BSAVA Companion - 2022, 10, October

A PDF of the full October Companion

Bringing the Veterinary Community together in Manchester!; BSAVA PetSavers to offer increased grant funding; Tell us what you think!

Cat owners can enjoy a better relationship with an elderly pet that is showing signs of dementia if they treat it like a young child that won’t go to bed, practitioners were told. John Bonner reports…

  Introducing the new The BSAVA PetSavers’ Alumni Group

Tricia Colville, a BSAVA Past President and the UK FECAVA Director for BSAVA, reports on the recent FECAVA EuroCongress in Prague.

 Sarah Keir, a small animal primary care veterinarian with an interest in non-clinical aspects of the veterinary profession, takes a closer look at what might ‘make you tick’ and how it can affect your day-to-day performance and wellbeing.

   New graduate Dr Georgia Wilson and study supervisor Dr Tim Nuttall, at the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, are asking for your help to further their atopic dermatitis study, which is focusing on knowledge and confidence around using the different treatment options for this condition.

  Veterinary Nurse, Helen Ballantyne, reviews this recently published book by Bruce Vivash Jones.

 Mark Lowrie was born in Liverpool and grew up in the Cheshire village of Frodsham. He attended the local High School where he remembers playing the title character in the school production of ‘Oliver’. That was a one-off event, he recalls, noting that the role had been played a few years earlier, with presumably far more success by a certain Daniel Craig. Realizing that even at local level, competition for a career on stage would be tough, he took his mother’s advice and opted for one in veterinary medicine. A good choice by the man who was named PetPlan Vet of the Year 2022.

Article abstracts from the latest issue of JSAP.

A calendar of forthcoming online and face-to-face events.