Latest articles by David Harris
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
There is a principle in all branches of medicine that dates back to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician. It has come to be known as “Primum Non Nocere” - “first, do no harm”. In many ways, this is the basis of all m…
Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine
Today, my professional association, the British Veterinary Association, has launched their Manifesto for Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine (or EBVM, because I’m on a tight word count!). And here at VetHelpDirect, we’re…
Ask a vet
In recent years there’s been a lot of debate as to what the risks and benefits are from neutering. This is especially true of larger breed dogs, and how best to manage them is a perennial debate. The benefits of neuterin…
Best Pet
It’s not just toilet roll that was running short at the beginning of the lockdown… some staple foods were quite hard to get hold of too, including eggs. And that might be why there seems to have been a massive run on reh…
Life as vet - what its like
Following the A-level results last week, we always get a spike in people asking this question! And of course, this year is going to be very different from normal, with the pandemic making it difficult to access work expe…
Ask a vet
Gail Looker-Williams asked: I have a 4th generation 13yr old Ridgeback girl (not neutered) who has had 3 occasions of panic & 2 seizures lasting under 1 min each time, these have all occurred in the last 8 - 10 month…
