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Clinical presentations, and the use of pain scoring and telemedicine for diagnosing lameness in cats and dogs.

November 2023

Developing a system to measure functional mobility in dogs

Georgia Wells explains the approaches vets make to ascertain both flexibility and maneuverability in canine pets, and future assessment plans.

20 mins
Geriatric dogs: conditions, treatment and management

Mike Davies discusses advice to offer pet owners regarding various medical issues that may affect elderly canine patients.

45 mins

October 2023

Anxiety and stress in cats – advice on management to offer...

Laura Watson advises on giving the best guidance to owners regarding the prevention of feline mental well-being conditions.

44 mins
Medium chain triglycerides – their role in brain health

Cecilia Villaverde discusses a variety of studies behind these fats, as well as their effects on neurological activity in canine patients.

20 mins
Digital pad corns in sighthounds – where are we now with...

Mike Guilliard provides an overview of these skin lesions and explains findings of the surgical techniques used to treat them.

34 mins
Surgical management of otitis in dogs and cats – the challenges

Richard Morris discusses the difficulties of deciding on the best treatment to halt the issue of – and reduce pain in – aural disease.

47 mins
Senior cats – an update on key conditions, treatment and more

Sarah Caney emphasises the need for regular preventive health checks for this age group of felines, as well as the ways vets can advise owners to improve their care at home

39 mins
Cats: surgical management of intracranial meningiomas

Bartosz Ropelewski references a case he was presented with, how it was treated and the medication used.

20 mins
Growing mycobacterial infections in cats and dogs: the challenges

Conor O’Halloran, Danièlle Gunn-moore and Petra Černá discuss the features of an increasingly encountered clinical condition in companion animal practice and the treatment options available.

40 mins
Canine distemper could be more frequent to UK via imported dogs

Jack Reece discusses the likelihood of the disease being seen more frequently in this country among imported dogs.

20 mins

September 2023

Abnormalities and injuries of the lumbosacral spine in cats

Philip Witte discusses spinal trauma, which occurs more in feline patients than in canine patients, as well as possible treatments.

14 mins
Suture knots failure: major cause of post-op morbidity or mortality

Chiari-like malformation, suture knots, cancer detection and feline infectious peritonitis are among the topics under the microscope in Alex Gough’s latest Research Review for Vet Times.

18 mins
Sequential, bilateral fracture of the humeral condyle in a spaniel

Steve Butterworth shares a canine case that suffered from this condition, and its links to lameness in dogs of the same or similar breeds.

17 mins
Cytology findings from bilateral corneal lesions in a canine patient

Francesco Cian details the case of a six-year-old German shepherd dog presented for the presence of small bilateral corneal opacity and pigmentation in the ventro-lateral limbus of both eyes.

7 mins
X-ray tips for joint disease in canine thoracic limbs

John Innes BVSc, PhD, CertVR, DSAS(Orth), FRCVS in the first of this two-part series, considers how the right radiographic approach can enhance care for dogs.

28 mins
Gastrointestinal bleeding in dogs

Alex Gough MA, VetMB, CertSAM, CertVC, PGCert(Neuroimaging), MRCVS looks at a trial comparing GI bleeding in dogs with a form of prednisone and a placebo, plus other studies, in his latest Research Review.

21 mins
Barriers to implementation of risk-based parasite control: part 2

Amy Bagster, fourth-year University of Nottingham vet student, and Hany Elsheikha, BVSc, MSc, PhD, PGCHE, DipEVPC, FHEA examine cost and practically as they summarise their findings in this article.

45 mins
Canine baclofen toxicosis

Lotfi El Bahri discusses the implications a specific human muscle relaxant can have on pets, using the case of a young poodle.

44 mins
Conjunctivitis in dogs and cats – common pathogens and treatment

In the second of their two-part article, Chloe Fontaine and Renata Stavinohova discuss common pathogens causing this ocular condition, alongside the approach and management of cases.

53 mins
Between a rock and a hard place – treating OA in cats

Karen Perry and Lauren Meneghetti explore the difficulties of handling these cases, such as drug interactions/complications and owners’ wishes.

69 mins