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Breakthrough for global eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants

Breakthrough for global eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants

Current PPR eradication strategy is reliant on mass vaccination campaigns. Researchers identify production systems as viral reservoirs  Researchers at the...

S Africa doubles quota for lion skeleton exports

S Africa doubles quota for lion skeleton exports

Unwitting volunteers pay to hand-rear ‘orphaned’ or ‘rejected’ cubs that have been removed from their mothers. Lion bone trade an...

Wildlife Editor
New treatment for recurring malaria approved

New treatment for recurring malaria approved

P.vivax malaria is found mainly in the US, Latin America and some parts of Africa. Single-dose Krintafel to prevent relapse...

Industry Editor
Slaughtered Iceland whale is a hybrid, test confirms

Slaughtered Iceland whale is a hybrid, test confirms

Photographs taken by marine conservation movement Sea Shepherd Global showed Loftsson’s crew posing for photos next to the whale. DNA...

Wildlife Editor
Police raids uncover ‘ruthless’ tiger trade in Europe

Police raids uncover ‘ruthless’ tiger trade in Europe

There are thought to be just 3,900 tigers left in the wild today. Petition calls for EU ban on commercial...

Wildlife Editor

A lifetime of veterinary nursing

The retirement of one of  the UK’s longest-serving RVNs was reported by Vet Times in May. Jan Stevenson, who qualified...