The BSAVA is to hold a series of training sessions on mental health awareness as its contribution to the Mind Matters initiative.

The WSAVA remains concerned access to ketamine is under threat, despite a UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) decision to reject international scheduling of the medicine.

Some of the 50+ vets on the IVC New Graduate Academy programme showed off their New Graduate Academy branded jacketsduring last week’s BSAVA Congress.

A vet has returned from an overseas mission to help sick and injured dogs.

Two experts from the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies have won awards for their contributions to the profession.

The BCVA and the National Action Group on Johne’s have unveiled an online training programme for vets to help control Johne's disease on farms.

A new training programme has been described as one of the most positive developments for UK equine vets in the past 25 years.

The APHA is offering private interferon gamma blood tests to diagnose bTB under certain conditions.

A vet with an appetite for endurance sports is in training for an unsupported attempt to cycle 4,262 miles coast-to-coast across North America.

The Central College of Animal Studies has launched a CPD club where members will have priority access to high-quality workshops and training events at reduced prices.

Veterinary volunteers at East Grinstead Veterinary Hospital raised more than £400 for Sport Relief by cycling the straight-line distance to Glasgow in a non-stop, 24-hour pedal-pushing marathon.

Veterinary View, an online news and current affairs-style programme for and about the profession, will be filmed for a second year.

An RSPCA inspector described Besmur Idrizi's actions as "sickening" after CCTV footage showed him repeatedly kicking a dog in the lift of a block of flats.

A former vet has had his fourth successive application to be restored to the register dismissed by the RCVS disciplinary committee.

VDS claims consultant Martin Hosegood will join 38,000 other runners on 24 April when he takes part in the Virgin Money London Marathon on behalf of veterinary community charity Vetlife.

The RSPCA investigated 143,004 complaints of animal cruelty in 2015, according to new figures – a 10% reduction on the 159,831 investigations undertaken in 2014.

Small animal vet Penny Barker clocked up more than 145 miles in a non-stop 10-hour cycle marathon to raise funds for charity Hounds for Heroes… without moving an inch.

An international partnership agreement has been signed to produce cutting-edge diagnostic kits for foot-and-mouth disease.

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