BSAVA Companion - 2024, 10, October

A PDF of the full October Companion

Final call for BSAVA PetSavers master’s degree by research grant applications; BSAVA Medicines Guide update; Clinical abstracts 2025 submissions reminder; Check out the new BSAVA Library collections; Could you be the next Editor of JSAP?

 Suzanne Headington is a partner at the business advisers and accountants, Hazlewoods, and in this article Suzanne offers advice on how to start the process of setting up your own vet practice.

For 63 years the BSAVA awards have acknowledged the heroes within the veterinary profession. As part of our reinvented Congress and Expo in March 2025, we invite you to nominate those who have made significant contributions to veterinary science, research, clinical practice, education, and the welfare of small animals.

Veterinary teams can now provide potential reptile owners with important care and welfare information, thanks to a new series of Client Information Leaflets (CILs) created by the BSAVA. We look at how this new set of resources can support client decision making when it comes to the ownership of these exotic pets.

   Clinical psychologists Sarah Corthorne and Dr Katherine Wakelin present their findings from a randomized control trial which has led to the development of their newly launched Compassion Course for Vets.

  Veterinary student Nicole Cardoza reports on the BSAVA PetSavers research project entitled Urinary extracellular vesicles in the pathogenesis of canine urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria.

    A new print edition of the popular BSAVA Guide to Nutrition is due for release in 2025. To accompany the book, Georgia Woods-Lee, Alex German and Marge Chandler have provided supplementary information on pet obesity to be hosted in the BSAVA Library. Here, we provide Companion readers with a sneak preview of what to expect in this important accompaniment to the Guide…

  Vet Sustain Director, Zoë Halfacree, is recognized as an RCVS and EBVS specialist in Small Animal Surgery. Zoë has worked in academia and private practice and is a passionate advocate for sustainability, both within education and our daily clinical practices. Here she focuses on the opportunities of reducing and processing our rubbish and waste to decrease its environmental impact.

  Spot-on flea product residues washed off canine coats are a threat to the health of the complex invertebrate communities living in the UK’s river systems, a multidisciplinary research team has found. Could veterinary staff also be at risk when handling patients treated with these agents? Veterinary surgeon Andrew Prentis told John Bonner why he believes this is an important question and one that must be answered.

Article abstracts from the latest issue of JSAP.

A calendar of forthcoming online and in-person events.