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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...

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...
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...