The British Equine Veterinary Association has announced that its Congress, Europe’s largest equine veterinary event, will take place from 4 th to the 7 th September 2021 at the ICC, Birmingham. The event, which was cancelled last year because of the...

Animalcare, the maker of Thiamacare, has launched ‘Make Senior Easier’ a new campaign designed to help improve the quality of life of older pets by helping practices enhance their level of care and educating owners how they can maintain their pet's wellbeing...

Buckinghamshire-based Hamilton Specialist Referrals has published the results of a survey of GP vets which reveals which conditions they have found harder to manage during the pandemic. 60 vets took part in the survey. 80% believed they had seen an...

Animalcare has set up a new company called identicare to operate its identibase pet database and identichip microchip business. The company says the reason for the change is so that it can dedicate additional resources to the business. Samantha Williamson...

A group of exotics vets have come together to create Just Exotic, a new resource for veterinary nurses and students who want to broaden their exotic species knowledge. The brainchild of Sonya Miles CertAVP(ZM), CertAqV, MRCVS, Just Exotic ( www.justexotics...

Jurox (UK) Limited has launched the Anaesthesia Academy CPD platform to help veterinary nurses refresh their knowledge on premedicating patients, and to improve induction, maintenance and recovery protocols. The course counts for four hours CPD, split...

Herefordshire-based Alex McGhee MRCVS, a business intelligence manager at Linnaeus, has headed off to the Maldives to help save endangered sea turtles. Alex is applying the data science he uses in his day job to help local vets at the Olive Ridley...

A new study, published open access in the latest issue of the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), found that 68% of portable electronic devices (PEDs) used by veterinary staff were contaminated with Staphylococci, including both vancomycin and oxacillin...

TheraVet S.A., a Belgian company which specialises in the management of osteoarticular diseases in pets, has announced the launch of Biocera-Vet, an injectable bone substitute for use in orthopaedic surgery. The company says that despite the development...

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that the RCVS has completed the sale of its offices in Westminster, the College has now announced plans to move its headquarters offshore. In a statement issued this morning, the College explained that a...

Premier Vet Alliance, the provider of preventative health plans and home delivery services, is to launch a new training course which, for the first time, it has had accredited by The CPD Standards Office. The new course is called ‘New staff training...

The RCVS is publishing new Covid recovery guidance for the veterinary professions in the UK. The new guidance, which can be found at www.rcvs.org.uk/coronavirus , will gradually replace the current emergency guidance and aims to help veterinary practices...