June 2022

John Gibson, whose 24-year-old son Cameron took his own life in October 2019, will walk from Land’s End to John o’ Groats to raise awareness and £250,000 for a charity set up in the young vet’s memory.

14 mins

James Oliver, head of the ophthalmology team at Dick White Referrals in Cambridgeshire, called for better education on the need to urgently refer dogs with cataracts caused by diabetes.

7 mins

Horiba UK has announced their CPD event next month aims to help veterinary professionals keep pets and the people who care for them safe.

5 mins

RCVS voted to Food Standards Agency request to allow registration for further 12 months of non-UK qualified European vets to fulfil specific meat hygiene roles at abattoirs.

5 mins

Study shows blood test able to distinguish between goats naturally infected and those vaccinated against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, the pathogen causing it.

7 mins

Vets in the UK, as well as Australia and New Zealand, are being asked for their views on neurology and whether they have concerns about teaching of the subject.

4 mins

Organisers reported more than 2,000 people attended the two-day event from 20 to 21 May.

5 mins

Team at Wear Referrals save one-year-old Hungarian vizsla left with fractured ribs and a hole in its pericardium just millimetres from its heart after running into a stick during a woodland walk.

4 mins

“I am extremely touched and humbled to receive this wonderful honour – it was such an unexpected surprise” – Glyn Hewinson.

5 mins

The team at the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at UC Davis has published an example of a de novo genetic mutation in a foal born with a highly unusual sabino-like white spotting pattern on its coat.

5 mins

Rationale and background for vaccination in dairy and beef cattle and sheep feature in guidance, which stipulates which ones should be used as a default unless justified otherwise. 

14 mins

Free webinars with internationally recognised vets will provide information on the concept during July and September.

4 mins

Guidance intended for people who have been affected by the suicide of a veterinary professional, people who support those who have been affected, and for those working to prevent suicide.

4 mins

Online event is open to all veterinary students across the UK, as well as new graduates, and will feature 14 lectures across two days, plus yoga sessions.

2 mins

The university is planning to create a new four-storey veterinary medicine school facility, which is expected to be up and running by September 2024.

5 mins

May 2022

Diagnostic imaging specialist Naomi Earley, and veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia specialist Felipe Mårquez Grados now lead their respective disciplines.

6 mins

Research showing how foot-and-mouth disease virus interacts with lymphoid tissues may provide further help in creating vaccines that provide long-lasting immunity to livestock.

5 mins

Linnaeus-owned Cave Veterinary Specialists has invested in a Phillips Ingenia 1.5T Evolution to allow it to better diagnose and treat pets.

6 mins

Harlyn was suffering from a ruptured intestine and septic peritonitis, and had to undergo emergency surgery at Maven Vets in North Cheam, London Borough of Sutton.

4 mins

Stakeholders in process of launching Medicine Hub to document ruminant antibiotic data, while flagship Government programme of funded vet visits is being rolled out to farms.  

16 mins