The Vet Trust Awards 2021 was a fabulous night of celebration, attended by over 100 veterinary professionals in East London. We partnered with Vet Dynamics to shine a light on the people and companies who have made a positive contribution to the veterinary community over the past year.
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Take a look at The Webinar Vet's library of marine webinars:
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PetsApp and The Webinar Vet have announced a new collaboration to empower veterinary teams – with special offers and educational content for The Webinar Vet and PetsApp customers. The aim? To provide veterinary professionals with the right tools to assist as many pets as possible – without overextending or overwhelming an already stretched workforce.
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It’s no secret that I have always been a strong supporter of the veterinary nursing profession! The respect for my co-professionals developed during my 4th and final years at Bristol vet school, when I realised just how much the veterinary nurses there knew and was grateful for their patient help as I struggled to learn my trade. After graduation, I rapidly recognised that veterinary nurses were my best ally and remember many occasions when a tolerant, understanding one supported and guided me during those early years. That respect has remained with me and 36 years on I still rely on the nursing team that I work with – and not only to find things like scissors or the auroscope when my ‘vet look’ fails me!
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As for many of us, the lockdown has been challenging, especially for those who are on furlough leave like myself and miss doing their job. It is a worrying time for everyone and at the beginning of lockdown, I felt extremely anxious and worried every day that it started to affect my mental health. In this article, I wanted to talk about ways that I have overcome some anxiety and how I have kept sane during lockdown.
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A new app which aims to help pet owners assess their pets’ symptoms is causing controversy in the veterinary community. The app, named Joii, is developed by a Leeds-based company called Vet-AI, which received £1 million in funding to build it, and is set to be released in April. The idea behind Joii is this: when your pet looks a tad unwell, you consult the app by entering their symptoms, which uses AI algorithms to assess what might be assailing them, giving you advice on what to do next.
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Q: Do you use cartrophen (pentosan phosphate) and how would you combine it with NSAID (egg given on alternative days) Because of the clinical case load that I am involved with I do not have much direct experience with the use of pentosan polysulphate. A review of the safety of Cartrophen Vet in the dog was published in the JSAP in 2003 – and Cartrophen was reported to be very safe – with relatively few adverse effects associated with use (data based on reporting of adverse reactions via pharmacovigilance data).
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Conn’s Syndrome is one of those diseases I knew existed but understood little else about purely due to my assumption that this was a condition rarely encountered in general practice. That was until recently where more discussion has centred around Conn’s syndrome especially in the feline world and it is believed that, given this is a condition which mimics other feline diseases such as chronic kidney failure, it is likely to be more commonly encountered than had been originally assumed.
The well-known marketing campaign ‘compare the meerkat.com’ has a lot to answer for when it comes to the frivolous purchase of single meerkats by the general public. After all they look very cute as youngsters and are a tempting gift for the demanding child whose birthday is looming. However, as most people involved in the veterinary profession are aware, cute little bundles can turn into difficult and antisocial creatures if reared in the wrong environment.
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RSPCA Stapeley Grange Wildlife Hospital’s Veterinary Officer, Bev Panto, returned last week to deliver part two of her webinar discussing common wildlife conditions. In her usual enthusiastic style, Bev offered advice on treating wild mammals as a follow up to ‘part one’ held last autumn, and covered the management of common conditions in wild birds.
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At the end of the webinar I was asked a question about NSAIDs and administration with food. I made the point that it was important to follow the recommendations on feeding because it could significantly affect bioavailability. I mistakenly said that feeding did not significantly affect the bioavailability of mavacoxib (Trocoxil), in fact it is recommended to give Trocoxil with food otherwise bioavailability is significantly reduced. I apologise for this error in the talk.
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Neurology is not my favourite area of medicine and when listening to mind-blowingly clever people discussing this topic I’m always worried it will go completely over my head, or even worse my mind may start to wander. This was most definitely not the case with last week’s webinar covering ‘Chiari’ Type Malformation and Syringomyelia (CMSM) led by Dr Clare Rusbridge.