Nicola Ackerman considers how probiotics and prebiotics aid gastrointestinal microorganisms, and the research being carried out.

Neil Forbes discusses this vital area of veterinary practice management and the cost-effective training BVNA has created for VNs and vets.

The ability to perform basic mathematical calculations is a vital skill for all veterinary nurses. Megan Brashear looks at the basics of performing medical calculations to prepare readers to learn more advanced mathematics.

Beginning with the end in mind is a vital skill to set targets and measure success. Libby Sheridan discusses the benefits of planning nurse clinics using this approach.

Ophthalmic patients have some unique and, often, challenging nursing needs in first opinion practice. Tina Presnail demonstrates this using case studies of patients presenting with fragile eyes.

Emma Gerrard discusses environmental triggers, as well as short-term and long-term management strategies, for cats and dogs with sound sensitivities.

Claire Bloor discusses the involvement of VNs when presented with pets requiring dental treatment, such as assessment and recording.

Speaking in the association’s congress month, BVNA regional coordinator Emma Gerrard tells VN Times what the association means to her.

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard finds out how one VN’s animal aspirations led her all the way to Asia.

In her role as a cat advocate, RVN Hayley Oates recounts her involvement in a client education evening that offered feline tips to owners.

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard reveals the advisory panel that will be keeping your magazine at its best, and her on her toes…

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard, in a first for this series, hears from a nurse whose career has spanned not one but three countries.

RVN Rebecca Wright recounts the story behind her seven-hour stint in a kennel dressed as a rabbit to help raise awareness of the animal’s welfare needs.

Cheryl Ramsbottom discusses the transmission routes, clinical signs and diagnostics associated with rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus – and its emerged variant.

Donna Wills recalls the efforts, resources and stages she went through to produce her own puppy massage DVD.

VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard hears from NOAH on its mission to embrace a new website platform for its compendium.

Dan Skeldon provides a comprehensive guide to the wound-healing options available to veterinary nurses in practice.