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Error! The mistake your practice can’t afford to make

7 Dec 2020

To reduce error, we must look at the systems we use as well as ourselves or we are walking a very fine line between safe practice and a mistake occurring

Anaesthesia for a canine patient with mitral valve disease

7 Dec 2020

Anaesthetising patients with cardiac dysfunctions carries a much higher risk of complications as their ability to compensate for physiological changes during anaesthesia is impaired

A case of chronic active hepatitis complicated by PPID and hydatidosis

7 Dec 2020

Blood samples, ultrasound and liver biopsies are useful diagnostic tools for hepatic disease

Advanced echocardiography modalities in equine practice

7 Dec 2020

Advanced imaging modalities have specific advantages and are set to help individualise and improve management of horses with heart disease

The pre-purchase examination – an image problem

7 Dec 2020

We are seeing an increasing number of expensive claims associated with misinterpretation of radiographic images at the pre-purchase examination

New Forest eye – a global issue

7 Dec 2020

A greater understanding of the disease also known as infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis and its prevention would be welcomed by both farmers and vets

Managing mastitis

7 Dec 2020

The British Mastitis Conference 2020 discussed new developments in tackling mastitis, from the value of selective dry cow therapy at quarter level to the impact of automatic milking systems

Raw food diets for companion carnivores

7 Dec 2020

There are both advantages and disadvantages to feeding raw meat-based diets to our domestic carnivores

“Let’s give the Official Veterinarians engaged in export certification a voice to speak their minds”

7 Dec 2020

The United Kingdom is out of the European Union. The transition period is nearly over and, at the time of writing (mid-November 2020), it is not known whether the UK and EU will agree a free trade agr…

The importance of Official Veterinarians

7 Dec 2020

The UK government is keen to increase certification capacity to cope with the expected increased demand for certification services after Brexit

Official Vet: news and briefings

7 Dec 2020

Avian influenza national prevention zone declared

Nursing the ophthalmic patient

7 Dec 2020

Glaucoma and uveitis are two important causes of blindness in our veterinary patients and it is important to consider how they affect the animal’s welfare

Brachycephalic eyes – why do they get so many ulcers?

7 Dec 2020

Brachycephalic ocular health is precarious and there are multiple factors which result in these breeds being overrepresented with ocular problems

“Social media regularly misrepresents exotic animals as suitable pets and downplays the problems”

7 Dec 2020

It cannot be very often that a child instinctively wants a clownfish from a swell of 28,000 Piscean potentials, or that one morning an adult wakes up and spontaneously says “I’ve just got to have a mo…

Treating the worst heart failure cases in dogs: beyond standard heart failure therapy

7 Dec 2020

How do you treat dogs with heart failure which do not respond to standard therapy, or those who may not survive long enough for the standard treatment to work?

Christmas toxins – are you making the most of enteral nutrition?

7 Dec 2020 Sponsored

Early enteral nutrition can be highly beneficial for patients recovering from toxic ingestion and dietary indiscretion

Focusing on feline hydration

7 Dec 2020

There are many ways we can encourage water intake in cats susceptible to dehydration

Canine pigmented viral plaques

7 Dec 2020

Cutaneous pigmented viral plaques associated with the papilloma virus are generally uncommon but increased awareness is needed

Discover a new way of learning – a giant leap in online veterinary CPD

7 Dec 2020 Sponsored

With three online Postgraduate Certificate programmes on offer, why should you choose Improve International for your veterinary CPD needs?

The benefits of virtual CPD: can it be more than just clinical knowledge?

7 Dec 2020

Before you dive in, think about what you need from your CPD; is it going to deliver you the right knowledge and are there additional benefits that will make it more worthwhile?