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    New resource to help vet teams navigate pet loss and grief

    Dignipets, an independent mobile veterinary practice providing in-home hospice and end-of-life care for pets, has published materials to help veterinary reception teams navigate conversations around pet loss and grief, and to support colleagues. Topics...
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    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...
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    New veterinary wellbeing events running til mid-April

    WellVet and Boehringer Ingelheim have partnered to host ‘Spring into Spring', a series of online wellbeing events for veterinary professionals The series will start on Sunday February 27th when Katie Ford MRCVS, who is also a life coach, will discuss...
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    Everyone that visits ezyVet at the London Vet Show will raise £1 for Vetlife

    ezyVet, a maker of veterinary practice management solutions, says it will donate £1 to Vetlife for every person that visits its stand (D70) at the London Vet Show, on the 17th and 18th November 2022. Whilst you're there, the company will doubtless...
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    Veterinary diversity group celebrates fifth anniversary

    Animal Aspirations, a national student-led organisation dedicated to improving ethnic and socioeconomic diversity within animal-related careers, celebrated its fifth birthday this week. The group was set up in 2019 by veterinary students Stephanie...
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    Swadlincote Veterinary Centre wins BVA Gold

    Swadlincote Veterinary Centre in Derbyshire has become the first veterinary workplace to be awarded Gold accreditation through the Great Workplaces by BVA scheme. The Swadlincote and Melbourne-based IVC practice worked with a Great Workplaces by BVA...
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    BSAVA publishes 100th client drug information leaflet

    The BSAVA has now published its 100th drug information leaflet for clients. Its 103rd, to be precise. The association began to produce client information leaflets in 2011, to help its members provide information to clients about the safe use of the...
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    New service lets GP vets get multiple referral quotes simultaneously

    A free new service which allows general practitioner vets to submit a referral request to multiple referral centres simultaneously, has been launched in the UK. Brainchild of Tom Towey MRCVS, an ECC clinician, the new service allows vets to upload...
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    Vet launches new snack for dogs with cancer

    Dutch veterinary oncologist Camille De Ley has launched BraveBites, a snack designed to support canine cancer patients, in the UK. BraveBites contains protein, fish oil (rich in omega-3) and prebiotics. The snack, which was developed with a veterinary...
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    Practical sessions for equine nurses at BEVA Congress

    BEVA is introducing hands-on sessions for veterinary nurses at this year’s Congress (11-14 September 2024, the ACC in Liverpool). The nursing stream will run all day on Friday 13 September and not only will there be a dedicated lecture and workshop...
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    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...
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    Study shows transcondylar bone screws and Kirschner wires are an effective fracture treatment

    A study by orthopaedic Specialist Steve Butterworth at Weighbridge Referrals in Swansea has shown that using a combination of transcondylar bone screws and Kirschner wires (K-wires) to treat humeral unicondylar fractures in puppies younger than seven...
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    Linnaeus publishes collection of veterinary research papers and articles

    Linnaeus has published Pathways to Innovation: Learning and Leadership in Clinical Veterinary Research, which contains a selection of veterinary research papers and articles by experts from across the profession. The studies and articles include a...
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    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...
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    King Charles rehomes chicken charity's millionth hen

    King Charles has adopted the millionth hen to be rehomed by the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). Founded in 2005 by Jane Howorth MBE, the British Hen Welfare Trust rehomes commercial laying hens that would usually be sent to slaughter, typically at...
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    New specialist-led equine internal medicine service in Wiltshire

    Endell Equine Hospital in Salisbury has launched a new equine internal medicine service led by Sonia Gonzalez-Medina, a board-certified American Specialist in Large Animal Internal Medicine, for the diagnosis, treatment and management of complex equine...
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    RCVS announces runners for 2023 VN Council Elections

    The RCVS has announced the names of this year's candidates for VN Council. There are 5 candidates standing for two available places on RCVS VN Council this year. They are: Sarah Jane Batt-Williams RVN Heather Jane Mathieson Kirkness RVN Katherine...
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    Medicine Specialist urges profession to support Antimicrobial Awareness Week

    Ian Battersby, an RCVS and EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Internal Medicine and Head of Internal Medicine at Davies Veterinary Specialists is urging the profession to support Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Ian, who helped devise...
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    Boehringer offers free business support during pandemic

    Boehringer Ingelheim is hosting a live webinar at 7:30pm on Thursday evening (16th April) in which a panel of business experts will offer advice as to how practices can navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar will consider questions such as...
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    Kent practice named Employee Ownership Association Rising Star

    Pennard Vets has won the Employee Ownership Association's (EOA) Rising Star award, which recognises the success of an organisation within three years of employee ownership The judges praised the practice group for leveraging employee ownership (EO...
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    New guidance on responsible use of parasiticides in dermatology

    Zoetis has published a technical bulletin for veterinary professionals on the responsible use of parasiticides in dermatology. The guidance was written by Hany Elsheikha, Head of the European Scientific Counsel for Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP...
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    Significant rise in positive faecal worm egg counts in UK horses

    The Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) group at the University of Cambridge has published a study in the Equine Veterinary Journal that reveals a significant rise in the proportion of positive faecal worm egg counts (FWECs) among UK horses...
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    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...
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    Photon Therapeutics taking orders for new UVC treatment for corneal infections

    Photon Therapeutics is now taking orders for the PhotonUVC Vet, the new device which claims to treat corneal infections in five seconds which was first announced at the London Vet Show last November. The device emits low dose 265 nanometre (nm) ultraviolet...
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    Feline inappetence and Cushings to be explored at Virtual Veterinary Conference 2024

    Dechra has sponsored two hour-long sessions at this year's Virtual Veterinary Conference 2024, which is free of charge and takes place from Monday 5th to Friday 9th February. The first, hosted by Sam Taylor, head of veterinary specialists at ISFM ...