MSD Animal Health is funding a research project which is offering veterinary practices free additional testing of PCR and/or MAT positive samples from suspected clinical cases of leptospirosis in 2021.

The research project, which is being carried out by 

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have found that machine-learning algorithms have the potential to improve the diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome in dogs. 

Historically, diagnosis has been achieved with multiple blood tests. However, this…

Northern Ireland-based Ciga Healthcare is launching a veterinary division, marketing a range of lateral flow rapid diagnostic tests under the Suresign Veterinary brand.

The Suresign range consists of:

• Canine Parvovirus Antigen Rapid Tests  
• Canine CRP Rapid…

Virbac, manufacturer of Stelfonta, has announced that it will host a series of free webinars on the diagnosis of canine mast cell tumours, in collaboration with BattLab/Laboklin.

The webinars will be presented by specialists in their respective fields; small…

Horiba UK has launched over 30 new pathogen PCR tests for its Pockit Central in-house veterinary PCR analyser.

Pockit Central is a benchtop analyser which completes tests in 85 minutes.

The new PCR tests include: Lyme disease, Dirofilaria immitis, Neospora c…

Rowe Vet Referrals has installed a brand new 3.0T MRI scanner which it describes as game changing to the service it can offer referring practices. 

Rowe Referrals, part of IVC Evidensia Referrals, was one of the very first practices to have an onsite MRI when…

Eastcott Veterinary Referrals has found an imaginative use for the perspex safety screens introduced at the start of the pandemic: for patient restraint. 

Specifically, they're using them as a sheep race of sorts, for patient restraint during fluoroscopic…

The Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has published a new study which it says supports the use of weekly proteinuria monitoring during the first month of masitinib treatment for neoplasia.

The study, titled “Development and progression of proteinuria…

Zoetis has added digital cytology testing to Vetscan Imagyst, giving practices access to a network of remote pathologists and AI technology for fecal testing. 

With Vetscan Imagyst, samples are prepared in-clinic using traditional methods, but submitted digitally…

Horiba UK Ltd is to host In practice haematology - beyond the pale!, a free CPD webinar presented by Ronnie Barron from the University of Glasgow Veterinary School, on Thursday 28th October at 7:30pm.

Ronnie (pictured right) will look at quality control…

Adaptix has launched the 3D Veterinary Imaging System, which the company says has the potential to transform dental and orthopaedic imaging both from a clinical perspective and a financial one.

Unlike a normal 2D X-ray system, Adaptix's system fires very…

Dr. Sarah Caney, RCVS recognised Specialist in Feline Medicine, is asking all vet nurses to take part in what she hopes will be the biggest online feline hypertension survey conducted so far, with the aim of getting an accurate insight into how vet teams…

Cave Veterinary Specialists in Somerset has installed a new £1.2M Phillips Ingenia 1.5T Evolution MRI scanner for shorter anaesthetics for its patients, and more detailed and accurate diagnosis of complex neurological conditions.

The new scanner 

A study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), has found the AccuTell Portable Blood Glucose Monitor (PBGM) to be more accurate and useful in a clinical setting than the AlphaTrak2.

For the study “Comparative accuracy…

IVC Evidensia has adopted a new technology which uses artificial intelligence to provide accurate radiology diagnostic reports in minutes instead of days.

The technology, developed by US firm SignalPET, sends X-rays through an AI machine algorithm to get…

A new study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) has concluded that the quick sequential organ failure assessment is poor indicator of mortality, has a low sensitivity to to detect canine patients with severe sepsis and septic shock,…

MSD Animal Health has launched HomeAgain Thermochip, a new identification microchip which incorporates a temperature biosensor which measures the cat or dog's subcutaneous temperature.

MSD says the new chip is compliant with ISO standards, has proven…

Teleradiology company, VetCT, is calling for companies developing and deploying AI in the field of veterinary diagnostic imaging to impose the highest standards of self-regulation. 
In an AI position statement released on their website, the company highlights…

Kit Sturgess, RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Medicine, will present a webinar for vet nurses: “Diagnosis of inflammatory disease in cats and dogs – Getting the most from your practice laboratory?”, on Thursday 2nd March, 7:30 - 9:00pm…

Hallmarq Veterinary Imaging has launched the world's first veterinary MRI that doesn't rely on helium to cool its magnet coils. 

The coils need to be cooled to -460 °F in order to get good quality images. 

To achieve the same result without helium…

A study conducted by Melanie Dobromylskyj, a histopathologist at CVS-owned Finn Pathologists and RVC student, Rebecca Hederer has identified the most common histopathological diagnoses out of over 600 biopsy samples from guinea pig lumps. 

Skin diseases and…

A study published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery has identified barriers to blood pressure measurement in cats and revealed that vets and nurses struggle to interpret ocular findings when identifying hypertensive lesions in cats¹.

2000 veterinary…

Dechra has created a new app with the Royal Veterinary College which promises to help vets better diagnose and treat endocrine disorders in companion animals. 

Typically, diagnosis of endocrine disease is based on a thorough history and physical examination…

HT Vista has had a paper published in Frontiers of Veterinary Science which it says validates the use of its thermal imaging and AI device for accurate screening of dermal and subcutaneous masses¹.

The HT Vista device measures heat transfer rate differences…

CVS reports that a project it has been running since 2019 to increase the use of ear cytology and support the appropriate use of antibiotics in treating otitis externa (OE) in first opinion practice has resulted in an increase in intervention rates f…