Animal welfare

DEFRA and the Food Standards Agency are investigating claims that they were warned nearly two years ago about horse meat entering the food chain in the UK and failings with horse passports. John Young…

VETERINARY PRACTICE looks through the summary produced by the AHWBE following its ‘call for views’ on ‘strengthening the TB eradication programme’

A NUMBER of changes came into effect last month for cattle farmers in England in relation to bovine TB. Among the changes, the parish system for TB testing is being replaced with a country-wide system…

The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published its Report on Farm Animal Welfare: Health and Disease at the end of November. The report aims, says the committee, to highlight the welfare issues th…

GRAHAM DUNCANSON reports on the latest conference of World Horse Welfare where it was revealed that equine charities are likely to be overwhelmed this winter by animals needing sanctuary

MARION McCULLAGH concludes her reports on the 2012 BEVA congress with a summary of papers on improving welfare during transport, and dealing with medical emergencies

VETERINARY PRACTICE visits a practice which has taken steps to improve the standard of rabbit care – and knowledge of the species – among its clients

“IMPROVED animal welfare cannot be achieved by constantly preaching to the converted. The profession must find a way to contact those pet owners who don’t understand their responsibilities to their an…

CATHERINE-MARY HOWARD believes veterinary professionals should play a key role in helping to change the mindset of owners through education on obesity recognition, diet and exercise

ANDREW KNIGHT recently found himself in church for the first time in living memory, for the RSPCA service for animals in the historical setting of Westminster Abbey

Dr JO MURRELL, KATE WHITE and Dr KRISTA VISSER ’t HOOFT present part two in the three-part series on identifying and dealing with chronic pain in dogs.

JOHN BONNER reports on a conference called to discuss ways of improving animal welfare and how to overcome the ‘cognitive dissonance’ which has harmful effects

THE second set of results from a survey of 1,048 dog owners, carried out in March by petbuzz on behalf of Vétoquinol, has highlighted owner attitudes to pain and painrelieving medications. The depth o…

DEBBIE GRANT reviews some of the latest developments in controlling pain, from electroacupuncture to progress with both anaesthetics and analgesics

Dr JO MURRELL and KATE WHITE begin a three-part series on identifying and dealing with chronic pain

REMOTE monitoring over the internet of the activities in an abattoir can help ensure that livestock are humanely treated before slaughter, welfare scientists were told at a meeting in Portsmouth in Ju…

Dr SHAMS MIR summarises the Vets4BVU response to the Royal College’s draft health protocol

DICK LANE reports on some of the papers presented at this year’s AIHAIO conference in Stockholm

LIBBY SHERIDAN reviews the contrasting presentations in dogs and cats

ANDREW KNIGHT reviews the Home Office figures for last year and the likely effects of the updated European Directive