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Dick White partners with Pets at Home
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Professor Dick White is set to play a leading role in the new division, having been appointed its clinical director.

Pet shop chain creates a 'specialist division'

Dick White Referrals has formed a 'strategic partnership' with the Pets at Home Vet Group.

The pet shop chain is implementing a new 'specialist division' comprised of Dick White Referrals, Northwest Surgeons, Anderson Moores and Eye Vet Referrals. This will exist alongside the existing first opinion division, which is made up of Companion Care and Vets4Pets.

Professor Dick White is set to play a leading role in the new division, having been appointed its clinical director. Dick White Referrals will continue to operate as a standalone brand within the Pets at Home Vet Group and Prof White and three of the specialist clinicians will retain 24 per cent of the practice.

The referral centre was founded by Prof White in 2003, with the aim of gathering a team of specialists with expertise across a wide range of disciplines. Today it has 66 vets, of whom 31 are specialists in a variety of areas - anaesthesia, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, internal medicine, neurology/neurosurgery, oncology, opthalmology, orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery.

Clinicians are supported by a veterinary nursing team who provide 24 hour care to upwards of 5,000 patients a year.

The strategic partnership will provide the referral centre with "great opportunities" to develop as a world class centre with a team of leading specialists, according to Prof White.

Sally Hopson, CEO of the Pets at Home Vet Group, added: "We are delighted to have attracted a colleague of Dick White’s pedigree to join us, not only to help drive the future growth of Dick White Referrals, but also to play a key role in developing our Specialist Division.

"Professor White is a key figure in the development of the Specialist Veterinary segment; he has trained many of the leading Specialist veterinary practitioners.

"This is a tremendous step forward for the Vet Group. I’m also very pleased that Professor White and his colleagues have chosen to remain as equity partners in Dick White Referrals."

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.