Veterinary Clinical Podcasts
Welcome to the RVC veterinary clinical podcast. In these shows, Dominic Barfield, with the technical help of Brian Cox talks to a variety of different faculty/specialists/clinicians from the RVC about clinical relevant material to everyone in practice, if you are just about to start your veterinary career or you are a seasoned professional we aim to provide something for everyone. Whether you’re listening whilst you are cooking dinner, driving home, walking the dog or even at the gym, we want to give you some practical tips and advice that you won’t necessarily find in the text books or journal articles that we hope makes a difference to your patients.
Episodes
155 Tick paralysis
Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the fabulous Dr Rebekah Donaldson. Dr Donaldson, who completed her emergency and critical care specialist training at the RVC, is now working at Queensland Veterinary Specialists on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. We thought we would stay in the Southern hemisphere for this podcast and talk about tick paralysis. From presentation to t
154 Snake envenomation
Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the amazing Dr Claire Sharp. Claire is Associate Professor at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia) and has such a wide range of academic interests we could talk to her about anything from trauma to sepsis, coagulation to CPR but we thought we would have an antipodean chat about snake envenomation. From clinical presentation, to tips on treatment
153 Myths in osteoarthritis
Joining Brian and myself in a room on campus, we are delighted to have Professor Richard Meeson join us. Richard is one of our fantastic orthopaedic surgeons here at the RVC. We thought we’d ask him some questions separating the fact from the fiction in osteoarthritis. The reason we are not in the studio is that it might not look so good visually, and yes if you are keen you can watch this as a vi
152 Erythrocytosis
Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Catriona Jenkinson join us. Catriona is one of our fantastic internal medicine residents here at the RVC. Cat gave a talk to the hospital on erythrocytosis and thought that it would have interest to a wider audience, not a common condition, though how often can you prescribe a course of leeches? We hope that you enjoy.Links to some
151 Gastrointestinal surgery
Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Matthew Simpson. Matt is one of our fabulous lecturers in soft tissue surgery here at the RVC. We thought we’d talk about approach to GI surgery, from suture techniques to staples. We hope that you enjoy.Link to relevant paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35090778/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 151
150 Intravenous catheters
Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Chris Scudder join us. Chris is one of our outstanding internal medics here at the RVC and interested in all things endocrine, but we thought we’d catch up with him about one of his other passions, intravenous catheters. How much do we know about the most common intervention in small animal practice? We hope that you enjoy. Link t
149 Vetlife
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosie Allister join us. She has kindly spoken to us before, the last time in 2021 (Podcast 124). Rosie manages the Vetlife helpline, a 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community. Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary mental health, wellbeing at work, and veterinary
148 Contracts
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Matt Ozment join us. Matt is an employment lawyer in South Carolina and is married to a vet (that is the veterinary connection). I approached Matt to ask him to talk on the podcast about contracts. Something that I’ve been asked about over the years by our graduates going into practice and thought a podcast might be the way I
147 Heart murmurs in puppies
Joining Brian and myself in our actual studio we are delighted to have Dr Nekesa Morey with us. Nekesa is one of our fabulous cardiologists here at the RVC. We thought it would be a good idea to have a chat about common heart murmurs in puppies, how we can diagnose what is going on, and what treatment options are available. We hope that you enjoy.If you are looking to send a puppy to ushttps://www
146 Leadership
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Clive Elwood with us. Clive, an RVC alumnus (his PhD and Masters in Immunology), spent 20 years in private referral practice, where he was Managing Director. He now runs his own coaching business. He decided to write the book that he wished existed on veterinary leadership, and we thought that it would be a good idea to cha
145 RECOVER update 2024 CPR guidelines
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are overwhelmed to be in the company of the magnificent, internationally renowned Professor Dan Fletcher, from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Dr Fletcher with his co-chairs Dr Boller, Dr Burkitt and Program Director Ken Yagi have collated the evidence to provide the veterinary community with evidence-based guidelines for ca
144 Anaesthesia sustainability
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Aoife Ryan, one of our amazing lecturers in our Anaesthesia and Analgesia Team here at the RVC. Aoife had recently published a paper looking at the environmental impact, carbon emissions, of a routine surgical procedure. It is good to consider how we can reduce our carbon footprint personally and professionally and Aoife pr
143 Feline Infectious Peritonitis 2024
Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous lecturers and Dr Jodie Green, one of our amazing residents both in our Small Animal Internal Medicine team here at the RVC. We thought it was time to catch up about Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), it has been a couple of years and we are understanding a little more about the therapies that we
142 Relapse of dogs with immune mediated disease
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are joined by the fantastic Richard Sparrow, Staff Clinician in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. Richard recently published a paper looking at relapse rates in immune mediated diseases (immune mediated haemolytic anaemia, immune mediated thrombocytopenia and immune mediated polyarthritis) in dogs and we thought to use this as a sounding board for
141 Sleep, fatigue and mental health
Joining Brian and myself in our studio (three times a charm) we are delighted to speak to Nicola Ho, Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Analgesia here at the RVC. Nicola, with her anaesthesia colleagues, sent out a questionnaire to those anaesthesia vets, nurses and technicians to find out how sleep and fatigue affected them. It is an interesting and pertinent topic when most of us have roles in which we
140 Oral hypoglycaemic drugs for diabetic cat
Joining Brian and myself in our studio (again, that is two in a row) we delighted to speak to Chris Scudder, Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Co-Head of the Internal Medicine Team here at the RVC. There has been a couple of new drugs on the market one in the USA (bexagliflozin) and one in the UK (velagliflozin) both SGLT-2 inhibitors, oral hypoglycaemic agents to be used in newly diagnosed
139 Lower Urinary Tract Surgery
Joining Brian and myself in our studio (yes that is right we are back) we are delighted to speak to Lynda Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Soft Tissue Surgery and Head of Soft Tissue Surgery here at the RVC. I thought we’d continue the theme of the last podcast on feline urethral obstruction and speak to a surgeon about this subject, really what you can do if you can’t place a urethral catheter (is
138 Feline Urethral Obstruction
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to speak to Professor Edward Cooper, Section Head of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care at The Ohio State University. I thought we’d continue the theme of the last podcast on feline urethral obstruction and speak to an international authority on the subject, who has been trying to answer some fundamental questions about this top
137 Urethral obstruction management in primary care
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (had to dust off the microphone, apologies for that) we are delighted to have Dr Dave Beeston, one of our final year residents in Emergency and Critical Care, here at the RVC. Dave has many interests and enthusiasm for a variety of ECC topics and is no stranger to this podcast regarding his own career journey, though we thought we'd talk to him about
136 Heat Related Illness
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Emily Hall, one of our lecturers in Veterinary Education here at the RVC. Emily has been working with the VetCompass group looking at Heat Related Illness in the UK and we thought we'd talk to her to about her research in this field and the questions that left unanswered. We hope that you enjoy.Emily has her own blog on th
135 Antimicrobial Awareness week 2022
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosanne Jepson, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. Rosanne has many research and clinical interests, though she has been steering our antimicrobial stewardship in our hospital for many years. It is World Antimicrobial Awareness week 18-24 November. We talk about what we are doing and asking our client
134 Endothelial glycocalyx
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Sara Lawrence-Mills, one of our fabulous residents in Anaesthesia and Analgesia here at the RVC. Sara has taken an interest into the endothelial glycocalyx and we thought we'd talk to her to find out why. We hope that you enjoy. Some references of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35654338/https://www.frontiersin.o
133 Chronic kidney disease and hypertension in cats
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although again I crept into the studio) we are delighted to have Dr Jack Lawson, one of our fabulous lecturers in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. We talk to him about canine mast cell tumours. Current recommendations and what is new. We hope that you enjoy.The review paper we discuss, further references are in the article:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.n
132 Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although I was actually in the studio by myself) we are delighted to have Dr Andy Yale, one of our fabulous lecturers in Oncology (congratulations too on passing your board examinations this year and he is now an EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Oncology). We talk to him about canine mast cell tumours. Current recommendations and
131 Feline Infectious Peritonitis
In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous staff clinicians and Dr Jodie Green, one of our amazing residents both in our Small Animal Internal Medicine team here at the RVC. We talk to them both about Feline Infectious Peritonitis and the game changing new treatments available. We have only just begun using these new drugs in the UK
130 Pre-purchase radiographs
In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Rhiannon Morgan, one of our fabulous lecturers in Equine Diagnostic Imaging here at the RVC. We talk to Rhiannon about pre-purchase radiographs and expand to all forms of diagnostic imaging. Some common things to look out for and when you should ask for another opinion. Rhiannon is very familiar to podcasting as she is the
129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials
129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. We talk to Simon about aspiration pneumopathy and treating without antimicrobials, mainly asking him about a recent retrospective study. Food for thought about current practice and workin
128 Laminitis
In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow, Reader in Equine Medicine here at the RVC. Nicola’s main area of research interest throughout her career has been equine laminitis, and we thought that we would try to cover this vast topic in a podcast. So more of an overview considering the time! We hope that you enjoy.Some papers and websites of inter
127 Xenotransfusion
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Associate Professor Karen Humm one of our leads of our Emergency and Critical Care service as well as lead of or Transfusion Medicine Service here at the RVC. Karen has a keen interest in all things related to transfusion medicine and we thought that we would discuss xenotransfusions. Specifically giving dog blood to cats, this might not be somethi
126 Deranged sodium
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Erica Tinson one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Erica has an interest in a variety of topics though we thought that we would discuss the highs and lows of sodium. We focus on the management of the extremes of both, hopefully not something you see commonly, but we hope will help when you do. We hope that
125 Developments in POCUS
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Laura Cole one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Laura has passion and enthusiasm for a variety of topics, and we are privileged that she joined us to share her thoughts about the development in POCUS. Ultrasound use for many reasons is being used more frequently in practice and we discuss recent technique
124 Vetlife 2021
Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. There has been a lot going on in the last year for everyone in and out of the profession and vetlife has received 25% increase in calls. We speak about vetlife, how we can support students on their transition into practice in these times of current restrictions. We also talk abo
123 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
Back in our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Siân Frosini Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology here at the RVC. Siân did her undergraduate training here at the RVC and her PhD, and we are truly delighted that she has stayed on. We thought that we’d talk about bacteriology, sample submission and what do these reports with minimum inhibitory concentration a
122 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus
Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Dan Brockman speak about management of GDV’s. Dan has been working at the RVC for over 20 years and has a variety of interests in soft tissue surgery. Dan could discuss many topics, though we asked him to share with you his tips for the surgical management of GDV. We hope that you enjoy.Some p
121 Veterinary Sustainability
Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Zoë Halfacree, who after many years with the soft tissue team at the RVC has moved to Davies Veterinary Specialists. We have spoken to Zoë previously on the podcast about a variety of subjects, though her passion now has centred on veterinary sustainability. We talk to Zoë about what this is, why and how we can get involved
120 Minimally invasive surgery
Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Associate Professor Karla Lee, who is the head of our soft tissue surgery team here at the RVC. Karla has many interests in surgery though we thought we would catch up with her on her thoughts about minimally invasive surgery in small animals, the pros and cons and what to get started with. Is this the future for small animal
119 Haemangiosarcoma
Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Irina Gramer, who is the head of our oncology team and lecturer in oncology here at the RVC. We thought that we would discuss a relatively common neoplasia that we both see and current ideas on treatment and prognosis and if there is anything in the pipeline for future diagnosis and treatment. We hope that you enjoy.Some pa
118 Portosystemic shunts (6 years on)
Joining myself and Brian down the end of the technology wire in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Vicky Lipscomb, who is our Clinical Director of the RVC’s small animal university teaching hospital (the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals). Vicky spoke to Shailen back in podcast 16 (https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-referrals/news-events/clinical-podcasts
117 SUB
Joining Brian and myself remotely is Dr Rebecca Geddes, Clinical Scientist Fellow in small animal medicine here at the RVC. We managed to persuade Dr Geddes to come back onto the podcast to talk about SUBs (subcutaneous ureteral bypass) in cats, something that she has recently started to look a lot into from a medical perspective. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.
116 Biochemistry
We are delighted today to have Emma Holmes joining Bri and myself at an acceptable social distance (remotely). Emma is one of our Lecturers in Clinical Pathology here at the RVC. We asked Emma to discuss aspects of biochemistry in practice and in-house. Stay safe and we hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25297372https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25146362https
115 Pyoderma
We are delighted today to have Ross Bond joining Bri and myself remotely. Ross is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology here at the RVC. Ross joined the RVC in 1990, when the QMHA had only been open for a few years. Ross has a number of interests, particularly in microbial skin disease. We thought that we would speak to him on pyoderma. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.n
114 Vetlife 2020
Joining Brian and myself remotely we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. We had planned to catch up following her completing the London Marathon this year and speaking to our students, however she recorded a lecture for our students this year as we all come to terms with the new normal. We speak about how things have been going with vetlife and have there been an
113 Gallbladder mucoceles
We are delighted today to have Ashley Hartley joining Bri and myself in the studio. Ashley is a staff clinician in internal medicine here at the RVC. Although she’d really like to talk about Trypanosoma cruzi infections we thought we’d speak about gallbladder mucoceles instead. Ashley is passionate about all things to do with internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, and we are gratef
112 Patient safety in veterinary anaesthesia
Back in the New Year Bri and myself are back in the studio and are delighted to be joined by Matthew McMillan, who is a staff clinician here in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Matt has a passion about understanding patient safety and errors and has also co-authored a book on that (Errors in Veterinary Anaesthesia with John Ludders). We decided to have a chat about patient safety in veterinar
111 Aspiration pneumonia
Joining myself in the studio is Tom Greensmith, one of our ECC lecturers here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about the management of aspiration pneumonia in dogs. We hope that you enjoy. Happy New Year.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28750782https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30211637https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24588929https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30843218 (on
110 What can anatomical pathologists do for us?
For the final podcast of the year, we have managed to have a few consecutive ones, hopefully a good omen for the New Year. We are delighted to have Professor Ken Smith, Head of the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences here at the RVC. He is Professor of companion animal pathology and could speak about a great many things from Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease to theatre. Though w
109 Christmas shifts
It is that time of the year when many people are winding down for the holidays though often in our professional team the work not only continues though often gets busier. Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are joined by Ruth Serlin a lecturer here at the RVC in Veterinary Professionalism. We take a windy road in our discussion about looking after yourself and your team during this time. We
108 MRSP
We are coming to the end of another year and well today other events happened in the UK. Anyway regardless of that we have been trying to get Associate Professor of Veterinary Dermatology Anette Loeffler into the studio for a while now, she was a little short of time though has promised to come back again next year. Luckily Brian was on hand to sort out the audio. We discussed what it means if you
107 Life after graduation - 2 years up
Another year has passed by and as we close on 2019 Brian and I are joined by a previous RVC graduate Dave Beeston. We find out what Dave’s been up to in the last year and he’s certainly easier to get back into the studio. He hasn’t started his own podcast yet, though he has been on other podcasts (yes, I know, I couldn’t believe it either). We’ll see if we can continue doing this for a couple more
106 Nausea
Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Ludovic Pelligand, Associate Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology here at the RVC. We have tried to get him in the studio for a while and delighted that he found time in his busy schedule to talk to us about his experience with treating nausea and vomiting in dogs. We will get him back on shortly! Enjoy.
105 Curative
Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Dan Chan, our Head of Department here at the RVC. We could talk to him about so many things, though he has recently been involved in the Consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) and we thought that we’d have a chat with him about that. Enjoy.The whole Consensus is availabl
104 MUO
Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we have Joe Fenn one of our outstanding lecturers here in neurology and neurosurgery. We are discussing the topic of meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO). As Joe explains this has also been known as Meningitis of unknown aetiology, or etiology depending on what side of the pond you are and incorporates necrotising meningoencephalitis (NME) and gr
103 Anisocoria
What a treat we have for you today, joined in the studio by Elsa Beltran one of our fabulous lecturers in small animal neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC. She talks about approach to anisocoria. You can tell that she is passionate about this subject and knows it inside out. Brian kept the levels right and I kept quiet. We hope that you enjoy. If you have any comments about this podcast, p
102 Approach to diarrhoea
We’re back, thanks to the one listener who asked where we were, I would like to say on a cruise, though in reality that wasn’t the case. Anyhow we are in the studio, with Brian and joined by Aarti Kathrani one of our senior lecturers here in Internal Medicine. Aarti has a particular interest in GI diseases, so we thought that we’d ask her for her approach to manage dogs and cats with diarrhoea. Ha
101 Professional Development Phase
Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Mary de Las Casas, a PDP Post Graduate Dean working for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (the UK regulatory body of the veterinary profession), talking about the PDP. A fitting time since most veterinary schools in the UK have finished their final examinations (well done) and this is the UK’s version of helping new veterinary graduates
100 Epilepsy (6 years on)
Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Holger Volk, guru of neurology and neurosurgery, though internationally renowned for his (and his teams) work on epilepsy. Holger spoke to Shailen in the first RVC clinical podcast and being sentimental we thought we’d ask him back for our hundredth podcast. A lot has happened in the last 6 years and we thought that we’d c
99 Elbow Dysplasia
Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have the fabulous Matthew Pead, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. Matthew has been in and around the RVC for over 30 years and can speak eloquently on a variety of topics from opera and fine art to educational theory. We thought we should narrow it down to Elbow dysplasia. Matthew bought in his dog, Jack, who ha
98 Parrots
Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Vicki Baldrey, one of fabulous lectures here in all things exotic at the RVC. Vicki is an avian specialist so we thought that we’d talk to her about an approach to managing a psittacine that is presented to you. We hope that you enjoy.https://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/vicki-baldreysome review papers:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2068
97 Vetlife
Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allistair, manager of the vetlife helpline. She has come to us following completing the London Marathon the previous day and is going to talk to our final year students about vetlife, so we thought that we’d ask her to talk about it on the pod. Rosie is also near completion of her PhD at the University of Edinburgh fooling a coh
96 Hip Dysplasia
Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Dr Richard Meeson, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. He is a fountain of knowledge although we thought we would narrow our conversation to hip dysplasia. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28576269https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28460694https://www.ncbi.nl
95 Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome
Although we have chased him for a while (everyone has full schedules these days) we have managed to entice one of our equine colleagues to join Brian and myself in the studio, Dr Mike Hewetson. Mike is senior lecturer in equine medicine here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about equine gastric ulcer syndrome, it seems he knows quite a bit about it. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of in
94 DKA
Joining Brian and myself in the studio is Tom Greensmith, one of our ECC staff clinicians here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about the management of diabetic ketoacidosis in dogs and cats. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26551019https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28017407https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25546713If you have any comme
93 Calcium and phosphate
Joining Brian and myself in the studio is Dr Rebecca Geddes, one of our lectures here at the RVC in internal medicine and part of a fantastic research group looking into renal disease in cats. We thought that we’d ask her about calcium and phosphate and what we need to do about it with our clinical patients. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2752766
92 Vertebral malformations in brachycephalic breeds
Back in the studio after welcoming in the New Year, Brian and I are joined by Dr Steven De Decker, senior lecturer and head of our neurology and neurosurgery service here at the RVC. We talk to Steven about vertebral malformations in brachycephalic breeds. We hope that you enjoy and Happy New Year.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29464823https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubm
91 Fluid Therapy
Back in the studio after our Christmas shopping Brian and I are joined by Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. We talk to Simon about fluid therapy and what is changing.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27914759https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27914756In fact take a look at the whole of that issue of Vet Clinic of No
90 Life after graduation
In the studio and with better audio now that Brian is recording this time, we are joined a year later by a previous RVC graduate Dave Beeston. We follow up on Dave’s transition into being a professional and find out if he still cooks once a week to prepare all his meals. He continues to be involved in a variety of different things and no doubt he will have his own podcast shortly. Makes me think w
89 Hypoglycaemia
Back in the studio with Brian and we are joined by Laura Cole, one of our final year residents in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Laura worked in small animal private practice for a number of years before she completed a rotating internship with us at the RVC and stayed on to have further clinical training in ECC. She wrote an article for the Vet Times on hypoglycaemia and thought tha
88 Pericardial effusion
Back in the studio, joined by Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. We talk to Simon about pericardial effusions and their management. We’ve hit 88 podcasts, 88 miles per hour allowed for time travel, not sure we are there yet. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28992908https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
87 Feline IBD and lymphoma
Forced out of the studio, we find ourselves in Brian’s office. We are lucky enough to have Sarah Stewart join us who is one of our staff clinicians in internal medicine and oncology here at the RVC. She did her training at the AMC in New York and has a great approach to managing cases, and one of her passions which spans both internal medicine and oncology is the approach to cats we suspect have I
86 Intervertebral Disk Herniation
Today we are joined by Elsa Beltran one of our fabulous lecturers in small animal neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC. We are in the studio, and Brian is on the whistles and faders, so hopefully the audio quality is good from the start. Today we discuss the different types of intervertebral disk extrusion/protrusion in dogs and their presentation, diagnosis, treatment and recovery. It might
85 Canine Patellar Luxation
Today we are joined by Andy Phillips, one of our lecturers in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. We are in the studio, and Brian is on the whistles and faders from the start. We thought we would discuss canine patellar luxation, what it is and how they can be managed.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27008322https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24817090https://www.
84 Canine tracheal collapse
We are back in the studio, and our second take we actually located Brian to help record. We are joined by Sarah Stewart who is one of our staff clinicians in internal medicine and oncology here at the RVC. She did her training at the AMC in New York and has a great approach to managing canine tracheal collapse as I found out on the shop floor, as it were. We invited her into the studio so we coul
83 Common Equine ophthalmic conditions
This is the second part of the conversation that we had with Roser Tetas, one of our fantastic lecturers in veterinary ophthalmology here at the RVC. We talk about some common ophthalmic conditions in horses.There are some ophthalmology courses run through the RVC CPD (other course providers are available, though not sure that they would all be given a 5-star rating!)https://cpd.rvc.ac.uk/cpd-cour
82 Equine ophthalmic examination
In the studio, though without Brian’s help, which was needed as we had a rookie error where we lost power. Joined by Roser Tetas, one of our fabulous lecturers in veterinary ophthalmology here at the RVC. We talk about the differences and an overview of how to perform an ophthalmic exam in a horse in this pod. We started off saying it is the same, however there are a few subtleties compared to the
81 Technical aspects of ultrasonography
Back in Brian’s office as the studio was busy, different microphones though luckily a fabulous guest, Nell Fitzgerald, one of our lecturers in diagnostic imaging here at the RVC. We have a chat about the technical aspects of ultrasound and tips on how to get the best out of your machine if you are starting off, or if you are experienced but often wondered what those buttons are meant to do. We ho
80 IMHA
Back in the studio this week with Brian controlling the levels. We are lucky to be joined by Barbara Glanemann, senior lecturer in small animal internal medicine here at the RVC. She has an interest in immune mediated diseases and we have a chat about her approach to immune mediated haemolytic anaemia. How you make a diagnosis, the other tests that one might do, treatment and how to follow their p
79 Five tips for emergencies
Kicked out of the studio, so back in Brian’s office, though he is there to help with the whistles and faders and we are joined by the wonderful Stefano Cortellini, one of our lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care. We turn the clock back to think of 5 things that you should consider when managing your first emergency cases.Examine the patientListen to the clientsAnalgesiaAsk a colleague, look it
78 B(O)AS
Today joining Brian and myself in the studio is Lynda Rutherford, one of our small animal surgery lecturers here at the RVC. We have a chat about Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome, or Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome. Although we are back in the studio, there seemed to be lots of chat going on outside, apologies. We discuss about objective measurements prior to the surgery, what clients ask
77 Equine anaesthesia
Today Brian and I speak to Kata Veres-Nyéki, one of our lecturers here at the RVC in anaesthesia and analgesia. We are back in the studio, hopefully the acoustics are better. We chat about premedication and induction in the field and in a hospital environment. We hope that you enjoy. Good luck to those taking final year exams.Some articles of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24680204ht
76 Oncological diagnostics
Today Brian and I speak to Charlotte Johnston one of our lecturers here at the RVC in oncology. We are out of the studio and in Brian’s office, so please excuse the background fridge noise. We speak about how best to obtain an oncological diagnosis, from FNAs to PRAs. We hope that you enjoy.Some articles of interest (there are quite a few):Risk factors for cats with HCMhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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