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  • Oh, what a month

    Oh, what a month

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    From the banning of puppy and kitten sales in pet shops to outlawing electric shock collars, Holly Kernot summarises the spate of notable victories for animal welfare that took place in August.

  • How to survive your first weeks as a new grad

    How to survive your first weeks as a new grad

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    You’ve done it – five long years of hard work and study have paid off and you’ve graduated as a fully fledged vet. Welcome to the veterinary community. And it is just that – a community of people who’ve all been there and had a first day as a vet. You’ll find that everyone (meaning…

  • Aggressive patients

    Aggressive patients

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    I’ve discussed before the massive emotional shift that seems to occur in the transition from a student to a new graduate – namely due to the responsibility – but the transition to being an actual vet also means being on the front line when it comes to aggressive patients. As a student, you are often…

  • And now on Radio 4…

    And now on Radio 4…

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    If you don’t listen to The Archers this post probably won’t mean much to you – although, with that in mind, I have a little treat for you here. However, if you’re still here let’s get on with things, we’ve got to head out later to some sort of audition for the panto. It is…

  • Getting the most out of EMS placements

    Getting the most out of EMS placements

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    A few weeks ago, I finished my last final year rotation, and I’m days away from finishing my last ever EMS placement – where has the time gone?! Everybody warned us final year would fly by, but this is ridiculous. Surely it can’t be almost a year since I sat in one of the small…

  • Student congress season

    Student congress season

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    The new year brought with it my last student congress season. It was the turn of Cambridge to host the Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) Congress this year, and I attended lectures covering a range of disciplines and species. These included: equine dentistry rabbit surgery pig disease epidemiology a TB panel However, my personal favourite…

  • Musings on a month in Morocco

    Musings on a month in Morocco

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    Obviously I’m biased, but I think the University of Glasgow offers the best selective rotation options of the vet schools in the UK. Numerous opportunities exist to go abroad, with a variety of options based on species or type of practice. The traveller in me was never going to pass up an opportunity to take…

  • Alternative therapies for pain

    Alternative therapies for pain

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    In a previous blog I showed options for nursing care at home for patients in pain. Some clients may wish to do more and some cases may require it. But where can clients go for a holistic approach to their pets’ pain? We must always remember that any referral must abide by RCVS guidelines –…

  • How to anaesthetise a reindeer

    How to anaesthetise a reindeer

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    I’ve written before about omnicompetency, but the word is mostly used in the sense of vets being able to work in mixed practice and tackle the veterinary care of horses, dogs, cats and farm animals in the same day – certainly, the first thing to come to mind would not be a reindeer. However, on…

  • Moments (part one)

    Moments (part one)

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    This is a blog about a moment in time; that heart-stopping, sweaty, cold and confused moment you never quite get used to, no matter how often it happens: the middle of the night phone call. Sometimes it invades a dream – you’re wandering on a strange shore, floating in a strange world, sitting on a…