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Vet nurse praised for awareness work
Dot Creighton is the winner of this year’s VN Golden Jubilee Award. Awarded VN Golden Jubilee Award Dot Creighton is...

Beating the wrong donkey
In banner headlines today, we are told that ‘the global pharmaceutical industry is being called on to pay for a...

Scotland urged to stand firm on tail docking ban
"We have carefully considered all the evidence and remain convinced that tail docking in dogs is detrimental to animal welfare."...

App will be used to map tick hotspots
Researchers hope to extend the app to help map other zoonotic diseases. Innovative Scottish project hopes to tackle Lyme disease...

Calls for First Milk to reverse price cuts
"If everyone works together as an industry I am confident that the Scottish dairy sector will see market benefits both...

Disease names should not cause offence – WHO
Examples of the types of names to avoid are: Spanish flu, Lyme disease, swine flu, bird flu and equine encephalitis....