Veterinary Nursing News Headlines

    Norbrook announces Arthritis Awareness Month

    Norbrook Laboratories has announced Arthritis Awareness Month, which will run from 15 th October to 15 th November 2011, during which the company will be running a series of special promotions and competitions. Michelle Jones, Companion Animal Brand...

    Petsavers calls for photo competition entries

    Petsavers, the charitable division of the BSAVA, is calling for entries to its 2012 digital photography competition, this year themed 'Best Buddies'. The competition is open to entries from pet owners and veterinary professionals alike. The judges...

    Bayer to run second Profender TV ad campaign

    Bayer Animal Health has announced that following the success of its educational TV advertising campaign, which ran earlier this year and promoted the need to worm cats, a second advertising campaign will now run in September. Bayer (makers of Profender...

    Virbac offers vets longer lasting medical castration

    Virbac has launched a new 12 month version of Suprelorin, the reversible medical castration implant for dogs, widening the options for clients seeking an alternative to surgical castration. Product manager Chris Geddes MRCVS said: "The launch of Suprelorin...

    The owl and the smelly sock went to see ...

    Neil Forbes FRCVS , Specialist in Avian Medicine at Vets Now Referrals , has been dealing with a rather interesting case: an owl that swallowed a sock. John Dowling, the owner of a falconry business and keeper of the 13 week old Indian eagle owl called...

    Is dog neutering doing more harm than good?

    The BVA is inviting vet nurses to come to a BVA Congress panel discussion at the London Vet Show about the risks and benefits of neutering dogs, as new evidence suggests the answer might not be as clear cut as previously thought. ‘Is neutering dogs...

    Vets asked to help tackle mystery canine illness

    The Forestry Commission, together with other agencies and landowners, is stepping up efforts to find out why some dogs have fallen ill while on countryside walks. Over 50 cases of so called Seasonal Canine Illness (SCI) occurred during the autumn...

    Vetericyn named Product of the Year

    Vetericyn VF, the vet-only wound and skin care spray from Innovacyn has been named product of the year by Animal Health International , one of the world's largest food and companion animal health distributors. Commenting on the award, Innovacyn said...

    New online review system for practices

    Vethelpdirect.com , the website founded by VetSurgeon.org member, Susie Samuel MRCVS , has launched a new system called VetReviews which allows your clients publish a review of your service directly from your own website. To use the system, you (or...

    Portsmouth vet restored to the Register

    The RCVS Disciplinary Committee has restored Portsmouth-based Simon Wood MRCVS to the Register. Mr Wood was removed from the Register in 2018 after being convicted of posessing indecent images of children and made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention...

    New study finds antibiotics offer no benefit for dogs with diarrhoea

    The RVC has published a new VetCompass study which has concluded that prescribing antibiotics or nutraceuticals at first presentation of uncomplicated diarrhoea in dogs causes no difference in clinical resolution of these cases. The study 1 suggests...

    Bristol Vet Specialists invests in state-of-the-art linear accelerator for cancer treatment

    CVS Group is installing a state-of-the-art linear accelerator at Bristol Vet Specialists, where it will allow the referral hospital to offer advanced image-guided radiation treatments for cancer in cats and dogs. The company says the Elekta Infinity...

    Dechra warns of Oxyglobin supply problem

    Dechra Veterinary Products is warning veterinary professionals it is experiencing supply issues with Oxyglobin , Haemoglobin Glutamer-200. Dechra has supplied Oxyglobin under an exclusive UK distributor agreement with Biopure Corporation since 2002...

    Arthritis is a disease of young dogs, says Boehringher

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched Arthritis AWARE, a campaign to raise awareness that osteoarthritis is much more common in young dogs than previously thought. Although the disease is commonly diagnosed later in life, a 2022 study of 123 dogs found...

    Government clampdown on alternative pet remedies

    Alternative remedies which could be dangerous to pets are being targeted by the Government in a major drive to improve animal health and welfare. Some herbal and homeopathic products are claiming medicinal benefits without scientific proof, meaning they...

    Novartis announces changes to the supply of ACP

    Novartis Animal Health has issued the following statement concerning the supply of acepromazine (ACP) injectable in the UK: "Recent upgrades to Novartis Animal Health’s manufacturing plant in the UK have resulted in the site becoming a worldwide centre...

    Hill's offers virtual tour round Kansas Pet Nutrition Centre

    Hill's Pet Nutrition is offering veterinary surgeons, vet students and nurses in the UK an opportunity to look round its Pet Nutrition Centre in Topeka, Kansas, via a live webcast to be delivered at 7pm on Tuesday 11 th January 2011. To join the...

    Early-bird registration open for BSAVA Congress 2024 in Manchester

    Early-bird registration is now open for BSAVA Congress 2024, which will return to Manchester Central on 21st-23rd March 2024. Open to everyone in the profession, Congress '24 will include over 130 hours of CPD across 32 different modules covering topics...

    Free Libromide epilepsy advice service launched

    Genitrix has launched a free epilepsy faxback advice service for veterinary practices prescribing Libromide. A form downloadable from the Genitrix website will enable practices to provide detailed case histories, and challenging canine epilepsy...

    Pfizer urges vets and horse owners to be on guard for West Nile Virus

    Pfizer Animal Health is advising vets and horse owners to be on guard against the threat of West Nile Virus (WNV) in the UK, following a spate of outbreaks of the disease in several European countries this year. West Nile Virus has recently made...

    Zoetis offers alternative to Equip Rotavirus as new supplies delayed till March 2024

    Zoetis has been granted a Wholesale Dealer Import Certificate (WDIC) to supply practices with an alternative rotavirus vaccine after being hit by manufacturing delays with this year’s season of Equip Rotavirus. Practices which want to buy the alternative...

    Ex Vetlife President rendered speechless after Vet Dynamics raises whopping £40K

    Vet Dynamics, the business consultancy for independent practices set up by Alan and Vicky Robinson, has raised a staggering £40,712 for Vetlife at its annual conference. The money, which was raised from the annual raffle and auction was nearly 50%...

    Ceva announces winners of firework display competition

    Ceva Animal Health has announced the winners of it's firework waiting room display competition which, according to the company, had a record-breaking number of entries submitted this year. To enter the competition, practices had to create an.....

    Intervet publishes the evidence for Plerion

    A study published in the Veterinary Record has shown that Plerion, the broad-spectrum anthelmintic combination preparation for dogs (5 mg pyrantel + 20 mg oxantel + 5 mg praziquantel per kg body weight) is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment against...

    Dechra launches 'How To' videos for pet owners

    Dechra Veterinary Products has launched the first in a series of 'How To' videos for pet owners which are now available online at dechra.co.uk and via youtube In the videos, Louise O'Dwyer, Head Nurse at Petmedics in Manchester demonstrates...