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Alleviation of canine fear and anxiety during veterinary clinic visits

13 December 2021

Despite recent increased attention to improving the experience for pets and their caregivers during visits to veterinary clinics, many dogs still show signs of being fearful and/or anxious when visiting the practice. Such behaviour by patients can impede a thorough veterinary examination and increase risk of injury to staff and owners. Furthermore, over time, if […]

Chocolate ingestion in dogs

3 December 2021

Suspected poisoning is a common reason for presentation in veterinary practice, particularly during the Christmas and Easter periods. To date, only a few individual case reports describing chocolate intoxication in dogs have been published, but a new study published in the Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP), described the clinical features and outcome of dogs […]

BSAVA Congress on Demand – Surgery

14 October 2021

With over 30 sessions, surgery is the biggest of our Congress on Demand bundles. On the clinical side, it covers orthopaedics, acute abdomen, urogenital tract surgery and brachycephalics. It also covers administrative elements such as clinical audits, and explores the human interaction with sessions about getting the best from surgical teams. Find out what Clare […]

Managing conflicting ethical concerns in small animal practice

24 September 2021

Whilst looking after the interests of a patient is a key priority for veterinary staff, there are many factors that may influence a vet’s clinical decision making. There are client considerations such as financial resources and emotional needs, personal aspirations to provide quality patient care and for personal development, and finally the desire to have […]

BSAVA Congress on Demand – Anaesthesia and Analgesia Bundle

23 September 2021

Nearly 20 sessions make up this practical bundle of CPD. It covers a wide range of topics from neutering and arthritis to acupuncture to celiotomy. Here, some of our favourite veterinary professionals give an overview of the sessions they’ve viewed: First up is Jennifer Marshall to review ‘Nerve blocks made easy’, ‘Identifying Anaesthetic Problems’, ‘Common […]

BSAVA Congress on Demand – Ophthalmology Bundle

9 September 2021

This highly-focused suite of sessions covers key issues within ophthalmology, from ocular emergencies to cataracts. Veterinary surgeon, Jeremy Kirk has watched them all. “Individual sessions cover a wide variety of clinical presentations, however the bundle as a whole includes ‘nuggets’ such as ‘how dry is a dry eye?’ and ‘how are ophthalmology examinations performed in […]

BSAVA Congress on Demand – The Top Ten Bundle

25 August 2021

The Top Ten bundle is a short-cut to the best of Congress 2021, as voted for by you through your views. It includes a wide variety of topics from lameness and dermatitis to radiography and BOAS surgery, and delivers a whole host of useful tips and tools applicable to first-opinion practice. We spoke to veterinary professionals […]

What would you do?

7 June 2021

Despite being a common procedure in veterinary practice, the pastoral aspect of euthanasia can be challenging for the veterinary professional. Given that owners will likely respond in different ways, research that seeks to understand the experience of people making end-of-life (EoL) decisions can help veterinary professionals to support owners through the process. In the study, “What […]

A paper to get your teeth into!

20 April 2021

Having something to chew is important for our dogs’ health but some of the commonly marketed toys and food stuffs for dogs to chew are as hard or harder than tooth enamel and can therefore damage teeth. Tooth fracture is commonly seen in practice with a reported prevalence of 21.5% (Soukup et al., 2015). Tooth […]

Celebrating British Science Week – Part 1

4 March 2021

This week (5th – 14th March) is British Science Week! To celebrate, we want to spend the week highlighting the amazing staff at BSAVA HQ who help to make everything happen for you! To start with today we’re focusing on some of our Woodrow House team members. There’s around 40 of us in total meaning we have […]

Celebrating British Science Week – Part 2

4 March 2021

British Science Week is now in full swing! Today we’d like to celebrate even more of our fabulous Woodrow House team and get to know them… Frances Barr Position at BSAVA: Online education coordinator What is your scientific background? I qualified as a vet from Cambridge in 1979. Worked in mixed practice in Kent for 4+ […]

A discussion about pet rabbit health and welfare – part two, Luisa Dormer

23 June 2020

In the last blog post, we reviewed the most common and/or significant health and welfare challenges facing pet rabbits according to recent research. Gastrointestinal/abdominal disorders were the third most prevalent group of disorders affecting domestic rabbits under primary veterinary care in England according to one study by O’Neill et al (2019). Whilst this group of disorders is likely to […]