Karen Perry looks at detecting and testing for joint pain in small animals using an organised and systematic approach.

The two images are from an aspirate from a large shoulder mass in an adult dog. The author asks: "What is your diagnosis?"

Anna Jackson BVetMed CertVD MRCVS, veterinary technical team manager at Elanco Animal Health, explores how to treat a common problem that can be difficult to manage.

Advice comes after TV presenter and model Jodie Marsh posted a video to Facebook of her giving CPR to her bulldog Louie, who collapses "every couple of months".

Andrew Kent reports on the small animal internal medicine CPD, which took place on 5 April at the ICC in Birmingham.

Becky Robinson looks at safe and effective techniques for applying regional anaesthesia to head, eye, thoracic and pelvic limbs.

Dog behaviourist and registered dog trainer, Karen Wild, discusses the possible psychological implications of parasite bites in pets.

Victoria Brown explains steps taken in the case of a canine patient that presented with nocturia and urinary incontinence.

Alex Gough runs his eye over more innovations in the veterinary world, in his latest Research Review.

Vanessa Biggle begins the first in a series on how the profession can help reduce rehoming numbers by looking at neutering.

Becky Robinson discusses some of the best practice techniques when performing anaesthesia on small animal patients.

Francesco Cian presents on the case of an eight-year-old female dog with generalised lymphadenomegaly.

Frances Taylor examines means of performing small animal oncology tests with the aim of tailoring a clinical plan for each patient.