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Chatter box The RCVS is carrying out its annual veterinary nurse CPD audit and has sent out requests for the CPD records of more than 1,100 nurses this week.

Under the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct, nurses are required to carry out at least 45 hours of CPD over a rolling three-year period. This year, 1,130 nurses have been asked to share their records from 2016-2018 to show that they have complied with the requirements.

Earlier this year, the VN Council decided to expedite the referral process for nurses who have not complied with the CPD requirement for three or more years. In such cases nurses will have their records sent to the CPD Referral Group. Chatter box

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Equine News
Equine flu cases rise in May
Equine flu cases rise in May

All outbreaks confirmed to be Florida Clade 1
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Equine viral arteritis confirmed in Devon
Equine viral arteritis confirmed in Devon

Mares and stallions ‘should be tested before breeding’
Calls to better protect donkey welfare
Calls to better protect donkey welfare

 Legal and illegal trade in donkey skins is growing - OIE
Horse racing body changes flu vaccination rules
Horse racing body changes flu vaccination rules

 Eight months to become the new standard for vaccine renewal
<em>Hyalomma</em> tick confirmed in untravelled UK horse
Hyalomma tick confirmed in untravelled UK horse

 Finding highlights importance of tick surveillance to public health
Study confirms value of Ridden-Horse-Ethogram
Study confirms value of Ridden-Horse-Ethogram

Tool could help vets communicate more effectively
Symposium calls for collaborative approach to strangles
Symposium calls for collaborative approach to strangles

Experts debate how to better manage the disease
First stem cell-based veterinary medicine approved
First stem cell-based veterinary medicine approved

 Arti-Cell Forte for equine lameness available from May 2019
First outbreak of equine viral arteritis since 2012
First outbreak of equine viral arteritis since 2012

Breeding restrictions placed on affected animals in Dorset
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Kew Gardens seeking vets for Ethnoveterinary Medicine Project

A new project at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, is seeking the help of vets to find out how plants were traditionally used to treat animals.

The Ethnoveterinary Medicine Project is aiming to record the remaining knowledge from across the British Isles, before it disappears.

Visit the Kew Gardens website for more information or email ethnovet@kew.org to share data.
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