Vet Times articles

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

July 2008

Caring for Mediterranean tortoises

LESA LONGLEY,ARK LONGLEY discuss the differences between various tortoise species and how best to treat … more

23 mins
Finnish forum for lameness update

ROGER BLOWEY discusses papers from the 15th International Ruminant Digit Symposium, in Kuopio, Finland Delegates … more

25 mins
TREATING PPDH IN CATS AND DOGS

ROGER WILKINSON, ANDREW CHANCE explore how congenital peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) can be dealt with … more

16 mins
ASSESSMENT OF AVIAN ANAEMIA

KATE ENGLISH discusses how anaemia affects the pet bird and explains the reasons behind the … more

23 mins
TREATMENT METHODS FOR DISORDERS OF SMALL ANIMAL BLADDER FUNCTION

SIMONA T RADAELLI RCVS and European specialist in neurology explains how neurogenic and myogenic causes … more

25 mins
Visit to Mediterranean dairy farming

PETER EDMONDSON discovers the different lifestyle of the Greek people and their dairy herd farming … more

22 mins
GENTLE DERMATOLOGY: PART ONE

CHRISTOPHER CHESNEY declares “down with seborrhoea” in the first of a three part series on … more

23 mins
INCREASING THREAT TO UK DOGS OF ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM

HANY ELSHEIKHA discusses a parasite that can cause fatal respiratory and circulatory problems in dogs … more

25 mins
AVIAN INFLUENZA SURVEILLANCE – CAPTURE AND SAMPLING METHODS

Michele O’Brien looks at the history of bird ’flu and discusses the various ways in which surveillance is undertaken

37 mins
Make vet journey one to remember

PAUL MANNING extols the virtues of the CertAVP(VetGP), seeing the qualification as a way to … more

14 mins
ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF TELLY VETS

EMMA MILNE recalls how an audition for a mobile phone advert provided her with some … more

20 mins
Continuing world war on bird ’flu

THE outbreak of the H7N7 strain of avian influenza in Oxfordshire caused major flutterings among … more

22 mins
MUCH FOR HARDY BAND TO PONDER

LESA LONGLEY reviews topics on discussion at the British Veterinary Zoological Society’s spring meeting THE … more

22 mins
Looking back on those first steps

FIFTY years ago I left school. I can hardly believe it now, but that’s the … more

20 mins
CATTLE VETS IN CHANGING WORLD

ANDREW PRAILL warns of the implications that environmental change could have on managing herd health … more

7 mins
EVERYDAY EXAMPLES OF BEHAVIOUR HICCUPS WERE RIGHT UP MY STREET

FRANCESCA RICOMINI takes a look back at behavioural case studies that landed – quite literally – on her doorstep … more

23 mins
FRESH LOOK AT CURRENT THINKING SURROUNDING FELINE NSAID CARE

MATTHEW GURNEY discusses the treatment options available and relevant literature concerned with cat pain THIS … more

17 mins
Time for The Apprentice-style veterinary hirings?

Like me, you may have been glued to your television set, watching the progress of The … more

14 mins
Coccidiosis and cryptosporidiosis – growing performance complications

HANY ELSHEIKHA analyses the health and economic problems of Eimerie and Cryptosporidium infections EIMERIA and … more

24 mins
CHALLENGES OF COCCIDIOSIS AND CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN LIVESTOCK

GRAHAM BAIRD examines approaches to limit the potentially damaging impact of these two protozoal diseases … more

35 mins