Lessons from the influenza outbreak13 Mar 2019Was the outbreak of equine “flu” a dress rehearsal for something more serious?
The potential impacts of Brexit on welfare13 Mar 2019Would a no-deal Brexit lead to compromised animal welfare standards?
A year of activity and progression01 Feb 2019What are the current priorities for vets working in the large animal sector?
Robotic milking and mastitis control29 Dec 2018As an unbiased party, vets can help farmers make the right decision over whether to invest in a milking robot
Updates from the cattle congress21 Dec 2018Mastitis, antibiotics and Brexit were covered in the broad programme at the 2018 British Cattle Veterinary Association Congress
Working together to tackle mastitis12 Dec 2018At the British Mastitis Conference, antimicrobials, dry cow therapy and teat sealants were highlighted as topics to discuss with farmers
Marketing: are you upwardly mobile?01 Feb 2013RICHARD LAWRENCE of Splash Marketing & Communications discusses how some equine practices are making mobile marketing work for their business
Making unlicensed medicines more accessible...01 Feb 2013VETERINARY PRACTICE hears how an equine practice in South Yorkshire has set up a compound pharmacy to make ‘unlicensed’ medicines for horses
Food safety agency has 270 veterinary surgeons but not one on its board01 Jan 2013RICHARD GARD in his first report on the 2012 congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association covers the three papers in the opening session relating to food safety and public health
Seeing how milk samples are tested...01 Jan 2013VETERINARY PRACTICE has a look at the shiny new facilities for testing bulk tank samples at the new NML building in Four Ashes.
COMPLEX RULES OBSTRUCT PRODUCTION01 Aug 2011RICHARD GARD takes a look at what DEFRA is doing with ‘remote sensing’, the work of the Farming Regulation Task Force, and why there is a high level of noncompliance
DEFRA publishes findings on TB vaccination and culling01 Dec 2010DEFRA has made public supporting data behind the successful licensing of the first tuberculosis vaccine for badgers (Badger BCG), which was licensed by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate in March th…
A job that hangs in the balance01 Jun 2010Richard O. Sanderson, BVSc, MRCVS, graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2009, where he received the Alumni award for academic excellence for five years. He published a paper reviewing manageme…
Lack of written agreements at root of many equine disputes01 Jan 2009“The equine industry has unsurprisingly become yet another victim of today’s compensation culture,” barrister Richard Liddell told Martineau’s recent equine law seminar. “This has resulted in a subst…
