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Official Vet

The Official Vet column provides OVs with the latest news and updates from APHA and Improve International, as well as offering interesting features on topics relevant to the industry – from notifiable diseases to pet passports.

4 December 2024

Food production standards – reassuring assurances?

Chickens eating

11 October 2024

Worse than anticipated? The emergence of Schmallenberg virus in the UK and Europe

cows in field

27 September 2024

What is rabies?

20 August 2024

Celebrating 10 years of the OV Conference

30 July 2024

The ABCs of AHCs: what do I need to know about animal health certificates?

26 June 2024

Bovine TB: is vaccination the way forward?

Vet checking on cows

20 June 2024

The importance of a One Health approach

29 May 2024

Making Mumbai rabies-free

28 March 2024

Feline tuberculosis

4 October 2023

BTV and EHDV – what’s new and what do I need to know?

13 September 2023

Humane killing of day-old chicks in hatcheries

6 September 2023

A celebration of OVs

4 August 2023

Why should I become an Official Vet?

31 July 2023

What is an Official Vet and how do I become one?

21 June 2023

A day in the life of an OV

12 June 2023

Scrapie: an overview

29 March 2023

Managing avian influenza in general practice

17 March 2023

Protecting pets from parasites when travelling abroad: Dirofilaria and Leishmania

10 March 2023

Protecting pets from parasites when travelling abroad: tick-borne pathogens and Echinococcus multilocularis