Homemade cat food diets could be risky
One quick Internet search can net hundreds of homemade cat food recipes, but a new study from researchers at the…
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Changing climate may affect animal-to-human disease transfer
Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously…
Hyalomma tick confirmed in untravelled UK horse
Finding highlights importance of tick surveillance to public health A Hyalomma rufipes tick has been reported in the UK for the first…
RSPCA figures show hundreds of dogs are still being left in cars on hot days despite repeated warnings
New figures released by the RSPCA Cymru show that hundreds of dogs are still being left in hot cars –…
BVA welcomes ban on wild animals in travelling circuses
The British Veterinary Association warmly welcomes today’s (1 May) announcement that the use of wild animals in travelling circuses will be banned…
Young lambs at ‘very high’ risk of nematodirus
Online map shows rising risk levels after temperature fluctuations Young lambs are now at ‘high’ or ‘very high’ risk of nematodirus…
Lurid tabloid tick headline holds ‘important message’
Vet Ian Wright says , despite the lurid headlines, UK vets did have lessons to learn from the discovery –…
‘Anti-vax’ sentiment creeping into pet care, warn vets
Vets are concerned that scepticism about vaccination is creeping over from human health into pet care as new statistics show…
Aujeszky’s disease identified in southern France
Disease confirmed in five domestic pigs A disease that is fatal in piglets less than seven days old has been…
Osteosarcoma study set to benefit dogs and children
Researchers to explore the combination of immunotherapy and radiation US researchers are conducting a study into whether a dog’s immune…