Dietary management of cats suffering from obesity and associated comorbidities
Obesity in cats is defined as being more than 20 percent over their ideal body weight, and it is est...
20 min read
The use of fish oil supplements in small animal veterinary practice
Fish oil supplements are commonly used in human medicine to prevent and manage disease, as well as b...
15 min read
Congenital cardiac defects in dogs: patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defects and subaortic stenosis
In the second instalment of this series discussing common congenital cardiac defects in dogs, we wil...
25 min read
Congenital cardiac defects in dogs: pulmonic stenosis and atrial septal defects
Congenital cardiac diseases present significant challenges in veterinary medicine. This series aims ...
20 min read
Diagnosing and managing Cushing’s syndrome in dogs
Cushing’s syndrome, or hyperadrenocorticism, is a relatively common endocrine condition in middle-ag...
20 min read
Use of feeding tubes in small animal general practice
Nutritional support has long been regarded as a key part of managing hospitalised people with many d...
12 min read
Meloxicam or prednisolone for feline interstitial cystitis?
Imagine this clinical scenario: a client has brought in their pet cat after spotting blood in its ur...
11 min read
An update on canine cutaneous mast cell tumours
Mast cell tumours (MCTs) are the most common canine cutaneous neoplasia and can vary widely in biolo...
26 min read
Lactate level as a predictor of survival to discharge in dogs with gastric dilatation volvulus
Imagine this clinical scenario: you are presented with a dog whose clinical and radiographic finding...
18 min read
Pseudopregnancy in spayed bitches – a preventable welfare problem
It has been proposed that the pathophysiology of pseudopregnancy in spayed bitches is an unintention...
18 min read
Toxoplasmosis and neosporosis as causes of neurological disease in companion animals
Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that can cause meningoencephalitis in infec...
13 min read
Is it innocent? A canine heart murmur Cluedo
Cardiac murmurs, innocent or pathological, are often detected in young dogs and cats with outcome de...
17 min read
What is the impact of dietary fibre and prebiotics on the microbiome and gastrointestinal health?
Dietary fibre is defined as edible carbohydrate polymers with three or more monomeric units, includi...
15 min read
The top three myths about pseudopregnancy in dogs
About 18 months ago, I “outed” myself as having an interest in pseudopregnancy in dogs. This has res...
17 min read
Are glucocorticoids or NSAIDs more effective in reducing idiopathic feline urinary tract disease signs than no treatment or placebo?
Imagine this clinical scenario: you have been presented with a two-year-old spayed female cat with h...
11 min read
Endoscopic retrieval of foreign bodies
Many practices have purchased endoscopy systems for diagnostic biopsy of the gastrointestinal (GI) a...
16 min read
Diagnosis and treatment of canine hepatobiliary tumours
Liver neoplasia in dogs most commonly represents metastatic disease from other tumour sites (eg panc...
19 min read
Clinical pathology of rabbits – interpretation of biochemistry, haematology and urinalysis results
Domestic rabbits originate from the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), and are an increasingly...
13 min read
Diagnosis and treatment of common canine oral tumours
Oral tumours account for 6 to 7 percent of all canine tumours and, in most cases, are malignant (Lee...
26 min read
Monitoring the feline diabetic with a continuous glucose monitor
Feline diabetics can be challenging to manage. We know that monitoring response to insulin and avoid...
21 min read
Nutritional recommendations in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease
Heart disease affects 10 percent of dogs in general practice (Keene et al., 2019), with myxomatous m...
22 min read
Imaging the bladder in small animals - ultrasound, radiography & more!
Bladder disease is very amenable to the use of imaging for investigation. Indications for investigat...
15 min read
Dietary management in preclinical canine mitral valve disease
Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common condition in which progressive mitral valv...
12 min read
Sterile pyogranulomatous/granulomatous dermatitis (aka puppy strangles)
Sterile pyogranulomatous/granulomatous dermatitis is also referred to as juvenile cellulitis, puppy ...
7 min read
Nutritional management of feline chronic enteropathy
Feline chronic enteropathy (CE) covers a number of conditions including food-responsive enteropathie...
16 min read
Webinar: Histiocytic diseases in dogs and cats
How likely is a localised histiocytic sarcoma in dogs to disseminate and metastasise? How common is ...
45 min webinar
Mammary tumours in dogs and cats
Mammary tumours are extremely common in dogs and cats, and these can be emotive cases as clients are...
3 min read
Ligament and musculotendinous injuries in dogs
Lameness in dogs due to musculotendinous and ligamentous injury is commonplace and although diagnosi...
12 min read
Recurrent interdigital cysts: are they curable?
In general practice the term interdigital cyst is commonly used to describe a range of conditions af...
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