The University of Guelph’s Veterinary College in Ontario, Canada has opened a new veterinary healthcare centre. It says the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Primary Healthcare Centre will operate like a regular vet clinic, where animals can receive routine care under the watchful eye of student veterinarians. ...

A study by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) is using cutting-edge digital imaging technology to improve the diagnosis and treatment of proteinuric kidney disease in dogs over the coming years. The association’s Renal Standardization Group (RSG) has established two diagnostic ...

Chanelle Veterinary, part of the Irish generic drugs group Chanelle Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, has received EU clearance for a sheep antiparasitic product and a canine analgesic. The company has launched Ivermectin Oral, a 0.8 mg/ml product for sheep, within its Animec branded range. The ...

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has introduced its stress management product for dogs and cats, Zylkène, to the German market. The product is a dietary supplement containing alpha-casozepine, a peptide produced by the trypsin hydrolysis of the milk protein casein. According to I/SPAH, the ...

Genitrix has repackaged its Dentagen dental chews for cats and dogs in a bigger, one-month pack in response to customer feedback. It has also reduced the amount of packaging and lowered the price of the chews, which contain a plant extract that reduces the formation of plaque in the mouth. The new ...

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced that it will suspend the vaccination of birds against avian influenza as, according to the health authorities, immunization has proved incapable of preventing the virus from spreading. The country has announced new measures to curb the current outbreak ...

Cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been reported in Ivory Coast wildlife, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The infected birds, which tested positive for the H5N1 strain of the virus, were found among 30 dead wild white-necked ravens at a secondary school. ...

Modern Veterinary Therapeutics (MVT) has obtained Canadian approval for its equine sedative Cepesedan (detomidine). The product is indicated for use as a sedative and analgesic to facilitate mindor surfical and diagnostic procedures in mature horses and yearlings. Cepesedan is the third product ...

Idexx Reference Laboratories has introduced an equine quantitative fecal test following the McMaster methodology for determining egg burden. The test gives equine practitioners a way of determining whether a deworming program is working, and helps them to improve the effectiveness of these ...