David Woodmansey

David Woodmansey

National Council for the Training of Journalists, national press agency, national daily staff journalist, specialist magazines.
David Woodmansey joined VBD in May 2015.
Tel: 01733 383561  â€˘  email: [email protected]

July 2016

Royal Canin has launched a dental learning tool to demonstrate the recommended method for sectioning and extracting teeth in cats and dogs.

2 mins

A vet has completed one of the toughest solo cycling challenges in the world, riding 928 miles in 90 hours 3 minutes – with less than six hours sleep.

3 mins

Brexit is a potential “godsend” to veterinary employers, but a bad time to be an employee, according to the only veterinary-specific HR and employment law service in the UK.

4 mins

An online refresher course designed to keep veterinary nurses up to date on the latest microchipping requirements has been launched by the College of Animal Welfare.

2 mins

Vets have a new interactive tool to help track and assess the threat of blowfly strike, providing a "near live" resource for vets, farmers and industry professionals.

4 mins

The BVA has joined the 70-strong coalition of organisations from the veterinary profession, industry and science sectors and the Government to eradicate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea from England.

3 mins

June 2016

A cat thought to be the oldest living feline has survived a stroke that almost robbed it of its remaining nine lives.

4 mins

Veterinary professionals are being offered a free series of interactive CPD sessions to help in their diagnosis and treatment of canine hypoadrenocorticism, also known as Addison's disease.

4 mins

Within hours of the official announcement Britain had voted to leave the EU, two veterinary associations have released statements.

5 mins

Cheshire-based Northwest Surgeons is offering two free webinars to support the launch of its oncology service.

3 mins

Staff at a Dorset veterinary surgery are challenging other UK practices to match their donation to raise money for a worthy charity.

2 mins

University of Nottingham veterinary experts have been offering free cat neutering and microchipping to low-income homes in Derby.

4 mins

An online MSc in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia has been added to the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies' master's programmes.

3 mins

The true extent of lungworm presence in the country has been brought into focus by the work of a vet practice in Essex.

4 mins

A storybook is giving vets and veterinary nurses the chance to reinforce the message of preventive health care to their client's children.

3 mins

Latest figures reveal a 20% year-on-year drop in the number of vets removed from the register for non-payment of their annual renewal fee.

4 mins

Bristol first-year veterinary student Ella Briscoe has become the 50,000th registered user of veterinary knowledge site WikiVet.

2 mins

The Royal Veterinary College is joining forces with Aberystwyth University to deliver a veterinary medicine programme tailored to the needs of animal health and welfare in Wales.

5 mins

Dog walkers are urged to be extra vigilant after a family pet was bitten on the face by an adder.

4 mins

BSAVA Congress organisers are looking for a veterinary band to perform at VetFest in 2017. So, do you have what it takes to join the line-up?

2 mins

A young jackdaw that swallowed a pair of tweezers stretching the full length of its body has "amazed" vets who operated to remove them.

3 mins

A vet has put out an SOS through Veterinary Times to find supplies of a drug to help an ailing patient.

1 mins

Scientists are developing a novel diagnostic blood test for the assessment of encysted small strongyle larval burdens in horses.

3 mins

Vets and veterinary nurses are invited to attend this year’s RCVS Day, which will be the last official engagement for RCVS president Bradley Viner.

4 mins

Today (14 June) is World Blood Donor Day and to celebrate, the Royal Veterinary College has created a Blood Donor of the Year award.

6 mins

A retired vet is celebrating 50 years in the profession by pedalling more than 8,000km for charity, from Norfolk to Cape Town.

5 mins

A Cheshire veterinary practice has set up the county's first weight management centre to combat pet obesity.

7 mins

A leading referral practice in Hampshire has been given the green light to build a treatment centre for cats with hyperthyroidism.

5 mins

As the number of cases of Lyme disease in dogs increases, a company has released a “suit” to help protect pets from ticks this summer.

2 mins

Organisers of London Vet Show have announced a clinical conference programme covering six streams of CPD.

3 mins