Preventative Healthcare

Forum aims to tackle animal welfare issues

A new ‘On the pulse’ session will be introduced at this year’s Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) Discussion Forum, building on the annual event’s usual discussion and debate on key areas of animal welfare. AWF’s Discussion Forum, held at One George Street, London, on Monday 5 June, attracts delegates from a…

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Veterinary practices receive cheques for £4,000

Independent Vetcare Ltd has given five of its practices cheques for £4,000 each. The company has been running a practice competition to boost its preventative healthcare scheme – Pet Health Club – in conjunction with Bayer Animal Health. Participating practices were spit into four categories based on their Pet Health Club penetration rate…

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Putting pet’s health first

A study of over 2,000 UK pet owners for the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) has revealed that more than three quarters (77 per cent) believe their pet’s health is as important as or more important than their own.       The study marks the launch of NOAH’s…

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Coronation Street’s Chesney joins Vets4Pets’ 10th Annual Congress awards

Sam Aston, who is better known as playing Chesney on long-running TV soap Coronation Street, was one of the esteemed guests at the 10th Vets4Pets Annual Congress Gala Awards dinner. The actor was welcomed with rapturous applause at the Deansgate Hilton Hotel in Manchester which held the event on 10…

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NOAH launches pet disease prevention campaign

The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) is embarking on an “I heart my pet” campaign to encourage pet owners to seek expert advice on preventing disease. NOAH research during 2007 and 2011 examined attitudes towards preventative healthcare in pet owners, which compared those who routinely prevented disease (preventers) with…

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New online holistic pet care course launched

A leading holistic vet is offering a course covering the fundamental principles of natural pet care. Holly Mash, the author of The Holistic Dog – a complete guide to natural health care, is offering the distance learning course which is fully downloadable by enrolling at http://www.civtedu.org/how-to-enrol. Entrants who complete the…

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Vets4Pets partners with Ashleigh & Pudsey

National network of veterinary practices Vets4Pets has announced that Britain’s Got Talent winners Ashleigh and Pudsey will partner them to help raise awareness of the importance of preventative pet healthcare. Marketing director of Vets4Pets Mike Hopkins said: “Ashleigh and Pudsey are the ideal partners for Vets4Pets [as] they exemplify everything…

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