VN Times editor Rebecca Hubbard continues her look at RVNs’ daily working patterns by heading to a Liverpool small animal practice for a male perspective on the role.
Samantha Thompson looks at the impact hyperthyroidism has on canine and feline patients, as well as management options and how VNs can increase owner compliance.
Vets and VNs can be justifiably proud of what they have achieved to improve owner understanding and knowledge of nutrition, internal and external parasites, and vaccination. Sadly, however, the same cannot be said for dental and oral care.
In a new series, VN Times hears from VNs who have learned or taken up a skill in practice they are proud of. Ann-Marie Mayren from the St Helens branch of White Cross Vets tells us how she has learned to suture.
The use of antibiotics and probiotics in acute and chronic diarrhoea in small animals is controversial. Even the correct definition of a probiotic in the context of veterinary medicine can be challenging.
Rebecca Hubbard looks at possibilities the internet can offer nurse advocacy efforts and talks to a particularly impassioned VN on how this can be done.
Emma Gerrard looks at the aetiology, investigation and treatment regarding FLUTD, as well as the vital role nurses can play in educating owners on prevention strategies.
Hany Elsheikha looks at reasons behind poor compliance among owners when adopting helminth treatment protocols for their pets and proposes some solutions for VNs to action
Rebecca Hubbard continues June's article on “a look at what’s occurring in practice” by hearing from more VNs about their day-to-day flea and tick treatment dealings, advice, compliance and more.
Portly pups, colossal cats, hefty hamsters, rotund rabbits – the fight against flab is something most people struggle with, as do the nation’s pets.
