Clinical Abstracts

Where have all the insects gone?

A recently published review – published in the journal Biological Conservation  – of insect numbers has suggested that 40 per...

How much is that puppy in the window?

If you use the Dogs Trust annual survey of stray numbers as a crude measure for dog welfare, you could...

Milk fever – an overview 

Milk fever or periparturient hypocalcaemia, is a metabolic disease of dairy cows that occurs around the time of calving. During...

Jenni Bellini

It’s not just black cats that get the brush off

  It's a well known fact that black cats are usually the last to be chosen from animal rescue shelters...

The inevitable is happening

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home recently revealed that it took in more than 400 dogs that were bought online last...

Making the most of your locum nurse 

Locum nurses can be an invaluable resource to a veterinary practice. The ‘recruit4vets’ locum pay rate survey in 2017 showed...

Samantha Flavell

Glaucoma in dogs – (1) cause, clinical signs and diagnosis 

  Glaucomas refer to a large group of neuro-degenerative diseases caused by persistent and ongoing elevation of intraocular pressure. Eventually...