Ian Wright offers advice for vets for cat owners on parasite Toxoplasma gondii and its transmission potential to people, while preventing human-cat bond erosion.
Martin Atkinson reflects on 2016’s Congress in the Snow highlights from the Austrian Alps, which proved successful in location, lecture content and leisure activities.
Albane Fauron and Karen Perry look into the causes of this common orthopaedic condition in dogs and how to diagnose and classify individual cases (part 1 of 2).
Marco Falchieri and Mark Burton discuss a plan when scrutinising poultry health on farms, taking into account housing, including cultures and sample tests.
Peter Edmondson was enlightened by the way vets in Arizona work and how they are having to adapt on large-scale dairy farms holding thousands of cattle.
Roger Evans admits to being a cup half-full person, but with milk prices low as a result of over-production, considers the outlook is gloomy for dairy farming.
Claudia Hartley reports on efforts to rescue bears in China, Vietnam and Cambodia, and the AHT’s role in helping to diagnose and treat their eye conditions.
Dan Skeldon assesses the new regulations for microchipping dogs and what this means for owners and the veterinary profession as compliance becomes mandatory.