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Vets sought for equine grass sickness project
Vet practices are being urged to assist the project with any EGS cases they have,

Fellowship aims to establish a national database and sample biobank.

Vets are being invited to assist with an innovative project to discover the causes of equine grass sickness (EGS).

The project is being led by The Moredun Foundation Equine Grass Sickness Fund to create a national EGS sample biobank and database. It follows the launch of a three-year Fellowship to breathe fresh thinking and multi-disciplinary approaches into EGS research. 

As part of the project, researchers are calling on veterinary practices to assist them with sample collection (pre-and post-mortem) of any EGS cases they have.

With funding from the British Horse Society, sample packs, protocols and return postage boxes will be provided to all participating vets practices. Funding is also available for vets to apply for a set fee to cover their time. 

Participating practices will be able to get involved with the project through practice or regional meetings and will be kept updated with progress as the fellowship progresses. 
Those wishing to take part can register for a webinar scheduled for Tuesday 23 March at 7.30 pm.

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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.