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Fri, 18 May 2012 07:03:00 +0100

Last month saw the arrival of VBAY.co.uk - dedicated to the advertising, buying and selling of veterinary products and services in the UK. Vbay is designed to make life easier for Practice Managers and others involved in practice purchasing, perhaps also looking to turn 2^nd-hand veterinary kit into cash; so, it needs to appeal to this group of people and to work for them.

Royal Canin enjoyed a successful few days at last month�s WSAVA world congress (11-15 April). Its �Tornado Tower� competition had more than 1,500 entries as delegates recreated memories of �The Crystal Maze� to

Nominations Invited for 2013 WSAVA Awards

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:23:00 +0100

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has launched its annual search for veterinarians who have significantly advanced the care of companion animals with the launch of its 2013 Awards. They will be presented during

Electoral Reform Services offers reassurance on RCVS election process

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:21:00 +0100

Electoral Reform Services (ERS), the independent body that carries out the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons� Council election, has offered reassurance that the election was fair, in spite of a number of voters being sent duplicate ballot papers.

ERS designs and prints the ballot papers, and receives back votes via the post, internet and text message, but it does not distribute the ballot papers: this was carried out by a separate mailing house contracted directly by the RCVS. Although the exact number of voters who received duplicate papers is not known, it may have been up to 289, as that was the shortfall of voting papers at the mailing house.

ERS carried out a review of voting patterns, including issues such

FAB Award for New Effipro� Pipette

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:28:00 +0100

The Feline Advisory Board (FAB) has awarded an Easy to Give Award to Effipro, the fipronil-based flea and tick spot-on from Virbac Animal Health. The award follows the launch earlier this year of an enhanced pipette and new packaging for Effipro. It was made on 11 May 2012.

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<h1>New special ultrasound and X-ray deals from BCF</h1>
<p>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:24:00 +0100</p>
BCF are delighted to announce a number of special deals available on a variety of ultrasound and X-ray products.<br />
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With the launch of the new Mindray DP-50 ultrasound scanner, BCF are offering a free trolley and a year�s supply of gel. The Mindray DP-50 provides an amazing image for a low price � superb value. The DP-50 is exclusively available through BCF.<br />
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Buy a Carestream Vita CR X-ray system and generator from BCF and we will update your X-ray protection, with 3 gowns and 2 thyroid protectors (worth �600, �750) for free. The Vita has undergone some recent software improvements to make it even easier to use.<br />
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Purchase an Easi-Scan with one battery and get a second battery and carry
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<h1>BCF Technology - Best selling Vita CR X-ray system now even easier to use</h1>
<p>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:03:00 +0100</p>
BCF Technology�s most popular X-ray system, the Vita, has undergone software improvements to make it even quicker and easier to operate. <br />
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Improvements include; <br />
� Easier patient entry<br />
� Live search making it easier and quicker to search for patients <br />
� You can add your KV and MAs onto the image<br />
� Easy to change the size of text when annotating the image<br />
� More ability to reprocess and manipulate images including cropping, rotating, and annotating<br />
� Easier to save multiple patient images to CD.<br />
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RCVS & VN Councils elections results

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:35:00 +0100

The votes for the 2012 RCVS Council and Veterinary Nurse (VN) Councils elections have been counted and the results are now in.

There was a record number of candidates standing in the RCVS Council election this year, and the results in the end were much closer than usual, although the turnouts were low once again.

Two candidates entirely new to the Council have been elected, one of whom - Amanda Boag - received the highest number of votes. The other - Chris Barker - also did well, coming in third place overall.

Three existing RCVS Council Members have been re-elected for a further four years, and Stephen May, who was formerly an appointed Council Member from the Royal Veterinary College,