Foot and Mouth Disease returns (belatedly)
Those of you in the UK can't have failed to notice that we've had Foot and Mouth Disease back in the last month. I was alerted to this fact while trying to enjoy a BBQ at a friend's on a Friday...
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'A is for Alcohol' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
'He made some hootch and tried it on the dog' by Arthur Burdett Frost, published 1921Quick facts:Poison(s): ethanol (drinking alcohol), isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), methanol (methylated...
View Article'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' - the BBC TV programme that has got all my clients...
Since it aired on Tuesday evening, almost every client to come into my consulting room has been asking me what I thought of BBC1's 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' (BBC press release, BBC iPlayer video of...
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'B is for Barbiturates' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
Phenobarbital Quick facts:Poison(s): Drugs of the barbiturate class. This group of drugs is used in human and veterinary medicine for anaesthesia, sedation, the relief of anxiety and insomnia, and...
View Article'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' - an update, and the Kennel Club's new plan...
In August, I wrote about the BBC programme 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed', and how it related to my experience of pedigree dogs in practice.Yesterday, the Kennel Club announced its plan 'to clamp down on...
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As another firework season draws to a close, for now...
Those of you in the UK can't have failed to notice that it was Guy Faukes' Night recently, when we celebrate the fact Fireworks - not fun for everyone!that a seventeenth century Catholic terrorist...
View ArticleWelcome to our new home!
Vet in Harness has moved to this new home at TypePad due to the sad demise of the blogging service at Vox. I hope many of you are able to join us here. For those of you using RSS readers, the feed is...
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'C is for Chocolate' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
Quick Facts:Poison(s): Chocolate contains the methylxanthine substance theobromine. Related methylxanthines are caffeine and theophylline (found in coffee and tea). Pharmaceutical xanthine...
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The RSPCA - What is it for?
Last week Mary Bale, a woman from Coventry, was convicted in a prosecution brought by the RSPCA of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat by putting it in a wheelie bin in which it was then trapped for...
View ArticleDon't Got No Money!
I couldn't help laughing when a friend, another vet, sent me this video. Everyone in veterinary practice has had this conversation... though often the 'client' is rather more aggressive and...
View ArticleFoot and Mouth Disease returns (belatedly)
Those of you in the UK can't have failed to notice that we've had Foot and Mouth Disease back in the last month. I was alerted to this fact while trying to enjoy a BBQ at a friend's on a Friday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'A is for Alcohol' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
'He made some hootch and tried it on the dog' by Arthur Burdett Frost, published 1921Quick facts:Poison(s): ethanol (drinking alcohol), isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol), methanol (methylated...
View Article'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' - the BBC TV programme that has got all my clients...
Since it aired on Tuesday evening, almost every client to come into my consulting room has been asking me what I thought of BBC1's 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' (BBC press release, BBC iPlayer video of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'B is for Barbiturates' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
Phenobarbital Quick facts:Poison(s): Drugs of the barbiturate class. This group of drugs is used in human and veterinary medicine for anaesthesia, sedation, the relief of anxiety and insomnia, and...
View Article'Pedigree Dogs Exposed' - an update, and the Kennel Club's new plan...
In August, I wrote about the BBC programme 'Pedigree Dogs Exposed', and how it related to my experience of pedigree dogs in practice.Yesterday, the Kennel Club announced its plan 'to clamp down on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
As another firework season draws to a close, for now...
Those of you in the UK can't have failed to notice that it was Guy Faukes' Night recently, when we celebrate the fact Fireworks - not fun for everyone!that a seventeenth century Catholic terrorist...
View ArticleWelcome to our new home!
Vet in Harness has moved to this new home at TypePad due to the sad demise of the blogging service at Vox. I hope many of you are able to join us here. For those of you using RSS readers, the feed is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'C is for Chocolate' - A to Z of Pet Poisons
Quick Facts:Poison(s): Chocolate contains the methylxanthine substance theobromine. Related methylxanthines are caffeine and theophylline (found in coffee and tea). Pharmaceutical xanthine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The RSPCA - What is it for?
Last week Mary Bale, a woman from Coventry, was convicted in a prosecution brought by the RSPCA of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat by putting it in a wheelie bin in which it was then trapped for...
View ArticleDon't Got No Money!
I couldn't help laughing when a friend, another vet, sent me this video. Everyone in veterinary practice has had this conversation... though often the 'client' is rather more aggressive and...
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