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WSAVA develops new guidelines
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“Animal welfare science is a new and rapidly developing discipline..."
Companion animal welfare at the heart of new standards
 
New guidelines are being developed to assist veterinary teams in optimal clinical care for companion animals.
 
The World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA’s) Animal Wellness and Welfare Committee (AWWC) has been working to generate standards that offer evidence-based advice to protect the health and welfare of pets, their owners and veterinary surgeons. The WSAVA already has clear global guidelines on areas including vaccination, nutrition and pain management.
 
Co-chair of the AWWC, Dr Shane Ryan, said: “Animal welfare involves more than ensuring the animal’s physical health. Veterinarians act as the pet’s advocate – as the animal’s voice in the consultation room - and we have the responsibility and the opportunity to help owners care for their pets in a way that optimises their welfare and quality of life.
 
“Animal welfare science is a new and rapidly developing discipline and, as a result, many veterinarians may not be completely up-to-date with contemporary animal welfare concepts. Current and scientifically-supported information is necessary to enable them [to] maintain the highest welfare standards and to be able to answer questions confidently, both from their clients and the public.
 
“Given the importance of the human-animal bond, our Global Guidelines will provide comprehensive and pragmatic advice on all aspects of welfare in the clinical setting, both from a veterinary and an owner perspective. We hope the Global Guidelines will enable veterinarians, wherever they are practicing, to demonstrate leadership in animal welfare to an increasingly knowledgeable pet-owning public, which expects the highest standards of care for its animals.”
 
He added: “The AWWC aims to make welfare issues an everyday consideration for small animal practitioners around the world. We are grateful to our sponsor WALTHAM® and to the WSAVA’s Friends of Animal Welfare donors for their generous support in enabling us to develop our WSAVA Global Guidelines. We intend to launch them at the WSAVA World Congress in Singapore in 2018.
 
“They will add to the other resources we offer, including our recently launched online welfare training modules, which are available for free download at http://tinyurl.com/hfs6s3s.”
 
The WSAVA is an umbrella organisation focused on enhancing the clinical care of companion animals around the world.  

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RCVS Knowledge appoints Veterinary Evidence editor-in-chief

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 RCVS Knowledge has welcomed Professor Peter Cockcroft as editor-in-chief for Veterinary Evidence.

A world-renowned expert in evidence-based veterinary medicine, Prof Cockcroft will lead the strategic development and editorial quality of the open-access journal. He was previously in the role from 2017-2020.

Katie Mantell, CEO of RCVS Knowledge, said: "We are excited about the extensive knowledge of evidence-based veterinary medicine and clinical veterinary research that Peter brings, and we look forward to working with him over this next phase of the journal's development." 

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CVS Group hit by cyber attack

CVS Group, which owns more than 450 veterinary practices in the UK, has been hit by a cyber attack.

In a statement, the group said the incident involved unauthorised external access to a limited number of its IT systems. As soon as the attack was discovered, the group took its IT systems temporarily offline, causing 'considerable operational disruption'.

It has warned that the security steps taken and ongoing plans to move its operational systems and IT infrastructure to the Cloud are likely to have an ongoing impact over a number of weeks.

Due to the risk that personal information was accessed, CVS has informed the Information Commissioner's Office. The company is working with third party consultants to investigate the incident.