Archive: Sep 2020

The discovery of antibiotics and its widespread manufacture has undoubtedly changed the face of medicine in the 21st century. All thanks to Alexander Fleming’s cast aside Petri dish, where the first discovery of penicill…

Most people have superstitions like touching wood for good luck or never walking under a ladder. We often do these things daily without even thinking about it! But did you know that people working in veterinary practices…

What does Christmas make you think of? Presents? Roast turkey? Mulled wine? Games of monopoly that go on far too long? Family arguments? Well, for me and many other vets like me, when I think of Christmas, I think of the…

For many people, the animal most synonymous with Christmas is the reindeer. We all know that without Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donna, Blitzen and of course, Rudolph, Father Christmas would never be ab…

Most of us see our dogs as “one of the family”. That usually means we want to include them in our Christmas meals! However, there are some problematic dishes lurking around the dinner table for our dogs; some dangerous,…

A traditional Sunday roast, a lazy summer BBQ or just a good old fry-up; for many people, meat is a big part of their diet. In recent years, more emphasis has been placed on knowing the origins of the meat we eat. For mo…