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FEI measures to address horse welfare in endurance
The measures include increased sanctions for those responsible for injury to horses. Horses suffering fatal bone fractures due to over-training...
Merial acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim
The businesses have combined to form the new Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Business Unit. Combined animal health business is the...
Views sought on zinc oxide
Interested parties are being invited to provide written comment on proposals to withdraw veterinary medicines containing zinc oxide. VMD invites...
Mixed views on animal welfare response
Currently, the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty offences in England and Wales is up to six months. Maximum jail...
Virus responsible for Saiga mass die-off
Saiga were once widely spread across the Eurasian steppes, but are now classed as critically endangered. New urgency behind drive...
Rare imported disease seen in dog from Cyprus
The main vector for H. canis is the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Vets made aware of Hepatozoon canis case...