Clinical Abstracts

Nominations now open for RCVS and VN Councils 2016

Stand up and be counted

May was the BVNA's Nursing Awareness Month. Practices and veterinary nurses all over the country contributed to helping make the...

Maggie Shilcock

Cross-species transplants: are they ethical?

The day when our organ transplants come from animals could be edging closer as US scientists attempt to grow a...

Regrets?

When a woman has a baby, for some reason we are expected to ask ‘“what did it weigh?”  and then...

Ken Burley

Who’s to blame for the death of Harambe?

On Saturday (28 May) a 400-lb western lowland gorilla named Harambe was shot and killed when a three-year-old boy fell...

Wildlife Editor

Meeting the minimum standards

In recent years the growth of the internet has made it easier for pet retailers to sell to large audiences....

Industry Editor

The truth about dog fighting

It may have been banned in 1835, but the problem of dog fighting isn't going anywhere. In fact, new research...

Is farming fuelling antibiotic resistance?

Antibiotic resistance has been described as a 'ticking time bomb' that will plunge us back into the dark ages of...