February 2020

Small animal nutrition: how to broach it in nurse clinics

Nicola Ackerman details the importance of – and steps involved in – RVNs conducting a nutritional assessment in practice.

19 mins

January 2020

Weighing in on obesity – approaching the topic with clients

Laura Lacey offers practical advice on tackling this common, and often difficult, issue.

28 mins
Festive faux pas in pets

Emma Gerrard offers advice to give to owners to avoid disaster over the Christmas holidays and what to do if it strikes.

23 mins

December 2019

Canine and feline diets – VN and owner management advice

Marge Chandler offers advice on pet nutrition, looking at the types of diet available, as well as understanding food labels.

35 mins

November 2019

Lifelong welfare – teaching older animals new tricks

Anne McBride discusses ways VNs can encourage owners to provide a good quality of life for senior pets by explaining how age is a physical state, but being old is a state of mind.

48 mins
Keeping pets calm – fears, phobias and owner advice

Jessica Bold explains how to handle cases, why puppy parties may be the key to preventing fear and how vital it is, above all, for VNs to keep calm and carry on...

26 mins

October 2019

Dog obesity: a community study

Clare Jones looks at dogs that have been health checked and body condition scored at local Dogs Trust events to determine whether certain factors contribute to them being overweight.

33 mins
Perioperative pet care – preparing the patient and yourself

Emma Gerrard offers guidance on dealing with animals during the perioperative period – from medicines and equipment, pain management and infection control to hygiene and isolation protocols, and owner advice.

32 mins

September 2019

Flea and tick compliance: empowering nurses to spur success

Esme Hawkes summarises the problems parasites can cause in pets, along with what VNs can do to help get owners on board with protecting their pets – and potentially gain further qualifications for themselves in the process.

20 mins

July 2019

Caring for pet rabbits – husbandry and nutrition advice

Nadia Wiseman discusses the importance of keeping owners of the UK's third most popular pet informed and up to date with their welfare needs.

34 mins

June 2019

Here comes the sun: preparing pets for summer

Esme Hawkes discusses advice VNs can share with owners in the build-up to this season, from travel, vaccines, treating endemic and non-endemic ticks to infections – and everything in between.

24 mins

May 2019

Responsible ownership: promoting welfare

Esme Hawkes discusses the role veterinary professionals play in ensuring pet owners are on board with everything from microchipping and vaccinations, to flea and tick treatment, training and behaviour.

29 mins

February 2019

A guide to successful veterinary nurse clinics: part 2

In the second part of a special feature on veterinary nursing clinics, Amie Britton explains how to choose and set up a clinic suitable to patient need.

25 mins
And baby came, too

Stud vet Kayleigh Barker explains how she coped taking her eight-week-old baby along to BEVA Congress, and how she believes combining motherhood with a career is achievable.

10 mins

September 2018

Small animal joint care – latest in canine and feline products

Dan Skeldon details options regarding mobility-aiding drugs, supplements and therapies for treating canine and feline patients.

42 mins

July 2018

Fleas, ticks and worms: learning from owner experience

Hany Elsheikha discusses how economy, age and compliance – as well as potential treatment resistance, and drug reactions and interactions – play a part in how to approach pet owners on parasite management in companion animals.

39 mins
Nursing notes: paediatric patients

This month, Louise discusses the many challenges paediatric patients can pose, but also reveals the deep joy a successful nursing outcome can bring.

13 mins

June 2018

Allergic disease clinics – how to set up and run them

Emma Gerrard DipAVN(SA), DipHECVN, BSc(Hons), CVN, RVN, K-SQP, PHC, advises on how to offer an allergy clinic to support dermatology patients with skin diseases – a common problem in small animal veterinary practice.

25 mins

In the latest in our Practice Champions series, we team up with Ceva Animal Health and hear from Stephanie Barnard-Horne DipVN, RVN, ISFMCertFN, FnD(WVA), from Oxford Cat Clinic on high blood pressure in feline patients and the ease of measuring it.

15 mins

April 2018

Is it (coco)nuts – or are we too dismissive of clients’ claims?

With research suggesting many vets are concerned with clients’ use of the internet for their pet’s health care needs, Louise Buckley ponders whether engagement with their search interests would strengthen vet-owner relationships.

28 mins