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Tamara Kerr says her two-year-old Jack Russell terrier, Eddie, is lucky to be alive after suffering a snake bite earlier this year.

Building trusting relationships between veterinary surgeons and farmers is crucial to improving animal health on dairy farms, researchers at The University of Nottingham has found. The study on perceptions and challenges of vaccinations among vets was carried out by academics in the University's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science on behalf of ADHB Dairy, a not-for-profit organisation working on behalf of Britain's dairy farmers.

A new data-sharing project involving the University of Melbourne, is set to make it easier for owners to look out for their pets.

September 4'8: Freie Universität Berlin Organizes Meeting for Veterinarians from 55 Countries ' 285/2016 from Aug 26, 2016 Whether it is swine fever or Bluetongue fever: neither animal diseases nor carriers of pathogens - such as insects or ticks - stop at national borders.

University of Melbourne researchers will seek to reduce the risk of racehorse fatalities on the track as part of a $5.25 million funding commitment from the Victorian Government and Racing Victoria.

A research project led by a student at The University of Nottingham is aiming to uncover why some horse owners choose not to vaccinate their animals against a potentially-fatal illness.

A vision for improving horse welfare has been set out following research carried out by the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences and funded by World Horse Welfare. It is hoped the findings, to be unveiled at the House of Commons today [Tuesday 12 July], will enable the welfare priorities of the UK's 800,000 horses to be addressed.

The Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET) has been awarded £700K from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to expand its database of UK pet health records and support more 'big data' research into animal and human diseases.

Clever cockatoos make economic decisions about tool use depending on the current "market" situation Flexible tool use is closely associated to intelligent mental processes such as the ability to plan actions.

Just as police and forensic pathologists investigate crimes involving human perpetrators and victims, veterinary pathologists are sometimes called upon to determine whether - and how, and by whom - animals were abused or killed by humans.

Veterinary experts at The University of Nottingham have been helping to offer free care to pet owners in Derby as part of a scheme to tackle a cat overpopulation crisis in one area of the city.

Bern, 09. Colonies of the Eastern honey bee, the original host of parasitic Varroa destructor mites, survive infestations that are fatal to Western honey bees.

The class of 2016 takes the veterinarian's oath, which was led by Susan Wylegala, '88 D.V.M., president of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, not pictured.

The University of Nottingham is offering a novel training opportunity for people in the veterinary profession. The Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University has developed a new evidence-based veterinary medicine training programme, thanks to funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

John Graham-Brown is a PhD student at the University's Institute of Infection and Global Health.

Dr. Lorin D. Warnick, Ph.D. '94, interim dean of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, effective May 6.

A new project to help vet school graduates make the transition into professional practice and a lifelong successful career has been launched by an international group of pioneering vet schools.

A Dropbox file of images and video is available here. Video (3.17min) here. The future seems bright for Ziggy the three-legged wonder dog, after specialist surgery at The University of Queensland's Veterinary Medical Centre at Gatton.

A Dropbox file of images and video is available here. UQ News TV video (3.17min) here. The future seems bright for Ziggy the three-legged wonder dog, after specialist surgery at The University of Queensland's Veterinary Medical Centre at Gatton.

The University of Melbourne is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor John Fazakerley as its new Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (FVAS).

People who have adopted a dog in the last six months are being asked by the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences to take part in a survey about their decisions and how they came to choose the dog which they adopted.

Even animals that spend all day on their front can have back problems , as the University of Queensland Small Animal Hospital avian and exotics team knows all too well.

Baby koala Bob was only eight-months-old when he was scooped up in the talons of a hungry wedge-tailed eagle and taken for a flight.

Baby koala Bob was only eight-months-old when he was scooped up in the talons of a hungry wedge-tailed eagle and taken for a flight.

Experts are hoping to better protect Australian wildlife using increased data, with a one-year pilot project involving seven universities, including The University of Queensland.

It takes £35,000 to train a guide dog to the standard required to aid a visually impaired person to travel outside of their home, but over 100 dogs are retired each year due to behaviour problems.

A virologist at the College of Veterinary Medicine urges dog owners to take advantage of a new vaccine to protect against H3N2, the strain of canine influenza that sickened hundreds of dogs in the Ch

A College of Veterinary Medicine professor wants to take the problem of rhinoceros poaching by the horns.

German shepherd PD Maui and his canine colleagues are lean, keen policing machines, thanks to important surgery at The University of Queensland 's Gatton campus.

Researchers at the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine ( CEVM ) are hitting the road to take training out to the veterinary profession.

Wedge-tailed eagle Eva has found a new home with Australia Zoo, following treatment from a University of Queensland vet.

The hard work and creativity of a keen group of University of Queensland students have seen an idea bloom into the successful creation of the UQ Gatton Community Garden.

Vets in Pakistan working for global equine welfare charity the Brooke have collaborated with the University of Bristol on a newly published paper to discover whether a donkey is in pain by just being observed.

A vision for improving rabbit welfare has been set out following research carried out by the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences.

New research led by academics from the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences have found it is possible for horse owners to make changes that improve the welfare of their animals without threatening their own livelihoods. Working equids commonly suffer from lameness, often affecting all four limbs at the same time.

Academics from the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences have been awarded a grant from RCVS Knowledge to create a free online teaching and learning resource for evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM). The project will produce an open access series of online, re-usable learning tools presented as a clear web tutorial.

New laboratory tests show that a strain of canine influenza virus (CIV) associated with more than 1,000 sick dogs throughout the Midwest, including one dog in Madison, is virtually identical to an Asian strain of the virus and is not a mutated form. A week ago, initial tests at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) and Cornell University identified the strain as H3N2, which has previously only been seen in Asia and is different than the H3N8 strain circulating in North America.

Canine influenza virus (CIV) has affected at least 1,000 dogs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana in the last month, including one confirmed case in the Madison area. Previously thought to be caused by the H3N8 strain, which has been circulating in North America since 2004, recent tests from the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) and the New York State Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University have identified the strain as H3N2.

Californian Horse Trainer Monty Roberts Will Be at the Equine Center in Bad Saarow on April 6, 2015 Monty Roberts, the man who speaks with horses, along with his certified instructors will be in the

Cornell University Veterinary Specialists (CUVS) in Stamford, Connecticut, has received Level I certification from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS), distinguishing CUVS as a facility at the highest level of veterinary trauma, emergency and critical care.

Experts from across Europe and the USA are calling for a 'one health' approach to the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs).