Clinical Abstracts

Behaviour consultations. Home visit or clinic-based? 

Behavioural services have become an established part of practice referral systems. Providing prophylactic advice in early pet ownership, behavioural tips...

Karen Wild

Chronic pain in dogs and cats (1) 

Chronic pain, maladaptive pain and neuropathic pain are terms that have only recently arrived in the common parlance of veterinary...

Appraisals – Why they matter. 

Appraisals – also known as performance reviews or performance appraisals – are an important part of a manager’s role and...

Elaine Fisher

Fish deserve better

The slaughter of animals for human consumption is an emotive issue and there is much discussion currently about the importance...

Maggie Shilcock

Medicine stewardship on dairy farms 

Medicine stewardship is a buzz phrase presently. There are many changes afoot on dairy farms to ensure medicines are stored,...

Owen Atkinson

The practice handbook. Inconvenience or essential resource? 

A practice handbook is all too often seen as a series of template documents
 – sometimes found mass produced online,...

Jason Sidney

Brachycephaly – the need to know

Within the veterinary profession there is little or no dissent with regard to the issues caused by brachycephaly. The BVA...