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AT Veterinary Systems announces Spectrum Release 5 DDS™
Spectrum DDS is the result of over five years research and development by the software laboratories at AT.
Five years of research and development behind upgrade of practice management system

AT Veterinary Systems has announced the release of the Spectrum Release 5 DDS™upgrade of the popular veterinary practice management system.

As the second major release of Spectrum software this year, Spectrum DDS is the result of over five years research and development by the software laboratories at AT and has been designed to bring new levels of computing performance and resilience to veterinary practices.

The system allows practices to create any number of computing nodes which then seamlessly integrate and function as one system. This cluster architecture is said to have a number of advantages for practices. As the performance of each node is independent of the others, in the rare case that internet connection is lost branch practices can continue to function normally with data transactions resuming when the line is restored.

With Spectrum DDS branch surgeries can run at network speeds of over 1000 MB per second, multiple servers ensure continuity of service takes priority and data can be accessed anywhere and anytime.  For mobile and out of hours veterinary services, having clinical and prescribing information at hand can be useful if not essential and a laptop computer running as a Spectrum DDS node provides the answer.

All these performance benefits are in addition to the Spectrum’s leading veterinary applications running on the latest Apple Mac and Windows operating systems, built on rock solid UNIX foundations.

For further information on Spectrum Release 5 DDS please contact Jenny Harley at jenny@vetsystems.com

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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.