BUSAN, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Veterinary healthcare workers in Busan are raising alarms about radiation exposure during routine animal CT scans, highlighting growing occupational safety concerns in the city’s burgeoning pet care industry. “Unlike human patients, animals need to be physically restrained during CT scans, which means our hands are routinely exposed to radiation,” a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a move to enhance consumer protection and transparency in the veterinary industry, South Korea is set to implement new measures requiring animal hospitals to display their service fees more prominently. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo presided over a meeting of the Consumer Policy Committee on August 26 at the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday that it had entered into a partnership with five national universities to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary image diagnosis solution for pets. The solution will be designed to ensure the diagnosis of pets in a faster and more [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it was partnering with the Chungnam National University College of Veterinary Medicine to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based veterinary image diagnosis assistance solution. The AI-based solution is aimed at helping veterinarians with the diagnosis process by automatically decoding X-ray [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The future is pet-friendly when it comes to medical prescriptions, as least in South Korea. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that it will implement a revision to the Veterinary License Act starting Friday. The current regulations in place to prevent the misuse and abuse of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Regional authorities are struggling with the lack of quarantine specialists in charge of prevention of African swine fever, avian influenza, and other livestock epidemics. Among 77 positions for government employees in charge of veterinary affairs available at 23 city and county governments in North Gyeongsang Province, only 43 had [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Veterinary clinics are less likely to announce the cost of treatment in advance, a recent report has revealed. According to a survey conducted by the Consumers Union of Korea (CUK) on 50 animal hospitals in the Seoul metropolitan area last month, the most expensive treatment item was related to [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – As more and more pet owners are starting to treat their pets on their own due to expensive medical fees charged by veterinarians, they may soon face legal punishment if the Veterinarians Act is amended by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA). A recent petition started by [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs revealed on May 18 that it plans to implement an ‘animal nurse’ policy, in which non-veterinarian assistants perform basic medical treatments such as blood gathering and teeth scaling. The goal of the plan is to strengthen animal welfare as well as [...]