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  • RCVS council election manifesto: Christopher Barker

    RCVS council election manifesto: Christopher Barker

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    CHRISTOPHER BARKER BVSc, MLitt, CertVR, MRCVS Ashlea Veterinary Centre, Unit 2b, Port Road Business Park, Carlisle CA2 7AF. T 01228 549177 M 07703 753758 E ctbarker@supanet.com PROPOSERS: Anne French, Iain Richards Since qualifying from Bristol in 1980, I have worked in a wide range of first-opinion practices (mixed, pure equine and pure small animal) and,…

  • Mega dairies: intensive farming? Or just efficient?

    Mega dairies: intensive farming? Or just efficient?

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    Delegates who participated in the farm stream at the 2016 Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) Congress in Liverpool (myself included) had a visit to a so-called “mega dairy”. The herd we visited had around 1,000 milkers, which seems large when compared to the UK dairy herd average of 123 (according to AHDB Dairy). Yet, in…

  • To scruff or not to scruff – do we handle cats well?

    To scruff or not to scruff – do we handle cats well?

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    How well we know our patients helps us handle them with the minimum amount of stress – but a few recent incidents have had me thinking about how well we really know cats. Head tapping Throughout my years in nursing, I’ve often seen people “head tapping” cats when they’re being restrained. I think the theory…

  • Proscription medicine

    Proscription medicine

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    There’s a bit of a trend for blog titles at the moment – not mine, I generally go for puns. Everyone likes a good pun. Except… well, everyone except me. Anyway, for normal people’s blogs, the trend a few years ago used to be “The five best reasons why you should change your oven colour…

  • Prepping for pets: be prepared for anything

    Prepping for pets: be prepared for anything

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    If you haven’t heard the name “prepper”, a whole sub-culture is passing you by. These are the people prepared for an apocalypse, not just some really bad weather. And I don’t just mean they have a few cans of beans and a camping stove set aside – these people are serious. They stockpile enough food…

  • Interview nerves? How to calm yourself before an interview

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      Image ©iStockphoto.com/PeskyMonkey Of course you’ll be nervous – it’s an interview! Accepting that you will be nervous allows you to work on some strategies to help before and during the interview. The Pen is Mightier… I find that many people are helped by the act of writing. I suspect that it’s the act of…