An ageing pet population increases demand for veterinary care.

The peer-topeer lenders and their investors say borrowers wanting to finance expensive optional procedures — bariatric surgery, veterinary care, teeth straightening — are good credit risks.

Finally, there are accidentonly policies, which, as the name suggests, will pay out only if your pet has an accident that requires veterinary care.

Four were put down last week after their condition deteriorated despite veterinary care.

More than 1,200 had received veterinary care for heatstroke, of which 74 per cent were due to overexertion, with most after a walk in the heat.

The stewards reported that an employee 'brought the means with which to administer a substance into the stable yard, without the permission of the veterinary officer'.

Movement restrictions had been imposed by the chief veterinary officer.

The lab's top veterinary officer ruled the pet was in so much pain he should be put down.

His personal connections in the rural areas cultivated during his travels as a senior veterinary officer during the second half of the 1950s were seen as an additional electoral asset.

There was only a small number of permanently employed regimental veterinary officers.