioural products ADAPTIL and FELIWAY, has acquired ThunderWorks, which i...

Ceva acquires ThunderWorks to extend its leading behavioural range

Ceva

Following the successful launch of their recent COVID-19 report in April 2019, global communications agency, Pegasus, are asking veterinary ...

Is it all change for vets from now on? Have your say. Request for veterinary professionals to share their COVID-19 experience by Tuesday 30th June.

Pegasus

Acute canine kidney injury following general anaesthesia? Authors of JSAP study would like to hear from you.As association between acute kid...

Acute canine kidney injury following general anaesthesia? Authors of JSAP study would like to hear from you.

BSAVA

A research article by the world’s largest equine welfare charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, has recently been published highlighting the c...

Research highlights misprescibed medicines to equids in India

The Donkey Sanctuary

York – June 2020: Animalcare has kicked off National Microchipping Month (NMM) 2020 by launching the latest of its ‘Tea-Ti...

Animalcare Kicks off National Microchipping Month with Free Webinar

Animalcare

Global nutrition company Hill’s Pet Nutrition has teamed up with the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Professional We...

Hill’s Targets Veterinary Wellness in Partnership with the WSAVA’s Professional Wellness Group

WSAVA

Buckinghamshire-based small animal orthopaedic and neurology referral practice, Hamilton Specialist Referrals, has welcomed two new staff me...

Two Ricardos join the team at Hamilton Specialist Referrals

Hamilton Specialist Referrals

One of the UK’s leading animal hospitals is introducing an in-house training scheme to develop the veterinary nurses of the future.Cav...

Cave Veterinary Specialists becomes approved training centre for veterinary nurses

Linnaeus Group

International animal charity SPANA has launched an emergency feeding programme in Marrakech, to save the city’s carriage horses, which...

SPANA launches emergency feeding programme for Morocco's starving horses

SPANA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has announced further amendments to the planned timetable for its review of ‘under car...

Pandemic forces further changes to RCVS ‘under care’ review plans

RCVS

The BSAVA is recording a series of webinars based on current JSAP papers and is offering members of the profession the chance to submi...

BSAVA invites questions for presenters of JSAP paper webinars

BSAVA

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), demonstrated that placement of temporary tr...

New JSAP study highlights use of temporary tracheostomy tubes after surgery for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome

BSAVA

Veterinary professionals working in a veterinary practice can save over £500 on The College of Animal Welfare’s leadership and m...

Veterinary professionals eligible to save £100s on leadership & management training this Summer

The College of Animal Welfare

In a welcome piece of positive news in these difficult times, three veterinary teams and one individual have won the title of Knowledge Cham...

Winners of RCVS Knowledge Awards 2020 announced

RCVS

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is advising pet owners to be extra careful and keep chocolate eggs and other sweet treats well out ...

Keep pets from avoidable chocolate emergencies over lockdown Easter, urge vets

BVA

BSAVA unveils triage tool for dogs and cats during COVID-19 pandemicThe BSAVA has unveiled a new triage tool specifically tailored to help v...

BSAVA unveils triage tool for dogs and cats during COVID-19 pandemic

BSAVA

BBC’s Countryfile offers viewers a window on rural life and often showcases the lives of those working in food production in the UK. H...

Cattle vets say welfare is at the heart of standard schemes

BCVA

In light of the rapidly developing coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak around the world and increasingly in the UK, the Royal College of Veterin...

Royal College offers advice and reassurance to vet professionals on coronavirus

RCVS

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) research paves the way for field trials of cattle vaccine for bovine tuberculosis (bTB).An evolution o...

Government sets out next phase of strategy to combat bovine tuberculosis

DEFRA

New JSAP study shows that ureter injuries during neutering can be successfully treated if non-specific clinical signs are correctly recognis...

New JSAP study shows that ureter injuries during neutering can be successfully treated if non-specific clinical signs are correctly recognised

BSAVA

A recent survey by Vita Animal Health has found that most horse owners have a first aid box, with the majority containing Phenylbutazone (Bu...

57% of horse owners keep bute in first aid box, new survey shows

Vita Animal Health

Yorkshire, UK: The full judging panel for the Burgess Excel Vet Awards has now been revealed. 2020 marks the first year of the awards,...

Judging Panel Announced For Burgess Excel Vet Awards

Burgess Pet Care

Nearly half (42%) of the pet rabbits that vets see in the UK spend their life alone, despite evidence showing that they are healthier and ha...

The UK’s pet rabbits are lonely hearts looking for companionship, say vets

BVA

Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of Amodip, is launching Hypertension Ambassadors, a unique online CPD course to update vets and veterinary ...

Ceva launches Hypertension Ambassadors’ initiative

Ceva

Emeritus Professor Edward Hall has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Bourgelat Award. The award is presented by the BSAV...

BSAVA announces 2020 Bourgelat Award winner

BSAVA

Animalcare Ltd has expressed concern at comments made during a feature on microchipping on BBC’s Rip Off Britain, aired on 20 January ...

Animalcare Calls on DEFRA to Improve Microchipping Database Regulation Following Feature on Rip Off Britain

Animalcare

A new study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), suggests that endoscopic foreign body remov...

New JSAP study highlights success of endoscopic foreign body retrieval in cats

BSAVA

The XLVets community of independent practices has reached the end of a three-year project which was implemented as part of its ten-year anni...

XLVets raises £60,000 and makes a practical difference with Send A Cow charity

XLVets

Rosemary Avenue Vet Clinic in Enfield has won £200 of Frankie & Benny’s vouchers as winners of Ceva Animal Health’s an...

Rosemary Avenue Vet Clinic wins Cevas fireworks waiting room display competition

Ceva

First European symposium brings top feline & nutrition experts to PraguePrague, 21 October, 2019. Leading scientists presented the lates...

The Purina Institute Takes a Deep Dive into the Science of Cats

Purina Institute

Reposted. Originally posted 2017-04-27 Becoming a vet is no easy task. You’ve spent 5-6 years at university, more if you’ve g...

Vet Career Check - Moving from veterinary practice to a commercial role

Noble Futures Ltd

The BSAVA has launched a new app for members to give them easy access to the information they need for daily practice.The new app, whi...

BSAVA launches app for members

BSAVA

Delegates to OV Conference warned of growing threat from Rhipicephalus tickWhile much attention is focused on the growing risk from exotic z...

Vets Warned of a Major Disease Risk Under the Radar

Improve International

The Animal Health Trust (AHT) is seeking vets’ help to support a research project to develop a reliable DNA test for Lafora disease, a...

Vets Support Required For Lafora Dna Test

Vets4Pets

Virbac is pleased to announce the launch of MULTIMIN, a unique, prescription only, four in one trace mineral injection to combat oxidative s...

Virbac launch NEW MULTIMIN a unique prescription only trace mineral injection for cattle

Virbac Animal Health

"Following publication of my first article four years ago in VetClick, I continue to be impressed with my "PhysioPod" (a...

"At times, Deep Oscillation has literally been an equine lifesaver"

PhysioPod UK Limited

The College of Animal Welfare (CAW) is delighted to announce the move from their longstanding Boltons Park Farm home in Potters Bar, to Nort...

CAW Launches new North London Centre

The College of Animal Welfare

The Mark Morris Institute (MMI) has appointed a new Chief Academic Officer (CAO) to spearhead the delivery of an ambitious strategy to enhan...

New Chief Academic Officer for Mark Morris Institute to Spearhead Expansion of Clinical Nutrition Training

Alley Cat Allies, the global engine of change for cats, will gather cat advocates, animal professionals and people who want to learn more ab...

Dallas: Saving, Protecting Cats the Focus of Alley Cat Allies Conference

Alley Cat Allies

New collaborative work between researchers in equine medicine, maths, physics and stem cell biology has resulted in a clearer understanding ...

New study combining physics and biology sheds fresh light on hoof growth

The University of Aberystwyth proved to be the ideal setting for the BSAVA’s Vets Cymru conference held on the 28-29 June 2019. The co...

Groundbreaking conference hailed a success

BSAVA

New pet owner research, commissioned by Bayer, reveals that one in seven British adults1 actively encourage fox visitors into their hom...

Are pet foxes aiding the rise of lungworm in dogs?

Bayer HealthCare

Animal Welfare Minister David Rutley MP visited Cats Protection’s Macclesfield Branch last Friday (5 July) to see first...

Animal Welfare Minister David Rutley visits Cats Protections Macclesfield Branch

Cats Protection

As holidaymakers across the UK start preparations for summer getaways, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging jet-setting pet ow...

Ticks, tock: Vets issue handy travel checklist for bug-free travels abroad with your pet as the countdown to summer vacations begins

BVA

· The 18th annual ISFM congress welcomed parasitologists, veterinary clinicians and feline medicine experts in a first-class sci...

Experts Discuss Latest Feline Infectious Disease Threats At European Congress

Bayer HealthCare

The British College of Veterinary Specialists (BCVSp) has approached the RCVS Practice Standards Group (PSG) to look at the feasibilit...

BCVSp exploring options for a Practice Standards Strand for Multi-disciplinary Specialist Hospitals

BCVSp

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) and The Webinar Vet have joined forces to offer free access to Virtual Congress 2020 t...

WSAVA and The Webinar Vet Collaboration Offers Free Access to Virtual Congress 2020

WSAVA

Vita Animal Health has launched a new ear cleaner for use in dogs, cats and rabbits. Omniotic combines debris removal with anti-infectious a...

Vita Animal Health Launches Omniotic to Provide a Flexible New Solution to Ear Cleaning

Vita Animal Health

Experts from around the world will discuss the implications of research undertaken by the WSAVA’s Professional Wellness Group (PWG) in...

Global Experts to Discuss WSAVA Research into Veterinary Wellness during World Congress 2019

WSAVA

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) landmark innovation initiative ViVet will focus on how rapidly developing technology and dat...

Precision veterinary medicine the theme for second ViVet Innovation Symposium

RCVS

BSAVA is launching a new event to tackle some of the potentially contentious clinical and non-clinical issues facing veterinary professional...

New BSAVA Summit to confront major issues facing veterinary profession

BSAVA

Experts from around the world will discuss the implications of research undertaken by the WSAVA’s Professional Wellness Group (PWG) in...

Global Experts to Discuss WSAVA Research into Veterinary Wellness during World Congress 2019

WSAVA

Gerhard Putter, Specialist Dental Vet, was presented with his Diploma at the European Veterinary Dental Forum event in Utrecht on 16th &ndas...

Gerhard Putter Presented with Dental Diploma in Utrecht

IVC Evidensia UK & IE

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, manufacturer of Bovikalc® and Bovikalc® Dry, has launched its National Milk Fever (hypocalcaemia...

Vets asked to mobilise clients to share their experience of milk fever in national survey

To help combat future problems with antimicrobial resistance, a vet group has launched a new initiative aimed at reducing the use of antibio...

Vet group launches antibiotic reduction initiative

Vets4Pets

New to the BSAVA Stand at Congress this year is a series of free pop up lunchtime lectures. They are free to all attendees but places are li...

BSAVA Congress introduces lunchtime lectures

Opening Ceva’s “C the future” Innovation summit ahead of Asia’s leading agricultural show, VIV Asia, Ceva Chairman &...

Ceva Chairman, Marc Prikazsky, outlines how the human desire to improve the lives of children will continue to fuel future innovation

Ceva

The BSAVA Guide to Pain Management in Small Animal Practice is the latest addition to the BSAVA range of titles and will be launched at Cong...

A helping hand for pain management in small animal practice

On the eve of Crufts 2019 (7th-10th March), a panel of leading pet experts, including TV vets and other influencers in the companion animal ...

'Crufts Breeders' Must Put Health Over 'Beauty', Says New Dog Breed Standards Panel

Arty Lobster

The RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) have joined forces to call on the UK Government to repeal a legal exemption that perm...

Joint call to end non-stun slaughter

BVA

WALTON OAKS, SURREY – Feb, 8, 2019 Zoetis UK Ltd. Following recent news alerting the public to an outbreak of Equine Influenza (flu) s...

Zoetis UK Statement Following The Equine Flu Outbreak

Zoetis

Mrs Gillian Page BSc, RVN, Cert B&PS, co-founder and Business Director of the Ayrton Veterinary Hospital near Edinburgh, has been ...

RVN Hospital Founder Elected President of Veterinary Management Group

Veterinary Management Group

Virbac is delighted to announce the arrival of VETERINARY HPM Hypoallergy, a new addition to the VETERINARY HPM Clinical Diets range for bot...

Virbac Launches New VETERINARY HPM Hypoallergy Diet

Virbac Animal Health

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is urging companion animal veterinarians globally to complete a multi-lingual online q...

Veterinarians Asked to Contribute to WSAVA Global Wellness Initiative

WSAVA

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Vaccination Guidelines Group (VGG) has held a series of meetings and continuing educat...

WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group Project Continues in Latin America

Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of ADAPTIL and FELIWAY, is encouraging veterinary practices around the UK to decorate their waiting ro...

Ceva launches its fireworks waiting room display competition

Ceva

Norbrook® has announced the launch of Moxiclear™, a broad spectrum endectocide monthly spot-on for the treatment and prevention of...

Norbrook to launch Moxiclear for broad spectrum parasite and lungworm prevention and treatment in companion animals

Norbrook Laboratories

It's not too late to participate in Ceva Animal Health's Mercury Challenge, a European initiative to raise awareness of feline ...

Its not too late to participate in the Mercury Challenge

Ceva

Ceva Animal Health, manufacturer of ADAPTIL and FELIWAY, has launched a new fireworks marketing and display pack to provide pet owners ...

Ceva launches new fireworks marketing and display pack

Ceva

Virbac is delighted to announce that their calf scour vaccine “Bovigen Scour” has been recently granted VMD approval for a singl...

Bovigen Scour granted VMD approval for a single shot vaccination

Virbac Animal Health

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has announced that a veterinarian and a physician are the joint winners of its 2018 Gl...

Joint Winners of WSAVA 2018 Global One Health Award Announced

WSAVA

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has responded to a range of new measures announced yesterday (19 June) to further improve pet welfa...

BVA welcomes Cabinet Secretarys statement on improving pet welfare in Wales

BVA

Leading veterinary charity PDSA is warning that the continuing trend of owners doing no pre-purchase research before acquiring a pet is risk...

PDSA warns of long term risk to pet welfare as trend for lack of pre-purchase research continues

PDSA