Salivary Mucoceles Tips and tricks

Salivary mucoceles are a collection of saliva that has leaked from a damaged salivary gland or duct and they are surrounded by granulation tissue. They are not cysts. Cysts are cavities lined by epithelium, whereas the granulation tissue lining of a mucocele is produced secondary to inflammation caused by free saliva in the tissues. Saliva takes the path of least resistance, irritates tissue and causes inflammation. Granulation tissue forms in response to the inflammation and prevents saliva from migrating further. The cause of salivary mucoceles is rarely identified. The sublingual salivary gland is the most commonly involved.

What can we learn about AMR with HealthyLivestock project?

HealthyLivestock is carrying out a research programme to study the contributions of enhanced animal health and welfare on reducing the need to use antimicrobials in pigs and poultry. Internationally renowned experts and scientists from the European Union and China are working together to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Academia, research institutes, private partners and companies decided to join forces for a better health and welfare of pigs and poultry.

Neuromuscular disease: a case based approach

Neuromuscular diseases are complex and fascinating, and this webinar is an excellent resource for veterinarians who encounter these conditions in their daily practice. In this engaging and informative case-based video tour, Alex Forward explores various neuromuscular diseases, helping viewers learn how to neuroanatomically localize and create a list of differential diagnoses while discussing diagnostic and treatment options.

Unleashing Knowledge at the Virtual Veterinary Congress 2024

Brimming with engaging sessions and top-notch speakers from around the world, the Virtual Veterinary Congress is your platform to gain industry insights, meet like-minded professionals, and update your knowledge bank. The 2024 edition features a rich line-up of topics: Exotics, Feline Behaviour, Ophthalmology, and Neurology.

Leadership, Resilience, and Growth: Inside Vet Partners with CEO Jo Malone

Jo Malone, a celebrated name in the European veterinary landscape, currently serves as the CEO of Vet Partners, one of Europe's foremost veterinary and farm animal healthcare companies. As a driven and focused leader, Jo has an intriguing career journey, spanning from her days as a humble vet to now steering the company that started with merely three practices.

The Truth Behind The Phrase “We Have Always Done It That Way”

When is the last time you heard someone say, “We have always don’t it that way”? It is not an uncommon phrase in many veterinary practices. Sure, there are some innovations being trialled, such as subscription-model clinics, novel approach to training vet students, telemedicine, 4-day working week. Despite this, many of these innovations seem to be driven externally, not from within the vet practice.

Bandaging 101: Fractures and Weird Wounds

The webinar led by Elizabeth Thomovsky DVM MS DACVECC from Purdue University offered an excellent update on the general principles of wound management and clarity on when to use the vast and frankly confusing array of dressings currently available to us for use with specific wounds. Elizabeth cited several cases which demonstrated some of the principles discussed and also ‘put to bed’ some perhaps older fashioned techniques which are now frowned upon. These discussions also had a heavy bias towards the practical and Elizabeth ensured all suggestions made could be easily achieved by the general practitioner including how to simply manufacture a closed active suction drain using just a test tube and butterfly catheter!

World Mental Health Day

In many ways, every day is World Mental Health Day. But in a more specific way, 10th October is World Mental Health Day, designated for the purpose of drawing attention to one of the more taboo topics that affects all of us. In the past few years, it seems (anecdotally, at least) that there has been a shift in the way we approach mental health. The stigma is starting to lift and people are feeling more confident in opening up about how they are feeling. This has been a radical and important change which has undoubtedly helped us as a society deal with the way we approach mental health.

What Does Your Oath Mean?

As most of you will know, whenever anybody qualifies in the UK as a veterinary professional they are required to take an oath which says something along the lines of “I won’t be evil”. But have you ever actually thought what that oath really means?

Wet (or Effusive) FIP

Dr Diane Addie is a leading expert in the world of feline medicine and you couldn’t have asked for anyone better to lead a webinar on effusive FIP, and thanks to ‘The Webinar Vet’ this was delivered to its members as a pre-Christmas treat. As you can imagine it went down just as well as the numerous mince pies consumed over the festive period, although I am fully aware this FIP webinar was by far the healthier option and significantly better for me.

TB, Badgers and CHeCS

This veterinary webinar was presented with members of the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) members in mind. A captive audience therefore, and the webinar provides a very up to date summary of the problem of TB and how to control it. There can be fewer more contentious veterinary debates than the one surrounding badgers and TB. Brexit perhaps, Homeopathy, dropout rates from the profession, and most recently student selection. It is many years since I was a cattle vet-my first foray into the profession.  This was a rosy time when TB was virtually eliminated from the country.