Veterinary

Otodex Skin Cream gets veterinary approval

Wound and sore spot aid, Otodex Skin Cream, has recently been approved by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate for general following recommendation by professionals in the trade. The product developed by Petlife International is made using an analgesic to quickly alleviate pain and a mild astringent to reduce haemorrhaging and weeping…

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RAW urges rabbit owners to protect and prevent following outbreak of RVHD-2

Rabbit Awareness Week (RAW) has warned rabbit owners to protect and vaccinate their pets against RVHD-2 after it identified an outbreak of the disease. RVHD2 is a fatal disease that can kill rabbits within hours, with many rabbits displaying no symptoms until their death is unpreventable. Vaccination is the safest…

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Royal Veterinary College launches naked calendar

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has launched a naked calendar to support veterinary charity Vetlife, which provides a free and confidential counselling service to anyone in the veterinary profession. Students are selling the calendar on the college’s eBay account, priced at £10 and all proceeds will go to the charity.…

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Stop ‘irresponsible’ use of pets in adverts, vets urge

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) have said it’s time to address the “irresponsible depiction” of pets across all forms of advertising to tackle the normalisation of poor animal health and welfare. According to the BVA’s Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey, eight in 10 vets in the UK (83 percent)…

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Scarsdale Vets and Derby Wildlife Trust join forces to plant over 30 trees

This week Scarsdale Vets is taking part in tree planting at one of Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves. Tree planting is just one of several green initiatives Scarsdale Vets has recently implemented to make its veterinary practices more eco-friendly and to do its bit for the wider environment. On 29…

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Nutravet launches Nutraflora

Nutravet has announced the launch of its Nutraflora, developed to help aid recovery and support convalescence in dogs and cats. Launched at the London Vet Show 2018, Nutraflora aims to increase the number of beneficial bacteria and repopulate the balance of good bacteria for optimum gut health and immune support…

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Pets’n’Vets set to feature on CBeebies Ferne & Rory’s Vet Tales

The award winning Pets’n’Vets Family is set to feature on CBeebies series, Ferne and Rory’s Vet Tales, which sees animal experts Ferne Corrigan and Rory Crawford help children understand animal welfare. Covering real life vet surgeries across the country, the upcoming series will feature three Pets’n’Vets vets, across three episodes.…

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RCVS begins process of selling Westminster headquarters

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has started the process of selling its current premises in Belgravia House, Westminster, and is looking for new premises. At its November meeting the RCVS council agreed, in principle, the sale of the building and for the RCVS and its London-based staff to…

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Emergency vets opens in Dundee

Vets Now, private providers of pet emergency care in the UK, has opened a brand new out-of-hours pet emergency service in Dundee this week (19 November). Based within Parkside Vets, the out-of-hours clinic treated 56 cases in its first week. The clinic is expected to treat thousands of sick or…

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Vet practice set for £650,000 revamp

A Worcester veterinary practice has been boosted by a £650,000 investment to expand one of its sites in the city. Work is underway for two separate extensions to Severn Veterinary Centre’s Berkeley House in Berkeley Way, that will allow to the practice to provide on-site 24/7 emergency care at the…

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