Bayer Animal Health has signed a global collaboration agreement with adivo, a company which develops therapeutic antibodies for pets. The two companies have agreed to jointly discover and develop species-specific therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for...

CRC Press has published Veterinary Nursing Care Plans by Helen Ballantyne BSc (Hons) PG Dip RN RVN, billed as the first veterinary textbook to cover this important aspect of veterinary nursing. Nursing care plans provide nurses with an opportunity...

Royal Canin has announced a partnership with The Colourful Consultation Nurse Roadshows , a series of CPD events which cover things like 'the types of nurse consultation and charging for each' to 'post-op checks and preventative healthcare'...

Animalcare has joined forces with Pet Remedy to launch a new range of de-stress grooming products for practices to offer clients who find their pet's bath time a particularly stressful experience. The range comprises of a detangling pre-wash, a...

Simplyhealth Professionals has launched Optimise Health Plans, so that practices can offer their employees a range of health and wellbeing benefits. Amongst other things, the plans offer 24/7 telephone counselling from GPs and trained counsellors....

The BVA, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and the RSPCA are urging veterinary nurses to promote pre-purchase consultations and The Puppy Contract to encourage responsible puppy buying decisions among both current clients and prospective owners. ...

Susan Paterson, RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology, has taken over from Philip Lhermette as President of the BSAVA for 2019/2020. Sue qualified from Cambridge in 1984 and then spent time in mixed practice in Devon before taking...

The Royal Veterinary College reports that one of its Internal Medicine Clinical Training Residents, Myles McKenna, has been involved in diagnosing the first case of leishmaniosis in the UK where it is believed the infection was spread from one dog to...

Some interesting research from the Daily Express today, which shows which UK towns and cities have the most veterinary practices per capita. You could otherwise call them "Britain's Best Places to Get Ill (if you are a dog)", or alternatively...

The organisers of VET Festival 2019 have announced that the 2019 VETFest Conversation will take place with broadcaster and author Fearne Cotton. Fearne, who has been presenting live TV since she was 15 years old, has published eight books including...

This morning, VetNurse.co.uk published an April Fools fake news story, to the effect that the RCVS planned to increase retention fees by 150% . I had hoped that the increasing absurdity of the reasons given for the rise might have tipped everyone off...

Horses and ponies that gain weight are more than twice as likely to develop laminitis than if they lose or maintain their weight, according to new research published last month in BMC Veterinary Research 1 . Carried out by the Royal Veterinary College...

The British College of Veterinary Specialists (BCVSp) has launched a new website, www.yourvetspecialist.org to promote the services of RCVS and European Veterinary Specialists to the pet-owning public. The new website explains what Veterinary Specialists...