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Consider euthanasia over BOAS surgery, vets told
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (577+ words) Dan O'Neill urged vets to remove clients' "feeling of heroism" around BOAS surgery and focus on their pets' long-term welfare. Dan O'Neill, RVC associate professor in companion animal epidemiology, and Rowena Packer, senior lecturer in companion animal behaviour and welfare…...
Brachycephalic breeds: fresh calls for guidelines change over BOAS genetic progress
3+ day, 11+ min ago (580+ words) " Veterinary Business Development Ltd 2026 Respiratory function heritability in key brachy breeds found to be comparable to other traits successfully selected for in companion animals. Image: Di Studio / Adobe Stock Researchers have issued new calls for stakeholders to engage with dog…...
OA lessons can be shared across species, delegates hear
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (362+ words) " Veterinary Business Development Ltd 2026 Specific hopes of improvements in treatment for rabbits were raised during a major conference on the disease. Animals living with osteoarthritis (OA) could benefit from lessons learned in the treatment of other species with the disease,…...
New group formed to help protect future of Cambridge vet school
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (209+ words) " Veterinary Business Development Ltd 2026 The "spirit" of the fight to keep the school open will guide its future development, student leaders say. The Save the Vet School campaign, which dramatically achieved its objective when closure plans were scrapped in February,…...
Working donkey welfare warning as temperatures rise
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (417+ words) " Veterinary Business Development Ltd 2026 Licensing regimes may not be fully protecting the welfare of the UK's working donkeys even where veterinary oversight is required, new research has concluded. Donkeys on the beach at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. Image: Gill / Adobe Stock Researchers…...
Cat poison warning issued over hair loss treatment
1+ week, 2+ day ago (292+ words) A leading charity has urged cat owners to be vigilant as it warned other products could also be dangerous to pets. Image: mark_gusev / Adobe Stock A new warning has been issued over the risk of cats being poisoned through contact with…...
UK-first: "encouraging" pioneering keyhole surgery for dogs with degenerative lumbosacral stenosis
1+ week, 3+ day ago (409+ words) The practice said its early outcomes from the pioneering minimally invasive endoscopic surgery technique are "highly encouraging. A Hampshire vet practice has become the first specialist referral centre in the UK to offer a minimally invasive endoscopic surgery for dogs…...
RSPCA to shut north London hospital and create hub of 'animal welfare excellence"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (327+ words) Bosses say the plan will provide easier access to care and give animals "the best chance of recovery. Front of the RSPCA Finsbury Park. Image: Google Street View / Google Maps A major charity veterinary hospital in north London is set…...
Global animal health is "chronically underfunded
2+ week, 26+ min ago (554+ words) UK veterinary infrastructure has been condemned as "woeful" by an industry leader amid wider fears the world remains "dangerously exposed" to a potential future pandemic. Image: kasto / Adobe Stock Global animal health systems are being left "chronically underfunded", increasing the…...
College of Animal Welfare launches VNAM training discount offer
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (241+ words) The package would usually cost more than "700. " The College of Animal Welfare (CAW) is offering vet clinics the opportunity to help train the next generation of vet nurses for free in May as part of Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month (VNAM)....