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Jun- 2017 -

21 June

Charity teams up with students to help homeless cats

Blue Cross pet charity has teamed up with Moreton Morrell College in Warwick to care for homeless cats and kittens until loving new homes can be found for them. Cats will stay five double pens at the college where students studying courses in animal care and management will look after…

21 June

RSPCA issues flood advice ahead of thunderstorms

With the current heatwave set to finish this week and thunderstorms sparking a potential risk of flooding, the RSPCA has issued some advice on how to protect animals from the heavy downpour. The Met office has issued a warning that from today (Wednesday) into Thursday there is the potential for…

8 June

Boehringer hosts cardiology webinars

Boehringer Ingelheim, manufacturer of Vetmedin, is hosting a two-part webinar series focusing on mitral valve disease (MVD) on its Boehringer Academy website. The online webinars each count towards approximately 20 to 30 minutes CPD and are titled ‘MVD: understand the heart of the problem’ and ‘Meaningful murmurs’. ‘MVD: understand the…

2 June

RCVS and BSAVA work together on PDP research project

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) are working together to conduct a research project to evaluate the impact of the Professional Development Phase (PDP) on veterinary graduates. The College’s PDP is a period of structured self-assessment, reflection and development designed to…

1 June

Vets gather for ROYAL CANIN® Vet Symposium

More than 600 veterinary professionals travelling from 61 countries recently came together to explore ‘Feline Medicine in the 21st Century’ at ROYAL CANIN’s latest Vet Symposium. Hosted near ROYAL CANIN’s head office in Montpellier, France, the two-day convention allowed delegates to attend both clinical and practice management lectures, take part…

1 June

FELIWAY® runs TV advertising and digital campaign

Ceva Animal Health has launched a two-month digital campaign to specifically target FELIWAY® products, including FELIWAY®Classic, FELIWAY® Friends and FELISCRATCH by FELIWAY®, at pet owners. The digital campaign will include new banners and follows a new TV advertising campaign on all the C4 Channels, including Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4…

1 June

Boehringer hosts feline CKD webinar series

Boehringer Ingelheim, manufacturer of Semintraâ, is hosting a three-part webinar series focusing on feline chronic kidney disease (CKD). The online seminars, which each count as 20-30 minutes CPD, will cover the early detection and diagnosis of CKD and the impact this can have on progression of the disease, together with…

May- 2017 -

26 May

Fitzpatrick Referrals expands with new specialist Interventional Radiology service

Dr Gerard McLauchlan has joined the team at Fitzpatrick Referrals to launch a dedicated Interventional Radiology service based at the Oncology and Soft Tissue Hospital in Guildford, Surrey. Gerard recently became one of few specialists in the world to have completed a 12 month Fellowship in Interventional Radiology at the…

26 May

Major parties commit to BVA’s manifesto recommendations

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is celebrating its lobbying success. More than half of BVA’s own manifesto recommendations, centring on animal health and welfare, have been written into the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat priorities for the next Parliament. Following the announcement of the snap General Election, BVA produced a 20-point…

26 May

UK pets at risk following sharp drop in vaccinations

Millions of pets in the UK are at risk of deadly diseases, warns PDSA. New findings from the vet charity reveal that the number of owners vaccinating their pets has declined steeply. The PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report 2017 surveyed over 63,000 people since 2011, to provide a robust insight into the…