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Scotland announces bill to raise animal cruelty sentences
Scotland has one of the lowest animal cruelty prison sentences in the whole of Europe. Announcement could have major implications...

VPIS offers seasonal fungi advice
The majority of species are non-toxic but some can be highly dangerous, even leading to fatalities. Trusts offers help identifying...

Parasite communication method could prevent sleeping sickness
Spread by the tsetse fly, sleeping sickness presents a major threat to human health in areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Competing...

Researchers develop objective method to identify horses with ataxia
A method of objective evaluation that can help identfy horses with ataxia has been developed by researchers at the Royal...

Boredom study highlights importance of environmental enrichment
Animals suffer boredom and will do almost anything to avoid monotony – including making themselves sick – according to new...

BSAVA Congress 2018 highlights revealed
Haematology wet lab sessions are being run again at BSAVA Congress 2018. Expanded programme includes new ‘Beyond the Clinics’ stream...