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  • Mother's junk food diet linked to liver disease in offspring

    Young women eating junk food.

    A study carried out at the RVC, London suggests that pregnancy and lactation are not the time to overindulge on fatty, salty and sugary foods as this may cause long-term liver damage to the offspring.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 07 Mar 2010
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  • RSPCA and Veterinary Times spotlight pig welfare

    Freedom Foods pig. (Photo RSPCA).

    In a week in which the Veterinary Times has drawn attention to UK government experiments on pigs to study the effects of explosions on humans, a new voluntary code of practice has been introduced to provide shoppers with clear and consistent labelling on…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 28 Feb 2010
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  • CVS set to acquire Veterinary Enterprises

    cvs logo

    'Dog eat dog' is a well-worn saying in business circles. That cliché has a particular bark to it with the news that CVS (UK) Limited is in the process of acquiring Veterinary Enterprises.…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 23 Feb 2010
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  • Financial carrots to restore the Herriot factor?

    Veterinarian inspecting a side of beef.

    I began my veterinary career during the fading years of the James Herriot era, so I have been particularly interested in some of the postings that have been appearing around the world in recent days on the subject of dwindling numbers of food animal vets…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 16 Feb 2010
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  • Antibiotic resistance. The debate goes on.

    Intensively reared pigs feeding.

    Forty years or so ago, the Report of the Joint Committee on the Use of Antibiotics in Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine was laid before the UK Parliament. It led to the setting up of extensive controls across Europe. Today in the US the debate cont…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 11 Feb 2010
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  • Physician, heal (it) thyself!

    Pills & prescription pad.

    US veterinarian, Patty Khuli, who writes a regular column in USA TODAY, has quite an agenda on the subject of human doctors treating their own pets and her piece, headlined ‘Vets pet peeve: When human physicians diagnose animals', is worth a read!…

    By: David Watson
    Published: 30 Jan 2010
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