New recommendations to help vets give pet owners the best possible consultations on how to keep their animals healthy have been launched by researchers at the University of Nottingham and global pharmaceutical company MSD Animal Health.
The recommendations are the result of a package of research by the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine team at the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, aimed at improving and standardising best practice in preventative healthcare consultations.
Recent figures from the PDSA show that nearly half of dogs and a third of cats seen by UK vets are obese, one in four dogs and one in three cats never get vaccinated and only 13% of pet owners are aware of the 5 basic animal welfare needs relating to health, behaviour, companionship, diet and environment. These are just some of the issues the new advice, Optimising the Preventative Healthcare Consultation, is designed to address.
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