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World Feline Congress 2021 details announced
ISFM's 2021 virtual World Feline Congress takes place 27-25 June

Virtual event promises an exciting line-up of speakers and high-quality CPD. 

Details of the International Society of Feline Medicine's (ISFM) 2021 World Feline Congress have been announced. 

This year's event, which takes place virtually from 27-25 June, will be themed around ‘The ever-complex cat: a multidisciplinary approach to feline medicine’.

Topics covered will reflect the complexity of feline veterinary cases and the need for vets to be proficient in many different skills to successfully diagnose and treat feline patients. 

Award-winning researcher Professor Kenneth Simpson, BVM&S, PhD, will deliver a series of keynote talks on his specialisms, including gastrointestinal disease, pancreatitis and liver enzyme interpretation. He will be joined by more than 20 international feline experts who will be considering the cat from all angles, from imaging and clinical pathology to histology. 

Nathalie Dowgray, head of ISFM, commented: “We are very excited about the line-up of speakers for this year’s congress, it is a fantastic opportunity for vets to understand the complexity of feline medicine and come away better able to manage difficult cases.”

More than 12,500 veterinary professionals from across the globe joined ISFM last year for the world's first virtual feline congress.

This year's event hopes to build on that success, by introducing new live panel sessions giving delegates opportunities to network and chat with the speaker. Delegates will also have access to all of the content for six months of on-demand learning after the congress ends.

The key themes for each day are:

  • the pancreas: endocrine/exocrine and the impact of obesity
  • gastrointestinal disease, therapeutics and clinical problem solving
  • liver disease, future horizons of gastrointestinal research and renal disease.


For more information about the event and to register your place, visit the ISFM website. There is a special early bird rate until March 31 in addition to bursary places for vets and veterinary students from low-income countries.

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FIVP launches CMA remedies survey

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 FIVP has shared a survey, inviting those working in independent practice to share their views on the CMA's proposed remedies.

The Impact Assessment will help inform the group's response to the CMA, as it prepares to submit further evidence to the Inquiry Group. FIVP will also be attending a hearing in November.

Data will be anonymised and used solely for FIVP's response to the CMA. The survey will close on Friday, 31 October 2025. 

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CMA to host webinar exploring provisional decisions

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to host a webinar for veterinary professionals to explain the details of its provisional decisions, released on 15 October 2025.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 29 October 2025 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

Officials will discuss the changes which those in practice may need to make if the provisional remedies go ahead. They will also share what happens next with the investigation.

The CMA will be answering questions from the main parties of the investigation, as well as other questions submitted ahead of the webinar.

Attendees can register here before Wednesday, 29 October at 11am. Questions must be submitted before 10am on 27 October.

A recording of the webinar will be accessible after the event.