Nick Thompson discusses why no evidence exists to explain why raw food diets are dangerous or damaging to pet health and suggests some benefits of this feeding plan.
Mathilde Granger looks at a multimodal approach of using both medical and non-medical therapy options when presented with canine and feline patients with chronic pain.
Dan O'Neill analyses presentations that demonstrated how an RVC resource shares information to understand companion animal disorders and improve welfare.
Marina Dominguez looks at ways to diagnose a defect that carries blood around the liver, instead of through it, and the prognosis in cats and dogs with medical and surgical management.
Jane Dobson, Sarah Mason and Antonio Giuliano review the potential causes of a cancer rarely seen in cats, outline diagnosis methods and explain why treatment is tailored for individual cases.
My blogging career has been kind to me. As well as being invited to express my opinions, for what they are worth, on this website twice a month, I receive intermittent offers to write blogs for companies or to cover pet-based events.
Emma Baker is surveying UK vets on cat and dog behaviour after a media project interview helped her consider animals’ mental well-being, as well as their physical health.
Karen Perry discusses and evaluates some of the novel treatments available for dogs suffering with osteoarthritis, including platelet therapy and the use of stem cells.
Helen Sumner describes the diagnosis and treatment of a young female dog with renal failure and the efforts of a veterinary team to give her some quality of life.
Samantha Taylor describes the diagnosis and treatment of commonly reported – and more unusual – objects swallowed by cats, as revealed in an International Cat Care survey.
Hany Elsheikha explains how immune boosters, chemotherapy and vaccinations help manage a disease spread by the bite of certain types of sandflies, in the first of a two-part article.
Vanessa Biggle describes the signs, treatment, prevention and associated conditions of this tick-borne disease, which appears to now be a danger to non-travelling dogs.
Lee Meakin and Sorrel Langley-Hobbs discuss growth plate fractures that affect the spine and hindlimb bones of young canine and feline patients, in the second of a two-part article.
