Louise Welsh

Royal Veterinary College's Queen Mother Hospital, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA

Acute pancreatitis in canine patients

Pancreatitis is described as the most common exocrine disease affecting both canines and felines (Steiner, 2020). Premature activation of digestive enzymes results in pancreatic autodigestion, leading...

Haemodialysis: techniques, anticoagulation and nursing

Intermittent haemodialysis (IHD) was first carried out in the early 1900s when a pharmacologist experimented by passing arterial blood from animal patients through an array of semi-permeable membranes...

The euthanasia of aggressive dogs

Although there are no veterinary specific ethical frameworks, there are several frameworks used in human medicine that can be applied to veterinary medicine. Of these frameworks, perhaps the most...