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How climate change will hit animal health

How climate change will hit animal health

"Climate change… may increase the presence of vectors such as ticks, mosquitoes and fleas". IFAH-Europe warns of the need for...

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SPVS launches a survey on RCVS reform

SPVS launches a survey on RCVS reform

SPVS is asking its members to complete a questionnaire to ensure its response to the proposed changes accurately reflect the...

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Unique VET Festival will return for a second year

Presentations are held in outdoor marquees rather than lecture theatres to create a fun, relaxed environment. Noel Fitzpatrick offers a...

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BVA react to Defra cuts

BVA react to Defra cuts

Defra’s operating budgets have been cut by 15 per cent. Animal welfare ‘noticeably absent’ from the announcement   The BVA...

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Nominations now open for RCVS and VN Councils 2016

Nominations now open for RCVS and VN Councils 2016

The election period will start around mid-March and run until 5pm on Friday, 29 April 2016.  Nominations now open for...

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Suffolk road named after respected vet

Suffolk road named after respected vet

Donald Mackintosh Way leads up to Ipswich Veterinary Centre, a new, state-of-the-art hospital. New veterinary centre built on ‘Donald Mackintosh...

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RCVS urged to ‘blacklist’ homeopathy

An online petition has been launched urging the RCVS to 'blacklist' homeopathic treatments, so they can no longer be prescribed...

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Pigeons identify cancerous tissue on x-rays

Pigeons identify cancerous tissue on x-rays

The pigeons were able to generalise what they learned, correctly identifying tumours in unseen microscope images. Could help improve image-based...

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Vet Futures Report launched at London Vet Show

Vet Futures Report launched at LVS

BVA president Sean Wensley said: "When we launched Vet Futures our aim was to engage the veterinary profession and wider...

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'Disturbing breach' of last resort antibiotics

‘Disturbing breach’ of last resort antibiotics

Unless a globally coordinated approach is taken to combat the issue "MCR-1 is likely to spread to the rest of...

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