News and Comment
Grazia: fashion news, beauty tips and terrible advice about breeding pets
Grazia is an Italian women's magazine, first printed in 1938 when it was modelled on the USA magazine, Harper's Bazaar. At the time, it was said to focus on traditional family values, such as cooking and child rearing. I…
July 7, 2015 • 10 comments
Dogs
Ask a vet online - is there a test for Leptospirosis?
Berry Wilkinson asked: I was wondering if you can titre test for leptospirosis? Or is it only useful when you are testing sick dogs? Thanks. Answer: Hi Berry, thanks for your question about testing for Leptospirosis. To…
July 5, 2015 • 96 shares
Dogs
Ask a vet online - my dog has skin allergies, how do I help?
Question from Leona Poppleton: my dog has skin allergies and so gets very dry skin and sometimes scabs that look quite painful is there anything that I can get or do to help this? Answer: Scabby Skin Hi Leona, thanks for…
June 26, 2015 • 5 shares • 16 comments
News and Comment
Communicating with pets: body language versus speaking English
One of the biggest challenges for vets is our lack of ability to have conversations with our patients. This isn’t always a huge problem: for example, if a dog has a broken leg, or a cat has an abscess, the problem is ver…
June 22, 2015
Cats
The BBC is wrong to allow an unqualified person to recommend unproven treatments to animals
The Hay Festival is not a place where you might expect to learn about the treatment of animals: it's an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for ten days at the end of May every year. Caroline Ing…
June 11, 2015 • 16 shares • 10 comments
Cats
Do vets charge too much for bitch spays?
As part of my work as a "media vet", I'm a strong advocate for spaying and neutering pets as the best way to control the problem of pet overpopulation. Accidental pregnancies still account for a high number of unwanted p…
June 5, 2015 • 3 shares • 5 comments
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