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Developing yourself as a leader

1 Oct 2020

Planning your career can be daunting, especially when you don’t have a clear picture of where you’d like to be

Ready for some good news?

1 Oct 2020

The more we attend to joy in the ordinary moments of our lives, the more we experience it and the more joyous we become

“Each of those working in the practice have an equally valuable part to play”

3 Sep 2020

There are few things in life that make me really annoyed, but one that really riles me is the pet owner who you hear tearing strips off the receptionist because they’ve been waiting for 15 minutes whi…

Pricing matters

3 Sep 2020

Practice owners might not be aware that pricing can be an important part of marketing and branding your business, and not just an accounting function

Staying GDPR compliant

3 Sep 2020

It is important to ensure you have your clients’ consent to send out marketing information via third party appointment reminder services

Claiming back statutory sick pay under coronavirus

3 Sep 2020

Just as coronavirus has changed the way the world and its economies are working, it has changed how the SSP regime is administered and the level of coverage

Nursing tips for the exploratory laparotomy patient

3 Sep 2020

From anaesthesia to post-operative monitoring, there are many considerations when approaching an exploratory laparotomy

The necessary numbers in nutrition – how to implement them for weight management

3 Sep 2020

There are many tools available to help you adequately assess the nutritional needs of your patient

Infectious respiratory disease: making the right diagnosis

3 Sep 2020

What are the important things to consider when trying to diagnose a respiratory infection in horses?

Supporting each other during the COVID crisis

3 Sep 2020

We must all learn from our experiences and help each other going forwards

Poultry red mite – not just a commercial chicken problem

3 Sep 2020

As veterinary surgeons, we need to be confident with diagnosing and treating red mite to help owners manage the issue

Social distancing for cattle to eradicate BVD

3 Sep 2020

The ability to eradicate BVD from individual farms within two years was identified for the UK, but national eradication is a tougher task

On-farm slaughter and killing

3 Sep 2020

How do practitioners apply the science of killing to arrange or deliver on-farm killing in a safe and humane manner?

Monitoring brucellosis in Great Britain

3 Sep 2020

Reporting of abortions in cattle is essential to maintain the GB’s status as officially brucellosis free

Official Vet: news and briefings

3 Sep 2020

Ground-breaking bovine TB vaccine field trials get green light

A practitioner’s guide to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

3 Sep 2020

An increased understanding of the benefits of eradication from herds will result in a better control of IBR, a serious and endemic disease in the UK

Canine leishmaniosis – an overlooked disease

3 Sep 2020

Sporadic cases of leishmaniosis are appearing across the UK and an understanding of the disease is vital to recognise and manage it effectively

Getting the best out of your surgical biopsies - symmetrical lupoid onychitis (lupoid onychodystrophy)

3 Sep 2020 Sponsored

Clinically, lupoid onychitis is an idiopathic condition which only affects the claws of dogs. They become very brittle, dry and separate from the underlying nailbed. They can regrow as misshapen claws…

Tritrichomoniasis in the cat

3 Sep 2020

T. foetus is a well-known cause of infertility in cattle, but rarely diagnosed in cases of long-term diarrhoea in cats

Focal epileptic seizures in dogs

3 Sep 2020

Discriminating an epileptiform seizure from other types of episodes is an important first step for diagnosis