Accountability for Research Into Unqualified Veterinarians in Dutch Clinics

NOS

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As part of this investigation, NOS and Omroep Brabant checked whether the names of a large number of Dutch veterinarians, paraveterinary veterinary assistants and animal physiotherapists were included in the veterinary register of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. In concrete terms, this involved thousands of first and last names that could be found on the practice websites of the three largest veterinary chains AniCura, IVC Evidensia a…

Omroep Brabant

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Ownership

Websites of several animal clinics have been adjusted after Omroep Brabant and NOS asked whether employees were registered in the legally required veterinary register. Web pages of six Brabant veterinarians who were previously listed on the website with a title for which such registration is required, were adjusted to a different function for which it is not required. Omroep Brabant and NOS sent names of veterinarians who are legally required to…