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According to many media reports, including this one by the Daily Mail: 'Cows boost milk production after listening to Shakespeare'. This article claims that a herd in Kent has produced 4% more milk since a theatre company routinely rehearsed a Shakespearean play in front of the cows.
It has been reported that shares in CVS Group have dropped by over 30 percent as the company warns that their full-year turnover is lower than originally anticipated.
Recent reports in the Irish media suggest that there may soon be many changes to Irish animal welfare legislation, including the Dog Breeding Establishment Bill. Read an article from the Irish Times
here.
According to recent news articles, animal welfare group PAW (Promoting Animal Welfare) is lobbying to introduce new anti-cruelty laws to protect animals in Guernsey. See the BBC news article here.
'The Bionic Vet'
'The Bionic Vet', a new series showing on BBC1, has caught the attention of the media at large and also that of vet and Telegraph blogger, Pete Wedderburn who discusses the following question: "Are bionic cat legs taking it a bit far?"
It may be interesting to UK vets to know that in the USA: "The Food and Drug Administration urged farmers on Monday to stop giving antibiotics to cattle, poultry, hogs and other animals to spur their growth, citing concern that drug overuse is helping to create dangerous bacteria that do not respond to medical treatment and endanger human lives." Click here to read the full article in the Washington Post.
Farmers weekly has run an article entitled 'DEFRA faces 25% budget cut' following the announcement of the Budget yesterday. More details are yet to appear...
Various campaigns are currently underway to warn dog owners of the dangers of leaving their animals in the car during these hot months, including ones launched by the RSPCA, Scottish SPCA and the Kennel Club.
Following the latest news published in the Vet Record concerning guide dog attacks, Pete Wedderburn has written a piece entitled 'Bull terriers might attack guide dogs - but aggression towards humans is a different matter'. Despite the fact much of the media has focused heavily on what the study has shown about bull breeds, Pete writes: "The key fact that's often forgotten is that there is no link between aggression to other dogs and aggression to humans. It's easy to stereotype bull breeds as aggressive, snarling, salivating monsters. The fact is that they're often highly sociable with humans." He ends his piece with an important point: "All dogs - regardless of breed - need to be kept under effective control by their owners. The responsibility lies with humans: there's no point whatsoever in trying to vilify the animals." To read more about the article published in the Vet Record, please click here.
Foreign bodies may be a common problem that veterinary practices deal with but it doesn't stop them reaching the national news every so often. The BBC and many national newspapers have run articles about the latest: 'Dog from Cambridgeshire swallows five toy cats'.
Horse and Hound has recently published an article online with the headline: 'Work starts on vaccine for African Horse Sickness'. According to this, an affordable vaccine against AHS could soon be made more available.
