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Content and resources discussing effective and efficient performance of herds and flocks, as well as diseases and challenges.

October 2022

Emma Fishbourne discusses the importance of getting the right balance of these in livestock and the veterinary surgeon’s role in this.

28 mins

Andrew Waller has devoted many years to the study of Streptococcus equi and he’s at … more

26 mins

Fergal McDermott, drawing on his experience with both general and referral veterinary services throughout the world, runs through the pros and cons of both.

29 mins

Mónica Guerrero Méndez, MRCVS, outlines her successful approach to treating this condition in an eight-year-old female cocker spaniel.

38 mins

Colic Awareness Week 2022 (3 to 9 October) is part of the REACT Now to Beat Colic campaign, run by The British Horse Society in conjunction with the University of Nottingham.

2 mins

Ross Allan BVMS, PGCertSAS, MRCVS presents the case of Fergie, an eight-year-old 5kg Jack Russell that presented with a history of weight loss and bilateral hindlimb lameness.

Liz Buchanan BVSc, MRCVS explains, in the first part of a new series, that when errors occur as a young vet, it’s best to own up.

21 mins

Graham Duncanson covers issues regarding breeding, gestation and parturition as part of a series on suids.

28 mins

Alex Gough MA, VetMB, CertSAM, CertVC, PGCert(Neuroimaging), MRCVS, presents the latest research in veterinary medicine from his Vet Times column.

20 mins

Glen Cousquer BSc(Hons), BVM&S, CertZooMed, PGDOE, MSc(Outdoor Education), MSc(Education Research), PhD, IML, MRCVS sings his praise for one of the UK’s most musical birds, and explains how and why we can do more to protect it.

29 mins

David Rendle BVSc, MVM, CertEM(IntMed), DipECEIM, FRCVS outlines treatment and management options for issues related to laminitis and pituitary pars intermedia in equids.

43 mins

September 2022

Caitrina Oakes has been the managing director for UK and Ireland at veterinary pharmaceutical business Vetoquinol for nearly 10 years – a role in which she oversees 70 people and is expected to lead from the front. Caitrina stepped into the Examination Room to tell us about her work, and how Vetoquinol is trying to make a difference by driving sustainability and championing mental health.

21 mins

At BCVA Congress, Claire Reigate presented results on fluke egg recovery from bovine faeces, using both spiked and naturally infected samples. In this article, Claire and colleagues – Hefin Williams, Russ Morphew and Peter Brophy – consider faecal egg counts and how they are integral to on-farm parasite control strategies, introduce a new fluke faecal egg counting method, and discuss how fluke faecal egg counts can be used in detecting ruminant fasciolosis…

37 mins

Ian Wright discusses some of the important points members of vet teams can raise with clients about all-year risks.

39 mins

Silvia Cugat PgCertWBIS, MRCVS, Oliver Marsh BVM, BVS, MRCVS and Ane Uriarte DipECVN, DVM, EBVS, MRCVS share a case report outlining a successful surgical procedure in a 17-year-old cat

35 mins

Graham Duncanson BVSc, MSc(VetGP), DProf, FRCVS offers sage advice to young and new professionals attending call-outs to smallholdings and pet pigs.

24 mins

Karin Kruger BVSc, DipACVIM, MRCVS outlines the various clinical signs of this condition blighting horses – especially sport horses – as well as how to treat it.

23 mins

A five-year-old male English springer spaniel presented for recent onset of lethargy. On clinical examination, … more

8 mins

Paul Imrie, head of content, Vet Times, reports on some of the ideas shared with delegates at a BVA Live debate

Emi Barker BSc(Hons), BVSc(Hons), PhD, PGCertTLHE, DipECVIM-CA, MRCVS explains how coughing diseases are spread and which lessons from the pandemic can be applied to animal care.

32 mins