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Hedgehogs to benefit from new BSAVA collection
"This collection provides those in practice with an excellent 'hedgehog resource" - Liz Mullineaux.
The collection contains materials from Companion, BSAVA Congress and the BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties.

The BSAVA has announced a new collection of resources to help veterinary professionals treat hedgehogs in practice.

Published to coincide with Hedgehog Awareness Week (1-7 May), the collection includes various materials from Companion, BSAVA Congress and the BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties. Topics range from hand-rearing to anaesthesia to relevant legal questions, covering hedgehogs and wildlife casualties in general.

Liz Mullineaux, senior vice president of the British Veterinary Zoological Society, and editor of the BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties commented: “Hedgehogs are the most common mammalian wildlife casualty seen by veterinary surgeons. Those caring for these animals have very variable knowledge and look to vets for appropriate help, advice, and clinical care. 

“It’s therefore really important that vets and vet nurses in practice have some good information about hedgehogs to hand. As well as knowing about clinical conditions, a broader understanding of wildlife rehabilitation is essential. This collection provides those in practice with an excellent 'hedgehog resource'.

Organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Hedgehog Awareness Week is an annual event that aims to highlight the plight of hedgehogs and how people can help them.

The collection can be accessed via the BSAVA Library at £20.00 for BSAVA members or £45.00 for non-members.

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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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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."