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Virtual congress to tackle pet obesity
The event will include sessions delivered by leading UK and international experts.
Event will explore how to approach conversations with owners. 

A free one-day virtual event is being offered to veterinary professionals to help them navigate the challenge of pet obesity.

Hosted by Royal Canin, the Weight Management Virtual Congress will include sessions delivered by leading UK and international experts on a range of topics, including:
  • obesity prevention - tools you can use in practice to help promote a healthy weight and practical advice you can pass to owners. 
  • risk factors – insights from recent studies 
  • how to approach conversations with owners of overweight pets who feed or prefer unconventional diets 
  • why tackling obesity makes business sense 
  • peri-anaesthetic management of obese patients. 
Among the speakers include Alex German, Professor of Small Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool, who will discuss whether prevention is better than cure for obesity.  

Gwen Covey-Crump, senior clinician in anaesthesia at Langford Vets, will explore the impact of obesity on chronic pain, and award-winning US vet Ernie Ward will explain how to talk about pet food and obesity without sounding like a salesperson.

Delegates can then apply their knowledge to a real-life case in an interactive workshop run by weight-management specialists Georgia-Woods Lee and Lindsay Calcraft. 

Lindsay Calcraft, who is also organising the event, said: “We all know that obesity reduces pets’ life spans and puts them at risk of developing a number of health concerns. Together, we can battle this disease. We’ve organised this congress to help you to manage the weight and health of pets throughout their lives.”

The one-day event is being hosted on Royal Canin's new Virtual event centre, providing games, social networking and access to product displays and information during and after the event. 

A further 10 hours of on-demand sessions will be released during the event, focusing on the science of obesity, feline behaviour, obesity and osteoarthritis, approach to nutrients for obesity and the evolution of weight management diets.

For more details and to register for your place, click here.

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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For more information and to access the guide, visit the BSAVALibrary.