The main aim of this research is to investigate the relation-ship that competence has to confidence and determine what factors in the registered veterinary nurse experience enable or disable competent...
Since 2020, there has been an increasing number of reports of B. canis infection in dogs. Most of these have been in dogs directly imported into the UK from Eastern Europe, or in close contacts of...
The first night of the Veterinary Wellbeing Webinar Series focused on the topic of self-compassion and how this can be the antidote to perfectionism..
Our first DIWP campaign of 2023 was centred around promoting veterinary nursing to those considering a career change or joining the profession later in life. We hosted a discussion panel, where...
This is a common disease and occurs more frequently in dogs than cats. Signalment is strongly associated with Primary IMT (Day and Kohn, 2012). Documented breed pre-dispositions include; Cocker...
Unlike many other imaging tools such as radiography and computed tomography, MRI does not use ionising radiation and therefore holds no known biological hazards. Although researched extensively, none...
Having a set practice protocol for the treatment of diabetic patients is an important first step. The ISFM consensus guidelines for diabetes protocol (Sparkes et al, 2015) and the MSD/UK-Vet...
CKD may be influenced by genetic, individual and environmental factors (Jepson, 2016). Decline in kidney function is considered normal in ageing animals (Polzin, 2011), however incidences of CKD in...
The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method (disk diffusion) was used to determine the in vitro susceptibility of S. aureus (ATCC 25923), Staphylococcus intermedius (ATCC 29663), Streptococcus uberis (ATCC...
To calculate an adequate sample size it is important to quantify the objectives of the study, for example:.
‘We need to teach our children and students the fundamental facts of life — that one species’ waste is another species’ food; that matter cycles continually through the web of life; that the energy...