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How Reliable Are Microchips for Horse Identification?

How reliably can microchips be located and read, and are the horses injured by having chips implanted? These issues have been addressed by the team of Christine Aurich at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Friday, July 5, 2013

Increasing graduate numbers appear to have had little impact on vet job prospects, says RCVS

Increasing graduate numbers over the last five years have had little impact on veterinary job prospects, according to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Thursday, July 4, 2013

World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) 2013 Merial Applied Equine Research Award

Nominations are sought for the Merial Applied Equine Research Award. The 2013 award will honor advances in the understanding of emerging diseases in horses

Thursday, July 4, 2013

“Too many horse vets and not enough jobs,” says BEVA survey

A recent survey suggests that there may be five times as many veterinary graduates wishing to work in equine practice as there are jobs available

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Confirmed outbreak of Equine Influenza (EI) in Hertfordshire

A positive diagnosis was made by qPCR on a nasopharyngeal swab and confirmed on the 28th June

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

EHV-1 Neurological Disease Outbreak in Devon

The AHT confirmed the outbreak on the 2nd July following positive diagnosis in two Thoroughbred mares

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Hetastarch and Pentastarch products withdrawn from UK market

Similar action is expected throughout Europe following a risk assessment by the European Medicines Authority

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

NFU to investigate scale of flygrazing problem and to push for new legislation

The decision to push for new legislation comes after analysing the legal implications of the move

Thursday, June 27, 2013

RCVS Annual General Meeting and awards presentation

The RCVS AGM and Presentation of Awards will be held on Friday 5th July 2013 at the Royal College of Physicians, London

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

New study links sycamore tree to Atypical Myopathy

A new study published in EVJ concludes that Toxins from the seeds of the tree Acer pseudoplatanus are the likely cause of Atypical Myopathy (AM) in Europe

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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