Holly Kernot talks to RVC vice-principal for clinical services, Graham Milligan, about career choices and how looking beyond practice can lead to great experiences
Mark Tabachnik looks at why disease control matters, how to put it into practice and the repercussions of failing to implement it in the final of six reports.
Andy Durham and Shelly Hann discuss some exotic diseases that potentially pose a risk of incursion into the UK, including country of origin, various clinical signs and methods of treatment.
Emi Barker describes the causes and risk factors of pancreatitis in dogs, various signs, diagnosis, and management options involving fluids, drug therapy and nutrition.
Rebecca Robinson, in the second of a two-part article, explains in more detail methods of fluid therapy available, choosing the required one and rates of administration.
Adrian Pratt reports from a SPVS seminar at Lancaster University featuring findings from a survey of final-year students about their use of technology and social media.
An impassioned mum recounts her daughter's difficult experiences in her first year in veterinary practice, and offers advice to others facing the start of their working lives.
Sara Pedersen discusses the implementation of a plan as a means of tackling problems in herds on farm and the importance of building a vet-farmer relationship.
Cat Henstridge suggests vets need to be proactive in treating elderly pets as their instinct is to hide illness and owners may be reluctant to accept problems exist.
Jacqueline Matthews explains the importance of, and processes involved in, establishing an effective control programme for intestinal helminths in horses in the fifth of six reports.
Alan Murphy discusses the importance of being well informed and prepared when faced with novel conditions in livestock, looking at their occurrence and types.
A study of meningoencephalitis of unknown aetiology, one evaluating the diagnostic utility of a smartphone-based ECG system and another in diabetes mellitus in cats feature in Alex Gough’s latest Research Review.
Sarah Freeman, Karen Rickards, Adelle Bowden, John Burford and Gary England look at the role of patient history and physical examination when horses present with this abdominal pain symptom in the first of a two-part article.
