Veterinary

Sep- 2018 -

4 September

VetPartners to partner with professionals for research in ‘UK first’

Veterinary group VetPartners is to offer members of the profession a chance to become partners in clinical research in what the company describes as a ‘UK first’. The York-based group wants to raise the standard of healthcare across the industry and believes that improving the evidence base through practice-based clinical…

3 September

RVC joins forces with tech start-up Felcana

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced a four-year collaboration with Felcana, a pet care start-up based in London, to support the continued research into pet traits and behaviors. As a result of the partnership the two organisations will combine their expertise in a range of pet wearable health projects…

Aug- 2018 -

31 August

Animal hospital completes £2.5m extension

Animal hospital, North Downs Specialist Referrals, has completed a £2.5m extension to its Surrey headquarters as it aims to bolster its treatment offering. The architect-designed addition houses a new diagnostic imaging suite complete with cutting edge technology including state of the art CT and MRI scanners. The newly-opened extension has…

31 August

Royal Canin to host webinar on feline ageing

Pet food manufacturer Royal Canin is to offer a new webinar for vets on “extending healthy life in your feline patients”. The webinar will be led by Nathalie Dowgray a lead researcher at the recently launched Feline Healthy Ageing Clinic. A long-term study, the Clinic researches the many factors associated…

30 August

Vets Now opens 60th practice

Vets Now, private providers of pet emergency care in the UK, has opened its 60th practice with the opening of a brand new out-of-hours pet emergency service in Peterborough in August. Based within Pengelly and Mizen Vets, the out-of-hours clinic treated 62 cases in its first week. The clinic is…

28 August

Animal Care Trust to run pet first aid events this autumn

The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) registered charity, The Animal Care Trust (ACT) is opening the doors of the College’s small animal hospitals to members of the public interested in learning about pet first aid. Pet owners who want to master the basics of how to help their animals in an…

23 August

‘First Aid ignorance can cost pet lives’ says PDSA

Veterinary charity PDSA has urged pet owners to learn basic first aid claiming that “ignorance can cost lives”. PDSA says over 1,000 pet owners and animal workers have been equipped with life-saving pet first aid skills over the last 18 months thanks to the charity’s schemes. The charity says despite…

20 August

VetPartners acquires vet group Origin

Veterinary group VetPartners has continued to expand its farming offering with the acquisition of production animal vet group Origin. Origin owns a number of well-known business that operate across the pig, poultry and laboratory and consultation sectors. The deal is said to make VetPartners the largest and most diverse production…

20 August

Vet surgeon who worked under the influence given second chance

A Dyfed-based veterinary surgeon has been allowed to continue practising and had her sanction decision postponed for 12 months after she was charged with alcohol-related offences. The decision to delay her sanction was made by the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) at a hearing held…

16 August

Premier Veterinary Group signs ‘major contract’ in America

Veterinary healthcare provider Premier Veterinary Group has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Premier Vet Alliance, has signed a contract with a major corporate veterinary consolidator in the US, the Customer. The Customer has over 140 hospitals across 25 states with in excess of 700 full time vet equivalents. Of these…