treatments Archives - Northern Ireland Veterinary Today https://nivettoday.com/tag/treatments/ The journal for the veterinary profession in Northern Ireland Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:51:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://nivettoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-vet-favicon-32x32.png treatments Archives - Northern Ireland Veterinary Today https://nivettoday.com/tag/treatments/ 32 32 Transparency key in use of AI, says RCVS chief https://nivettoday.com/transparency-key-in-use-of-ai-says-rcvs-chief/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:51:11 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7424 RCVS chief Lizzie Lockett has said transparency will underpin how the profession regulates the use of artificial intelligence in the future. Liz Barton MRCVS, Head

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]]> NIVA president welcomes Stormont motion on vet medicines https://nivettoday.com/niva-president-welcomes-stormont-motion-on-vet-medicines/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:21:53 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7407 The passing of a motion by Stormont MLAs acknowledging the ‘deep concern’ around obtaining veterinary medicines after 2025 has been welcomed by the Ulster Farmers’

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]]> New film celebrates diversity in Nursing Awareness Month https://nivettoday.com/new-film-celebrates-diversity-in-nursing-awareness-month/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:44:33 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7397 To mark Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month (VNAM) the RCVS has released a day in the life short film featuring Betsy Malamah-Thomas RVN, Nursing and Clinical

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]]> NOAH hails five-year plan to combat AMR https://nivettoday.com/noah-hails-five-year-plan-to-combat-amr/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:31:30 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7391 NOAH (the National Office of Animal Health) has welcomed the government’s announcement of a new five-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Chief Executive Dawn

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]]> Prescription caps possible as CMA probe goes ahead https://nivettoday.com/prescription-caps-possible-as-cma-probe-goes-ahead/ Thu, 23 May 2024 11:17:46 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7387 The CMA’s market investigation into the veterinary sector could see a cap put on vets’ prescription fees. It follows an initial review last September which

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]]> Hot topics unpacked at NI vet association evening https://nivettoday.com/hot-topics-unpacked-ni-vet-association-evening/ Thu, 23 May 2024 10:44:50 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7381 The current issues that threaten animal health and welfare in Northern Ireland were unpacked at an inaugural event held by the North of Ireland Veterinary

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]]> Contextualised care on BVA Live agenda https://nivettoday.com/contextualised-care-on-bva-live-agenda/ Thu, 02 May 2024 10:30:01 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7368 This year’s BVA Live will focus on contextualised care, recognising that appropriate and proportionate care must be tailored to the animal and the client, and

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]]> Vets urged to help find Pet of the Year https://nivettoday.com/7365-2/ Thu, 02 May 2024 09:36:59 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7365 Vets Now has launched a competition to find Britain’s Pet of the Year, and is asking vets to help with the search. The awards highlight the

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]]> Most adverse vet drug reactions ‘not reported’ https://nivettoday.com/most-adverse-vet-drug-reactions-not-reported/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:16:14 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7314 A study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice has concluded that the majority of suspected adverse drug reactions (SADR) in veterinary medicine go unreported.

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]]> Endemic diseases on AVSPNI & NIVA meeting agenda https://nivettoday.com/endemic-diseases-on-avspni-niva-meeting-agenda/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:08:04 +0000 https://nivettoday.com/?p=7307 The great and the good of the Northern Ireland Veterinary community turned out in force for an AVSPNI & NIVA joint evening meeting on recognising

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