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• BVA joins call for improved UK dog laws

  

  The BVA has joined some of the UK's largest animal charities, law enforcement agencies and unions calling for improved and updated legislation to protect dog welfare and public safety.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 24 Aug 2010
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• VetGrad guides new grads

  

  ‘IF YOU feel like things are getting on top of you, don't suffer alone! The transition from student to working life is a real shock to the system, so you must not feel like you have failed if you're finding it difficult to cope.'…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 15 Aug 2010
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• Obesity in dogs - the domino effect

  

  Research suggests that one in three cancer deaths in humans and dogs could be prevented by reducing omega-6 fatty acids and cutting calories. Meanwhile, the PDSA says the percentage of overweight UK dogs has risen from 21% to 35% in 4 years.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 28 Jul 2010
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• BBC Panorama programme exposes more than Medivet

  

  Since the screening of the BBC's Panorama programme, ‘It Shouldn't happen at a Vets', there seems to have been a deafening hush ... except for the sound of Teflon coating being applied to establishment statements and stable doors being bolted at Medivet…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 25 Jul 2010
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• Take Me to Your Leader...

  

  One of the bonuses of modern-day journalism, especially that based upon the electronic media, is the serendipitous nature of the material that enters one's portals, so to speak.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 01 Jul 2010
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• Some bright ideas for switched-on vets

  

  I think we sometimes forget that veterinarians are human too. Indeed many are young, trendy and keen to be as innovative in their outside interests as they are in the clinical arena. So here are one or two bright ideas that may appeal to switched-on vets.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 30 May 2010
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