Vet Times articles

The latest veterinary content produced by Vet Times, covering topics such as Companion animal, Equine, Exotics, Farm animal, Welfare and General.

March 2016

Voting has opened for the 2016 RCVS council elections – and hopes are high of another bumper turnout.

3 mins

Antonia Mavropoulou summarises the clinical signs of this condition in cats and dogs before outlining common treatment medications and an approximate dosage for each.

26 mins

Lotfi El Bahri looks at indications and administration usage of intravenous lipid emulsion in the veterinary setting.

12 mins

John Hill explains the important function of these insects as well as some of their threats, including parasitic mites.

21 mins

Mat Hennessey and Samuel Hornsey discuss the formation of a veterinary support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and preview the first annual meeting at BSAVA Congress.

15 mins

Rebecca Newnham and Pedro Oliveira discuss a case of severe heartworm infestation in a canine and the surgical procedure to remove it.

17 mins

Andy Durham discusses therapy methods relating to two of the most common equine laminitis causes – equine metabolic syndrome and pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction.

20 mins

Elisabetta Mancinelli discusses the importance of the modality in select species, including rats, bearded dragons, rabbits and chinchillas in her latest Exotic Encounters column.

16 mins

Andy Durham reviews techniques for managing skin and respiratory conditions in equines caused by seasonal allergens.

24 mins

Kathryn Pratschke, in the second part of a two-part article, discusses preoperative tumour staging, sentinel node evaluation and tumour margins in oncology surgery.

26 mins

Samantha Taylor, in the second of this two-part article, discusses management options relating to complications of CKD, including proteinuria and urinary tract infections.

14 mins

Sara Pedersen reviews the 10th staging of a conference to discuss lameness in ruminants in her latest Practice Notes column.

17 mins

Laura Holm looks at how to spot the early signs of cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy, such as the onset of lesions, and discusses ways of managing it.

31 mins

Alex Gough with a March look at the latest studies and findings in veterinary medicine.

12 mins

Karen Walsh discusses anaesthetic management options for the more common endocrinopathies seen in general practice, as well as considerations for these cases.

41 mins

Alex Donaldson reflects on the foot-and-mouth outbreaks that occurred in the UK between 2001 to 2011 and assesses the culling methods used to control them.

26 mins

James Dixon looks at ways lame cows can be treated and discusses the benefits of using a routine mobility score as part of a management programme.

18 mins

Rob Pilsworth reviews key points from a peer-reviewed journal paper by him and Sue Dyson that discussed why nerve block results can sometimes be misleading.

19 mins

Marie Kubiak looks at causes, signs that present themselves during early diagnosis and how neurological disease affects different species of birds.

25 mins

Sarah Springthorpe is a qualified vet who left the profession to join communications agency Pegasus earlier this year. We asked Sarah to step into the Examination Room to explain what brought about this striking change.

11 mins