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Major New Grant to Help Vaccine Development
Scottish researchers to investigate further into immune systems of livestock.

Moredun Research Institute near Edinburgh has secured a grant of nearly £1 million in order to learn more about the immune systems of livestock and develop sheep and cattle vaccines.

Thanks to the BBSRC and the Scottish Government, scientists from Moredun and the nearby Roslin Institute will undertake detailed investigations of the immune responses of sheep and cattle, thereby vitally underpinning the development of vaccines in the future.

Moredun has a long history in immunology research in farm livestock and is recognised as a world leader in this area.

Professor Gary Entrican is leading the project. He said: "We need to know more about immune responses in cattle and sheep if we are to develop new vaccines to prevent diseases. Ultimately this project will lead to improvements in the health and welfare of our farmed animals, therefore making our livestock industry more productive."

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Building Great Workplaces webinars return

News Story 1
 BVA has announced a new series of its Building Great Workplaces lunchtime webinars.

Launching from 16 July, the sessions will explore patient safety, motivation, client communication and more.

Its first webinar, exploring neurodiversity in the workplace, will take place at 1pm on Thursday, 16 July. It will feature guest speakers from The Vet Project, a group which supports neurodiversity in veterinary environments.

The following three webinars take place in September, October and November.

Booking is open on the BVA website 

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New form for online veterinary medicines retailers

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has produced a new online form for retailers wishing to sell veterinary medicines on the internet.

The form replace the previous Word version and is part of the VMD's ongoing commitment to digitise its processes. Anyone retailing prescription medicines online, including POM-V, POM-VPS and NFA-VPS categories, is lawfully required to register with the VMD before trading.

The change only applies to new applicants. Retailers already listed on the VMD's Register of Online Retailers or registered under the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) do not need to do anything.