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20/06/2026

03/06/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland: Funding Available

Learn how to perform faecal egg counts for:

🐄 Cattle 🐑 Sheep 🐐 Goats🐖 Pigs 🐎 Horses 🦙 Camelids

✅ LANTRA Certified✅ Online & self-paced✅ Funding available through Skills Hub Scotland

Comment "FUNDING" or message for details.

https://dragonlab.thinkific.com

23/05/2026

Bath Champ Show Day 2

22/05/2026

Come see us at Bath Championship Show. Save £20 on Allergy Testing and 10% on all other products!

20/05/2026

Dragon Lab will be in attendance at ProDog Beach Fest 2026 with some amazing deals on our test kits.10% of all Titre Test Kits sales will be donated to charity.

Mark your calendars 📆🐾

To celebrate our 10th birthday, we're doing something seriously special. And you're invited.

Join us on 15 and 16 August at Weston-Super-Mare for the ProDog Beach Fest 2026. A full weekend bringing together leading canine professionals, incredible activities, and frontline charities. All dedicated to one thing: giving dogs the absolute best life possible.

Run. Jump. Sniff. Fetch. Taste. Explore. Swim. Play. Thrive.

Whatever your dog loves, or hasn't tried yet, there's a have-a-go session waiting for them. From dock diving and agility to flyball, scent trailing, canicross and beyond, every activity is open, informal, and built for dogs to just get stuck in.

And when your dog needs a breather, head to the ProDog Wellness Zone. With special guest Dr Nick Thompson alongside our canine professionals covering physio, nutrition, behaviour, canine massage and much more, every session is designed to give you practical, take-home dog life hacks that make a real difference.

Every activity delivers fun and fulfilment for your dog, or genuine learning for you. Sometimes both.
And it's all for seriously good causes. Funds raised go directly to the organisations doing the work that matters most: rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming dogs across the UK.

Seriously good fun. Seriously good causes. Seriously good dogs.

Only limited spots available across the weekend. Tap the link below to learn more and secure yours 🎟️👇

https://www.prodograw.com/beachfest

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20/05/2026

Titer testing is often misunderstood in clinical practice, with several common myths influencing how it is perceived and used.

In a recent article published in DVM360, key misconceptions around antibody testing are explored, along with the facts that support its role in veterinary medicine.
Clarifying these points can help support more informed clinical decision-making when evaluating immune protection.

The full article is available via the link in our bio.

19/05/2026

How reliable is VacciCheck? Let’s look at the data 👇

A large North American study (563 canine samples) evaluated a point-of-care titer test against gold-standard lab methods for core vaccines (CAV, CPV, CDV).

📊 The results:
✔️ Sensitivity: ~96%
✔️ Specificity: up to 94%
✔️ Overall accuracy: up to 95.9%

What does this mean in practice?
VacciCheck shows strong agreement with reference lab methods making it a reliable, rapid screening tool for assessing protective immunity.

🐾 For clinicians, that means:
• Smarter vaccination decisions
• Avoiding unnecessary revaccination
• Reducing risk of adverse events

Quick results are important- but reliability is essential.

18/05/2026

🐶 Is your dog trying to tell you something?
From itchy skin and digestive issues to anxiety, low energy or behaviour changes — small signs can reveal a lot about your dog’s wellbeing.
Our FREE personalised Dog Wellness Quiz gives you science-backed insights based on your dog’s:
✔ Age
✔ Lifestyle
✔ Symptoms & behaviour
In just a few minutes, discover what your dog may really need to thrive ❤️
Take the free quiz here:
https://app.dragonlab.uk

03/05/2026

The risk of Brucella Canis infecting a member of my profession is low, but it should always be taken seriously. As this article published recently at a human infectious diseases conference shows.

This vet was extremely poorly with serious symptoms caused by Brucella Canis but, most importantly, had had no high-risk exposure to known positive dogs, beyond those who were patients she looked after.

This is why it is so important that imported dogs are tested, and confirmed negative, before they enter the UK. This is now mandatory for those travelling from Romania but a responsible importing organisation will do this for dogs from other high-risk countries as well.

It is also why a repeated test must be performed after the dog has been in the UK for three months, to ensure any who may have been developing the infection during the first testing period, are identified.

A positive result doesn't mean your local clinic won't care for your dog, but it does mean they know to put extra precautions in place to keep their staff safe.

To my colleague, (who, I must be clear, I do not know but we are all peers in this profession) I sincerely hope you are doing better now and I am very sorry this happened to you.

To find out more;

APHA Advice for Veterinary Professionals; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/canine-brucellosis-summary-information-sheet-for-veterinary-staff

APHA Advice for Owners; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/brucella-canis-information-for-the-public-and-dog-owners/brucella-canis-information-for-the-public-and-dog-owners

Veterinary Voices UK article on Brucella Canis; https://www.vetvoices.co.uk/post/brucellosis-canis-in-the-uk-an-overview

British Veterinary Association - BVA Advice on Brucella Canis; https://www.bva.co.uk/resources-support/brucella-canis/

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announcement on the new testing requirements for Romanian imports; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/brucella-canis-testing-dogs-before-import

The abstract page at the ESCMID Conference; https://www.escmid.org/congress-events/escmid-global/abstracts/information-for-presenters/abstract-finder/ (there is no direct link to this image, I was sent it directly)

25/04/2026

Come and see us at West of England Ladies Kennel Society today!