Clinical Abstracts

Basic concepts of patient safety – exploring the terminology

The concept of patient safety within human-centred health care has become a discipline and a social science of its own,...

Man and woman’s best friend

Dogs have been used by humans in one way or another from the time that they were domesticated. They have...

Glaucoma in dogs –  treatment considerations

  There is no exact treatment protocol for glaucoma management as the underlying cause of glaucoma should be addressed. Once...

Stemming the invasion

    In October this year plans to tighten the rules around releasing invasive non-native animals that threaten native English...

Decision-making in the rabbit gut stasis case 

Rabbits with gut stasis are frequently presented to veterinary clinics. Some of these may be simple medical ‘colics’, while others...

John Chitty

Pretty or potentially poisonous?

Plants represent the second largest group of agents (after medicines) about which the Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) receives enquiries...

Jane Ellison

Once bitten, twice shy?

One of my useful sources of seasonal veterinary information – especially regarding farm animal and equine matters – is the...

David Watson