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WCVA Bursary award |
A Bursary of £1000 is available to help young graduates in the Western Counties region to undertake a veterinary related project |
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BEVA Tickets now on sale |
Tickets for BEVA congress have just gone on sale and if you book before the end of July you can save £££s |
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Vet Charity Challenge 2012 - Get Envolved |
Fancy kayaking, running, cycling and solving the odd puzzle in a team with three other people from your practice and raising some much needed money for charity? Then the Vet Charity Challenge is right up your street. I'm keen, are you? |
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Full House at Recent Graduate Cardiology CPD Day |
The recent graduate cardiology day on Saturday 14th of April was a brilliant success. |
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Dangerous Dogs Proposals |
Defra has announced several proposals to try to tackle the issue of dangerous dogs but nothing has yet been achieved. There has been talk in the press about micro-chipping all dogs but this is still subject to further consultation. Read more on this from Defra. |
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A case of BSE in the USA |
Although not the first case of BSE in the USA you may wish to read this article from The Telegraph. |
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Nova Launches Canine and Equine Compounding |
Nova expand their range of services with a reformulation service for dogs and horses too... |
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Vbay launches! |
A new website allows vet practices to buy and sell equipment as well as advertise services to the profession. |
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New How To Cardiac Ultrasound Videos |
A series of short videos are now available on How To Cardiac Ultrasound. |
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BSAVA & RCVS Announcement on Postgraduate Qualifications |
If you're studying for or thinking of studying for a certificate you may be interested in this... |
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Scan a person at BSAVA! |
Try your hand at ultrasound on a human model and pig out on Jelly beans on the BCF stand |
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National Equine Forum - a round up |
Presentations included headshaking, by Prof Knottenbelt, sarcoids and obesity. Follow the link to read more. |
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Six Best of Breed winners at Crufts failed the Vet Checks! |
In the first year of veterinary checks for Best of Breed winner for 15 extreme breeds at Crufts, six dogs failed their vet checks |
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Schmallenberg Virus |
What you need to know about this rapidly emerging disease. |
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Is contracted out overnight veterinary care harming pets? |
This was discussed on You & Yours on Radio 4, follow the link and listen from 8.18 minutes so you know what your clients have been listening to! |
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Survey on veterinary prescribing patterns launched |
A survey of vets antimicrobial prescribing habits has been launched and the VMD encourages all vets to complete it if possible |
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BEVA launches webcasts from BEVA 2011 |
BEVA has launched a new webcast service offering recordings of BEVA lectures to both members and non-members. |
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The Second Human & Veterinary Crosstalk Symposium on Aldosterone |
Dr Tim Watson reports on how cutting edge science, served with consummate French culture and hospitality, furthered understanding of the role of aldosterone in heart failure |
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BSAVA comment on Pedigree Dogs Exposed |
Find out what the BSAVA have to say about the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed - three years on! |
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Pedigree dogs exposed - three years on |
The follow up documentary from the BBC on the problems in pedigree dogs - watch it now. |
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BCF release videos showing how scanner is used |
BCF have released a series of short videos showing how their MicroMaxx scanner can be used on a day to day basis |
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Sooner rather than later for TB racers |
New research suggests that entering training and racing at two years old leads to a longer more sucessful career for TB racers |
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Ledston Education gains Irish accreditation |
Great news for Irish equine vets as each WebLeC lecture now counts as one CE credit! |
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New virus detected on four UK farms |
AHVLA detected Schmallenberg virus (SBV) on four sheep farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and East Sussex |
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Girl, 6, mauled by dog in London park |
Get the full story from the BBC... |
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Congratulations Kimberly! |
BCF in-house vet Kimberly Palgrave is now an imaging certificate holder |
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BSAVA Party Night line-up confirmed |
Great comedians, Olly Murs and a disco, what more could you want? |
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SPVS Congress 2012 |
It's not just BSAVA congress coming up, SPVS congress is coming up in May and might be particularly intertesing if you are thinking of going into practice ownership. |
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BSAVA Congress 2012 The Biggest Yet |
As BSAVA Congress welcomes FECAVA and WSAVA to Birmingham it looks set to be bigger and better than ever! |
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BSAVA presents... OLLY MURS! |
Olly Murs will be headline at this year's BSAVA congress party night |
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SPVS offer FREE place on Sri Lanka Trip |
A last minute cancelation means there is a FREE place on the SPVS trip to Sri Lanka - interested? |
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Merry Christmas from BCF - with a twist |
The staff at BCF Technology decided to sing their customers a merry Christmas message in the form of Jingle bells! Watch the video now. |
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London Vet Show 2011 - more popular than ever |
3,300 delegates descended on London Olympia for two days of jam packed cpd, but was it any good?... |
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BCF Ultrasound videos receive over 10,000 views! |
BCF’s instructional videos – ’How to scan the small animal abdomen’ have proved extremely popular... |
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Bayer Launch New Fluoroquinolone |
Bayer launch Veraflox a new fluoroquinolone for cats and dogs. |
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Vet on a Bike |
Follow Ian Wright as he embarks on an epic adventure: cycling from the UK to South Africa, raising funds for the Born Free Foundation, stopping in to see some of their projects along the way, doing some work for them and other charities as he fulfills a life-long dream to travel overland through Africa. |
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BSAVA 2012 Programme Announced |
The scientific programme for BSAVA, WSAVA and FECAVA 2012 have already been announced, follow the link to see what will be covered. |
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Supreme launch new vet exclusive range |
Supreme Petfoods have launched a new range of specially formulated diets for rabbits |
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BSAVA - Brilliant Social, Amazing Veterinary Academia! |
A round-up of BSAVA Congress 2011 |
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Fake leg for pony! |
Now I've seen it all... |
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New survey reveals UK’s current equine healthcare problems |
The results of the UK’s first ever public National Equine Health Survey (NEHS), announced at the National Equine Forum |
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Marbox new for mastitis and BRD |
Ceva have launched Marbox a broadspectrum marboflaxacin based antibiotic |
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Cevazuril for Cocci in Piglets |
Ceva Animal Health have launched Cevazuril for the treatment of coccidiosis in suckling piglets |
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Vetscan forced to change name |
Vetscan becomes Scanvet |
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Tildren renamed Equidronate |
Ceva have renamed the osteoclast modulator Tildren as Equidronate... |
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Emeprid a new antiemetic |
A new antiemetic from CEVA Animal Health containing Metoclopramide... |
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NEW - Buscopan 20 |
Buscopan (Hyoscine butylbromide) now available without an added NSAID as Buscopan 20 for use in colicing horses and calf scour... |
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Pfizer makes it easy to understand worm control |
Pfizer launch worming control plan booklet for horse owners... |
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Ceftiocyl a new antibiotic from Vetoquinol |
A new antibiotic for cattle and pigs containing Ceftiofur .... |
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Nisamox now available from Bayer |
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VDS - the best weekend since graduating? |
In two minds about going to your VDS weekend, read this... |