About Vet Times

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

March 2016

Coming out the closet: promoting LGBT+ equality in profession

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
EMS funding support: hoping the sums add up

With the scrapping of the ‪maintenance grant‬ set to adversely affect the finances of UK students, blogger Jordan ponders the possibility of an ‪‎EMS‬ loan for ‪veterinary‬ students.

7 mins
Mega dairies: intensive farming? Or just efficient?

Delegates who participated in the farm stream at the 2016 Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) … more

9 mins

February 2016

Work hard, play hard

At the end of January I travelled down to Nottingham for the third annual Student … more

7 mins
Learning – a constant part of a vet’s life and career

We are all trying to be good vets aren’t we? On a daily basis we … more

15 mins

January 2016

Lost and found: why microchipping is a must

One of our cats – Doogle, a home-loving feline who rarely sets foot outside the … more

7 mins
Barking up the right tree – with Trusty Paws

Originally a charity set up by veterinary students for the homeless hounds of Glasgow in … more

5 mins

December 2015

Festive threats to four-legged family members

Now well into December, and getting ever closer to Christmas, there will be an abundance … more

7 mins

November 2015

Being English in Scotland

Coming from the centre of England, studying veterinary medicine in Scotland has its quirks. In my … more

5 mins
A high-risk profession

Currently nursing a bruised tailbone after being propelled twice from a four-legged fiend I had … more

6 mins
Students will be students – and eventually vets

ABSTRACT SPVS has organised an annual conference for final year veterinary students for almost 30 … more

15 mins

October 2015

Finding the words

I enjoy writing about my experiences, but I also enjoy reading about others. I’m also … more

10 mins
The wrong end of the telephone

A couple of weeks ago, I received the phone call I’ve been dreading since moving … more

8 mins

September 2015

Flank approach to the bitch spay

Having finally settled in one place in Jaipur, India, my friend and I were able … more

10 mins
Indian adventure taught me to embrace the madness

One of the many non-academic challenges of becoming a vet is learning to cope with … more

8 mins

August 2015

The great veterinary bake off

There is an unwritten rule that, at the end of each clinical placement (or, in some … more

Prognosis not diagnosis

“Prognose, prognose, prognose” is a phrase uttered regularly by a vet I’ve spent a lot … more

July 2015

The camelid conundrum

Despite expecting a purely equine placement, I’ve had a bit of a crash course in … more

OSCEs are over… so, what’s next?

The big summer OSCE extravaganza is over. For many nursing students it's just a wait for results and then it's "RVN time". For those who need to resit (and it's never that many), the focus returns to exams.

5 mins
Out of Africa: two weeks in the wild

Wildlife veterinary medicine is more than being a good shot with a dart gun and … more