Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. There has been a lot going on in the last year for everyone in and out of the profession and vetlife has received 25% increase in calls. We speak about vetlife, how we can support students on their transition into practice in these times of current restrictions. We also talk about bereavement and this podcast contains some discussion on suicide. We also consider our...

Back in our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Siân Frosini Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology here at the RVC. Siân did her undergraduate training here at the RVC and her PhD, and we are truly delighted that she has stayed on. We thought that we’d talk about bacteriology, sample submission and what do these reports with minimum inhibitory concentration actually mean. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers and websites of...

Back in our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Siân Frosini Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology here at the RVC. Siân did her undergraduate training here at the RVC and her PhD, and we are truly delighted that she has stayed on. We thought that we’d talk about bacteriology, sample submission and what do these reports with minimum inhibitory concentration actually mean. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers and websites of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Dan Brockman speak about management of GDV’s. Dan has been working at the RVC for over 20 years and has a variety of interests in soft tissue surgery. Dan could discuss many topics, though we asked him to share with you his tips for the surgical management of GDV. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers and websites of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Dan Brockman speak about management of GDV’s. Dan has been working at the RVC for over 20 years and has a variety of interests in soft tissue surgery. Dan could discuss many topics, though we asked him to share with you his tips for the surgical management of GDV. We hope that you enjoy.   Some papers and websites of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Zoë Halfacree, who after many years with the soft tissue team at the RVC has moved to Davies Veterinary Specialists. We have spoken to Zoë previously on the podcast about a variety of subjects, though her passion now has centred on veterinary sustainability. We talk to Zoë about what this is, why and how we can get involved and why we should start now. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers and websites of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Zoë Halfacree, who after many years with the soft tissue team at the RVC has moved to Davies Veterinary Specialists. We have spoken to Zoë previously on the podcast about a variety of subjects, though her passion now has centred on veterinary sustainability. We talk to Zoë about what this is, why and how we can get involved and why we should start now.  We hope that you enjoy. Some papers and websites of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Associate Professor Karla Lee, who is the head of our soft tissue surgery team here at the RVC. Karla has many interests in surgery though we thought we would catch up with her on her thoughts about minimally invasive surgery in small animals, the pros and cons and what to get started with. Is this the future for small animal surgery? We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Associate Professor Karla Lee, who is the head of our soft tissue surgery team here at the RVC. Karla has many interests in surgery though we thought we would catch up with her on her thoughts about minimally invasive surgery in small animals, the pros and cons and what to get started with. Is this the future for small animal surgery? We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Irina Gramer, who is the head of our oncology team and lecturer in oncology here at the RVC. We thought that we would discuss a relatively common neoplasia that we both see and current ideas on treatment and prognosis and if there is anything in the pipeline for future diagnosis and treatment. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Irina Gramer, who is the head of our oncology team and lecturer in oncology here at the RVC. We thought that we would discuss a relatively common neoplasia that we both see and current ideas on treatment and prognosis and if there is anything in the pipeline for future diagnosis and treatment. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining myself and Brian down the end of the technology wire in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Vicky Lipscomb, who is our Clinical Director of the RVC’s small animal university teaching hospital (the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals). Vicky spoke to Shailen back in podcast 16 (https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-referrals/news-events/clinical-podcasts/16-portosystemic-shunts) and we thought it was about time to catch up with Vicky about what we...

Joining myself and Brian down the end of the technology wire in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Vicky Lipscomb, who is our Clinical Director of the RVC’s small animal university teaching hospital (the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals). Vicky spoke to Shailen back in podcast 16 (https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-referrals/news-events/clinical-podcasts/16-portosystemic-shunts) and we thought it was about time to catch up with Vicky about what we...

Joining Brian and myself remotely is Dr Rebecca Geddes, Clinical Scientist Fellow in small animal medicine here at the RVC. We managed to persuade Dr Geddes to come back onto the podcast to talk about SUBs (subcutaneous ureteral bypass) in cats, something that she has recently started to look a lot into from a medical perspective. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining Brian and myself remotely is Dr Rebecca Geddes, Clinical Scientist Fellow in small animal medicine here at the RVC. We managed to persuade Dr Geddes to come back onto the podcast to talk about SUBs (subcutaneous ureteral bypass) in cats, something that she has recently started to look a lot into from a medical perspective. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

We are delighted today to have Emma Holmes joining Bri and myself at an acceptable social distance (remotely). Emma is one of our Lecturers in Clinical Pathology here at the RVC. We asked Emma to discuss aspects of biochemistry in practice and in-house. Stay safe and we hope that you enjoy. Some papers of interest: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25297372 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25146362 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152928 If you have any comments about this podcast, please...

We are delighted today to have Emma Holmes joining Bri and myself at an acceptable social distance (remotely). Emma is one of our Lecturers in Clinical Pathology here at the RVC. We asked Emma to discuss aspects of biochemistry in practice and in-house. Stay safe and we hope that you enjoy. Some papers of interest: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25297372 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25146362 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152928 If you have any comments about this podcast, please...

We are delighted today to have Ross Bond joining Bri and myself remotely. Ross is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology here at the RVC. Ross joined the RVC in 1990, when the QMHA had only been open for a few years. Ross has a number of interests, particularly in microbial skin disease. We thought that we would speak to him on pyoderma. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

We are delighted today to have Ross Bond joining Bri and myself remotely. Ross is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology here at the RVC. Ross joined the RVC in 1990, when the QMHA had only been open for a few years. Ross has a number of interests, particularly in microbial skin disease. We thought that we would speak to him on pyoderma. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of...

Joining Brian and myself remotely we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. We had planned to catch up following her completing the London Marathon this year and speaking to our students, however she recorded a lecture for our students this year as we all come to terms with the new normal. We speak about how things have been going with vetlife and have there been any noticeable trends for callers with the current pandemic and lockdown. We also speak about her...

Joining Brian and myself remotely we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. We had planned to catch up following her completing the London Marathon this year and speaking to our students, however she recorded a lecture for our students this year as we all come to terms with the new normal. We speak about how things have been going with vetlife and have there been any noticeable trends for callers with the current pandemic and lockdown. We also speak about her...

We are delighted today to have Ashley Hartley joining Bri and myself in the studio. Ashley is a staff clinician in internal medicine here at the RVC. Although she’d really like to talk about Trypanosoma cruzi infections we thought we’d speak about gallbladder mucoceles instead.  Ashley is passionate about all things to do with internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, and we are grateful for her coming into the studio to share her thoughts today. We hope that you enjoy. Some...

We are delighted today to have Ashley Hartley joining Bri and myself in the studio. Ashley is a staff clinician in internal medicine here at the RVC. Although she’d really like to talk about Trypanosoma cruzi infections we thought we’d speak about gallbladder mucoceles instead.  Ashley is passionate about all things to do with internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, and we are grateful for her coming into the studio to share her thoughts today. We hope that you enjoy. Some...

Back in the New Year Bri and myself are back in the studio and are delighted to be joined by Matthew McMillan, who is a staff clinician here in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Matt has a passion about understanding patient safety and errors and has also co-authored a book on that (Errors in Veterinary Anaesthesia with John Ludders). We decided to have a chat about patient safety in veterinary anaesthesia. We will ask Matt to come back in when his next book is published. We hope that you...

Back in the New Year Bri and myself are back in the studio and are delighted to be joined by Matthew McMillan, who is a staff clinician here in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Matt has a passion about understanding patient safety and errors and has also co-authored a book on that (Errors in Veterinary Anaesthesia with John Ludders). We decided to have a chat about patient safety in veterinary anaesthesia. We will ask Matt to come back in when his next book is published. We hope that you...