Veterinary Nursing News Headlines

    Two weeks till Davies Veterinary Specialists' 2024 Congress

    Davies Veterinary Specialists' 2024 Congress is coming up on Saturday, September 28th, at The Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. The streams for veterinary nurses will include six lectures on topics ranging from neurology to dentistry...

    Vet and Tech announces free veterinary webinars for 2025

    US-based Vet and Tech has announced its 2025 programme of free CPD webinars for vet nurses. The webinars cover a range of clinical topics, including evaluating Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS), cognitive decline in senior dogs, cannabinoid...

    Study shows most adverse veterinary drug reactions go unreported

    A study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice has concluded that the majority of suspected adverse drug reactions (SADR) in veterinary medicine go unreported. The authors say that whilst it has long been suspected that adverse drug reactions...

    BEVA reveals 2024 Congress programme

    BEVA has announced that the theme for this years Congress, which runs from 11th-14th September 2024 at the ACC in Liverpool, will be 'One Medicine'. The full BEVA Congress programme is now live and super early bird tickets are available from 4th March...

    Vetlexicon now available in different languages

    Vetstream has updated the content on its Vetlexicon website so it is now available in a number of different languages. Dr Mark Johnston, CEO of Vetstream said: “The usage data of Vetlexicon has continually shown us how important the client factsheets...

    IVC launches training centres in Birmingham and Dunfermline

    IVC Evidensia has opened two veterinary training centres, one at the Vets Now headquarters in Dunfermline and the other based at Blaise Referral Hospital in Birmingham. The centres have cutting-edge facilities, including high-tech audio-visual equipment...

    Dechra launches amlodipine product for feline hypertension

    Dechra has launched Lodisure, a 1mg chicken-flavoured amlodipine tablet for the treatment of feline hypertension. Available in packs of 56 (4 x 14 tablet blister packs), Lodisure tablets are divisible for accurate dosing. The recommended starting...

    SPVS launches Congress 2025

    SPVS has announced that its 2025 Congress, aimed at the whole practice team, will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from Thursday 30th January to Saturday 1st February 2025. The opening speaker will be Cassie Leonard (pictured), engineer...

    New weekly NSAID for canine osteoarthritis

    Animalcare has launched Daxocox (enflicoxib, a selective COX-2 inhibitor), a weekly oral NSAID for the treatment of pain and inflammation associated with osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease in dogs. The company says that Daxocox achieves significant...

    Equip Artevac will be in short supply

    Zoetis has announced a supply problem with Equip Artervac, its vaccine against equine viral arteritis The current inventory of Equip Artervac has an expiry date of March 29, 2023 and the company is not expecting a new batch to be available until the...

    Three vet practice marketing agencies merge into one

    Veterinary digital marketing agency, VetsDigital, has announced it is merging with two other veterinary marketing companies, Vet Inflow and VetBoost. The three companies will now offer their services, which include marketing strategy, brand management...

    Vet-AI says its veterinary triage tool outperforms Gemini and Chat GPT

    Vet-AI has announced the results of its latest testing which, according to the company, shows its new automated triage tool outperforms Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT in both clinical accuracy and triage effectiveness. Vet-AI's automated triage...

    New intestinal support product for cats and dogs

    Vita Animal Health has launched Omniflora, a product to support intestinal health in cats and dogs. Omniflora paste is designed to provide fast acting support in acute digestive upset or strategically ahead of perceived stressful events such as travel...

    RCVS launches campaign to encourage vet practices to make adjustments for disability

    The RCVS has launched ‘Let’s talk adjustments’, a campaign to raise awareness of reasonable adjustments employers should make to remove or reduce a disadvantage related to an employee’s disability, whether it be physical or mental. Reasonable adjustments...

    Dechra to host strangles and equine disease management webinars

    Dechra is hosting webinars for veterinary professionals about strangles and equine disease prevention on Tuesday 18th February and Tuesday 25th February respectively. The webinars will be available as live podcasts and will also be able to be viewed...

    Voting opens for the 2024 VN Council elections

    Voting has now opened for the 2024 VN Council elections, which are being held online. All RVNs were set an email with a voting link and a unique voter code. The College says it will be writing to the few veterinary nurses for whom it has no unique...

    RVC study calls for more robust approach to flat-faced dogs

    The RVC has called for a more robust and unified approach to educating the public about bracycephalic breeds, after publishing research which found that general practitioners are suffering moral conflict over the issue. For the study, the RVC interviewed...

    RCVS Knowledge to create a QI model that offers vet practices a return on investment

    RCVS Knowledge and the University of Nottingham have launched a project that aims to create a bespoke veterinary Quality Improvement (QI) model that provides a return on investment for veterinary practices and animal owners. The RCVS says this is the...

    Horiba to host webinar on respiratory disease in cats and dogs

    Horiba is hosting a webinar about i nfectious lower respiratory tract disease in cats and dogs, presented by Amanda Paul FRCVS, on Thursday 11th July at 7:30pm. Amanda originally studied and worked in Australia where she undertook a residency in small...

    Nominations open for the 2025 BSAVA Awards

    The British Small Animal Veterinary Association has opened nominations for its 2025 awards. The award categories are: The Bourgelat Award - For outstanding international contribution to small animal practice or science in their widest context...

    Vet nurses needed for RCVS Ethics Review Panel

    The RCVS is looking for two veterinary nurses to join its Ethics Review Panel (ERP), which supports veterinary professionals carrying out practice-based research by providing ethical approval for their projects. The ERP was established in 2016 when...

    VetLed announces speakers for the Veterinary Human Factors Conference 2025

    VetLed, the group of vets, nurses and other professionals who provide human factors training for veterinary teams, has announced the speaker programme for its 2025 conference, being held online on the 28th February. The theme for the 2025 conference...

    Zoetis launching AI tool for analysing neoplastic cells in clinic

    Zoetis has announced that Vetscan Imagyst, its multi-purpose diagnostic tool, is getting 'AI Masses', a new capability which uses best-in-class AI to analyse potentially neoplastic cells in lymph node and subcutaneous lesions. The company says AI Masses...

    New domestic poultry resource

    Vetlexicon has launched Avis, a resource designed to provide comprehensive, up-to-date clinical information to veterinary professionals to support diagnostic and treatment decision-making in domestic poultry. Avis includes over 350 articles, images...

    Animalcare launches post-prescription osteoarthritis diary

    Animalcare (maker of Daxocox), has launched an osteoarthritis diary to help veterinary practices collaborate with owners in the management of canine osteoarthritis. The company points to research which shows that osteoarthritis can affect up to 40...