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Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) are the latest organisations to join the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance, strengthening the farming industry’s ability to apply clear, consistent standards of farm medicine stewardship, and particularly of antibiotics, across the whole UK…

A veterinary surgeon who is also the award-winning developer of one of the most common anaesthetic drugs has been announced as the guest speaker at this year’s RCVS Fellowship Day

This September sees the first ever veterinary programme at Congress, held by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Centre (Agricultural and Rural Department Slaughter Technology Centre) has approved its real-time PCR-based workflow to detect and monitor the spread of African Swine Fever…

The hot topic of telemedicine is likely to generate fervent discussion in the popular Moral Maze debate at this year’s BEVA Congress 11-14 September 2019

A new campaign was launched on 31 July at the UK’s border to help keep the damaging animal disease African swine fever (ASF) out of the country

The work and aims of the VN Futures project were highlighted last weekend as part of the inaugural Student Veterinary Nurse (SVN) Fest which took place at the RVC in Camden

To be in with the chance of winning a free or discounted ticket to this year’s OV Conference, all you have to do is submit a question for a speaker of your choice. The questions should relate to the s…

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Expert Surveillance Panel (ESP) meets every year to review the previous year’s global data on equine influenza outbreaks and the most recent meeting was in April 2019…

VETCEE is a joint initiative of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE), European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS), Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (…

The BVA has welcomed the collaborative, One Health principle underpinning Wales’ new five-year implementation plan to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals and the environment, ahead of the Welsh Government’s AMR event at the Royal Welsh Show on 24 July…

Dechra Veterinary Products has revealed a treatment to provide relief from irritating ear conditions for cats and dogs

New Defra Secretary of State Theresa Villiers must focus on key priorities of securing new legislation on animal sentience before the UK leaves the EU and putting plans in place to ensure a strong veterinary workforce to support trade, according to the BVA…

Following a long and sustained campaign, BVA has today hailed the Home Office’s announcement accepting the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation for vets to be reinstated on the Shortage Occupation List as a “huge win for animal welfare and a resounding vote of confidence in the veterinary community”…

RCVS President Niall Connell has issued the following statement regarding proposals from the Migration Advisory Committee:

The 2020 RCVS Knowledge Awards are now open for applications and nominations, again recognising examples of continuous quality improvement (QI) in practice

Five years since first opening its doors, the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey celebrated the inaugural graduation of students from its Veterinary Medicine and Science BVMSci …

The RVC is proud to announce the successful graduation of all 12 students from its new Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research

The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) is looking for three new trustees to help drive the charity’s mission to improve the welfare of animals through veterinary science, education and debate.

Kerrie Hedley, Chief Operating Officer at XLVets, is asking female vets to share their opinions and experiences around leadership as part of a study which will form her MBA dissertation