Elanco has published a series of online video tutorials for practices that need help setting up and running a business presence on Facebook and Instagram. The five-part series, which is hosted on Elanco’s customer portal MyElanco.co.uk , covers...

Veterinary Nurse Kim Houghton has launched Wild Inside Adventures , an opportunity to take part in a programme which offers hands-on experience with some very exotic species whilst at the same time helping communities that normally have no access to veterinary...

5m Publishing has announced that it is introducing an extended nursing stream at VetsNorth 2019 and VetsSouth 2019 . The nursing stream will focus on surgery and emergency and critical care nursing, whilst the programme for veterinary surgeons will...

The animal rights group PETA has been widely ridiculed for a tweet it put out today which suggested ways in which we could all remove 'speciesism' from our daily conversations, likening it to racist, homophobic or ableist language. So, it suggested...

npower has released the results of a survey of 2000 pet owners which revealed that 33% say their pet has alerted them to danger. Given the improbability of anyone being alerted by a goldfish: "blub-blub-behind-blub-you-blub-blub-the-blub-frying...

Elanco, the maker of Onsior, has launched a campaign to help practices educate owners about canine osteoarthritis. Elanco says OA is a condition which is estimated to affect one in four dogs, but it is often labelled by owners as "just old age"...

Zoetis reports that its stock of Equip Artervac, its Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) vaccine, is due to expire on 13th December, and new stocks are not expected before February 2019. Equip Artervac is indicated for the active immunisation for horses against...

The British Veterinary Receptionist Association (BVRA) has launched The Veterinary Receptionist of the Year Award, sponsored by Feliway and Adaptil. All members of the practice team are invited to nominate their receptionist, as are members of the...

The RCVS has announced that it is putting its Westminster headquarters on the market and looking for new premises. RCVS Council agreed, in principle, to the sale of Belgravia House and for the College and its London-based staff to move to different...

Veterinary Care for Exotics , the app developed by Mark Rowland, BVSc CertZooMed MRCVS from the Trinity Vet Centre , has had a series of major updates. The app, which was designed to provide veterinary surgeons, nurses and receptionists with quick...

Medivet has announced the opening of a "centre of excellence" in orthopaedics at its referral practice in Faversham, Kent. The team at the centre will be led by Dr Ryk Botes (pictured right), a Medivet Branch Partner with a special interest...

Yorkshire-based Richard Sutcliffe MRCVS has been suspended for six months after being convicted of common assault, and for conducting surgery and administering POM-V medicine to a person. The first charge related to his conviction on two counts of...

The BVA has published the interim results of a new study which seems to provide the best evidence yet that the veterinary profession still discriminates against female veterinary surgeons. The study also found that those who believe that gender discrimination...