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This month the Veterinary Client Mediation Service (VCMS), established and funded by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), has passed the one-year mark having dealt with over 2,000 cases of…

New study shows that farm animal welfare is not compromised on larger farms – but there is room for improvement

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has published a series of case studies to aid veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses regarding the important issue of gaining informed consent from c…

The BVA has unveiled a set of guiding principles and recommendations to support the veterinary profession in working collaboratively to tackle the health and welfare impact of extreme conformations ac…

The BVA has welcomed the recommendations put forward by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) committee on breed-specific legislation (BSL), which calls on the government to conduct a full-sc…

Scotland's government has announced that a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, had been discovered on a farm in Aberdeenshire. A quarantine area has been put in place a…

Veterinary CPD specialist Improve International will launch a distance learning version of one of its most popular postgraduate certificate (PgC) programmes, Small Animal Medicine, in January 2019. T…

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded a £7 million grant by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to support the creation of a state-of-the-art Veterinary Vaccinology and Cell Thera…

The government has committed £30 million for further rounds of the popular Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme (CPSGS), which helps farmers buy the equipment they need to boost productivity a…

A leading vet has told a major international conference that Brexit has the potential to decimate the United Kingdom’s veterinary, food and agricultural sectors. Speaking at Visegrád Vet Plus near Bud…

The BVA has responded to the government’s proposals for a post-Brexit immigration system. Under the proposals, unveiled on 2 October 2018 by Home Secretary Sajid Javid in his party conference speech, …

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has issued a position statement concerning Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) proposals for the new role of Certification Support Officers (CSOs). Th…

The RCVS Council has agreed to extend the Mind Matters Initiative on a rolling three-year basis and to increase its funding to £250,000 per year. This investment will allow the initiative to continue …

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has issued a position statement concerning the impact of a ‘no-deal’ scenario on the UK veterinary profession and associated sectors. It details a numbe…

The British Veterinary Receptionist Association (BVRA) recently polled its members as part of its first salary and benefits survey.* It has found that most receptionists love their job but many are di…

NOAH is pleased to have more information for businesses on the action the Government will take in relation to registration and regulation of animal medicines should there be no Brexit deal. However, t…

The UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has urged farmers to remain vigilant for bluetongue virus after the disease was successfully picked up in two cattle imported from France through our routine p…

The winners of the prestigious Dairy Industry Woman of the Year Award were announced at the fourth annual Women in Dairy Conference on Wednesday 19 September. This year two winners were chosen to give…

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ (RCVS) landmark innovation initiative ViVet is celebrating its first anniversary with the publication of ViVet Bites – a new regular feature highlighting inno…

The use of veterinary specials is becoming common practice, but there are still a number of vets unknowingly putting the welfare of pets at risk by splitting or crushing medication to get the desired …