Vet Times articles

Adventurous veterinary staff are being invited to harness paddle power for charity, while getting up close to African wildlife.

Julia Smith discusses the signs and treatment options regarding this rare skin disease typically seen in older dogs.

Richard Meers, in the second of six reports, discusses the benefits and opportunities of offering dental services for horses.

Ben Simpson discusses the pros and cons of feeding pets raw meat according to research and professional views.

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Lee-Anne Oliver offers dietary, environmental and disease prevention advice when caring for a dairy herd in the dry period.

Glen Cousquer describes how a locally produced humane tether and changes to working practices, are making progress to end the suffering of Moroccan donkeys and mules.

Hany Elsheikha discusses why it is important for owners to be compliant when administering deworming medicine to their pets and ways to approach this with clients.

An occupational hazard for many horses that perform intensely, exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage has huge financial implications for the racing industry, as well as being a serious animal welfare issue. The author discusses the clinical signs, impact on performance, pathophysiology, risk factors and preventive strategies for a limiting and potentially serious condition in performance horses.

Oesophageal obstruction, or choke, is a common clinical presentation in the horse with many causes, which can be categorised into intraluminal, intramural, extramural and functional disorders. Here, the author covers causes, clinical signs, diagnosis, complications and preventive strategies.

Horses are second only to humans as the most travelled creatures on the planet, with global competitions and international movement for breeding now commonplace. With such large-scale travel comes the potential for infections and disease to spread. Philip Ivens reviews three diseases of equines – west Nile disease, equine infectious anaemia and equine herpes myeloencephalopathy.

Catherine Bovens considers stabilisation and long-term treatment approaches to chronic breathing difficulties in felines, where, in the majority of cases, the prognosis is good.

Jonathan Anderson looks at how to diagnose whether the underlying cause for any particular horse's lameness is orthopaedic or neurological, including distinguishing the ataxic from the lame horse.

In this article, Hany Elsheikha discusses the most common equine parasitic infections and the current options for their management, with emphasis on the importance of horse owner education and engagement.

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Mark Lowrie investigates how diet, in particular gluten, affects a type of paroxysmal dyskinesia specific to border terriers and discusses methods of treatment.

Elisabetta Mancinelli chooses an ophthalmology topic for her latest Exotics Encounters article.