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Tag: Skin

  • Needle aspirate subcutaneous masses

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    Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a valuable tool in subcutaneous skin masses. We have all had those lumps that, on palpation, you are sure are lipomas (being soft, freely mobile and slow growing). Indeed, the vast majority are just such benign problems – however, it is worth aspirating them to be sure. Felt like lipoma…

  • Volunteering in Malawi

    Volunteering in Malawi

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    Last year I spent three months in Blantyre, Malawi. My visit mainly focused on helping Mission Rabies set up its vaccination campaign. Twelve months on and Mission Rabies has done an amazing job; its teams have not only vaccinated more than 70% of the dogs in the city of Blantyre, but also in the entire…

  • Best in bred

    Best in bred

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    My blogging career has been kind to me. As well as being invited to express my opinions, for what they are worth, on this website twice a month, I receive intermittent offers to write blogs for companies or to cover pet-based events. One such offer could have seen me furnished with free tickets to Crufts…

  • RCVS VN council election manifesto: Wendy Nevins RVN

    RCVS VN council election manifesto: Wendy Nevins RVN

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    WENDY NEVINS RVN Operations manager, The Webinar Vet T: 07809 702074 E: wendy@wendynevins.com Wendy began her VN career in 1991 as a trainee at a small animal practice in Surrey. On qualifying, she moved to Yorkshire and started work in mixed practice, and after becoming head nurse, left to relocate to Germany with her forces…

  • Barking up the right tree – with Trusty Paws

    Barking up the right tree – with Trusty Paws

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    Originally a charity set up by veterinary students for the homeless hounds of Glasgow in October 2014, Trusty Paws has become incredibly successful and has received a huge amount of public support. This success has allowed the charity to run monthly clinics at the Simon Community Scotland drop-in centre, providing free health checks, vaccinations, microchipping,…

  • Quick cytology preps for assessing skin microbial flora

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    One of the pleasures of having completed my dermatology certificate is that I get to peer down a microscope at cytology preps a fair amount. Now, if you’re anything like me, you’ll have become frustrated with Diff-Quik preps (particularly if you are using tape strips and all three solutions) as the strip becomes soggy and…