John Dawson reports on the annual North American Veterinary Community Conference, which brought 16,000 vets together to take home a message of positivity to their practices.
David Rendle discusses hypoglycin toxicity as a more apt name for atypical myopathy, due to the condition being better defined, plus diagnosis and treatment strategies.
Alex Gough takes an April look at the latest studies and findings in veterinary medicine, including a study on myxomatous mitral valve disease in cavalier King Charles spaniels.
Bob Michell, in his latest Speculum column, asks why is as much sodium sequestered in bone seemingly inert, even when ECF volume is dangerously depleted?
Helen Sumner describes the diagnosis and treatment of a young female dog with renal failure and the efforts of a veterinary team to give her some quality of life.
Sara Pedersen explores sources and treatment strategies of two diseases caused by protozoal parasites that have the potential to cause mortality in some farm animals.
Andrew Knight discusses the opinions aired at a meeting of the All-Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare debating the impact of the Hunting Act and fox-hunting in general.
Ever wondered what it's like for vets working worldwide to help animals in need? Wonder no more as vet Cait tells all about her experience as a Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) volunteer vet on World Spay Day.
Samantha Taylor describes the diagnosis and treatment of commonly reported – and more unusual – objects swallowed by cats, as revealed in an International Cat Care survey.
Hany Elsheikha explains how immune boosters, chemotherapy and vaccinations help manage a disease spread by the bite of certain types of sandflies, in the first of a two-part article.
Roy Earle discusses signs, aetiology and treatment – as well as the importance of owner understanding – concerning consults in which parrots display feather plucking.
Vanessa Biggle describes the signs, treatment, prevention and associated conditions of this tick-borne disease, which appears to now be a danger to non-travelling dogs.
Lee Meakin and Sorrel Langley-Hobbs discuss growth plate fractures that affect the spine and hindlimb bones of young canine and feline patients, in the second of a two-part article.
Charlotte Bray, who is responsible for 160 new vets as CVS graduate programme manager, steps into the Examination Room to tell us a little more about the job and what it entails.
Veronica Roberts explains indications, a step-by-step guide to the technique and potential complications associated with this medical process used in equine patients.
