Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the fabulous Dr Rebekah Donaldson. Dr Donaldson, who completed her emergency and critical care specialist training at the RVC, is now working at Queensland Veterinary Specialists on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. We thought we would stay in the Southern hemisphere for this podcast and talk about tick paralysis. From presentation to treatment, we hope that you enjoy.  Links to some relevant papers:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31762008/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37089405/   To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 155 Tick paralysis with Rebekah Donaldson. Published on Mar 20 2026 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2026

Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the amazing Dr Claire Sharp. Claire is Associate Professor at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia) and has such a wide range of academic interests we could talk to her about anything from trauma to sepsis, coagulation to CPR but we thought we would have an antipodean chat about snake envenomation. From clinical presentation, to tips on treatment recommendations as well as what the future holds, we hope that you enjoy.  Links to some relevant papers:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32743816/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32390184/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29857087/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 154 Snake envenomation with Claire Sharp. Published on Feb 26 2026 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2026

Joining Brian and myself in a room on campus, we are delighted to have Professor Richard Meeson join us. Richard is one of our fantastic orthopaedic surgeons here at the RVC. We thought we’d ask him some questions separating the fact from the fiction in osteoarthritis. The reason we are not in the studio is that it might not look so good visually, and yes if you are keen you can watch this as a video podcast. We hope that you enjoy.  Links to some relevant papers:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29618832/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32411739/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35372534/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32835227/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 153 Myths in Osteoarthritis with Richard Meeson. Published on Feb 6 2026 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2026

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Catriona Jenkinson join us. Catriona is one of our fantastic internal medicine residents here at the RVC. Cat gave a talk to the hospital on erythrocytosis and thought that it would have interest to a wider audience, not a common condition, though how often can you prescribe a course of leeches? We hope that you enjoy.Links to some relevant papers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31472727/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38383003/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38452480/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38452480/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29364032/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 152 Erythrocytosis with Catriona Jenkinson. Published on Oct 31 2025 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2025

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Matthew Simpson. Matt is one of our fabulous lecturers in soft tissue surgery here at the RVC. We thought we’d talk about approach to GI surgery, from suture techniques to staples.  We hope that you enjoy.Link to relevant paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35090778/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 151 Gastrointestinal Surgery with Matthew Simpson. Published on Oct 24 2025If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2025

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Chris Scudder join us. Chris is one of our outstanding internal medics here at the RVC and interested in all things endocrine, but we thought we’d catch up with him about one of his other passions, intravenous catheters. How much do we know about the most common intervention in small animal practice? We hope that you enjoy.  Link to the main paper we discuss:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39238283/  To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 150 Intravenous catheters with Chris Scudder. Published on Aug 1 2025If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Spotify or whatever platform you listen from and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 August 2025

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosie Allister join us. She has kindly spoken to us before, the last time in 2021 (Podcast 124). Rosie manages the Vetlife helpline, a 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community.  Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary mental health, wellbeing at work, and veterinary suicide prevention. She has written and spoken extensively about veterinary mental health nationally and internationally. She is an expert in the transition of veterinary student to veterinarian and we thought we’d catch up on Vetlife and provide tips for new graduates on how to plan for the upcoming transition. We hope that you enjoy.Contact vetlife: https://www.vetlife.org.uk Or 0303 040 2551  Links to some of Rosie’s research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32220989/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33739493/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39395434/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 149 Vetlife 2025 with Rosie Allister. Published on May 2 2025If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2025

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Matt Ozment join us. Matt is an employment lawyer in South Carolina and is married to a vet (that is the veterinary connection). I approached Matt to ask him to talk on the podcast about contracts. Something that I’ve been asked about over the years by our graduates going into practice and thought a podcast might be the way I can ask an expert, Matt, these questions. We hope that you enjoy.If you are in South Carolina and have a question for Matt – get in contact: matt@go-lawyers.com To find a lawyer in the US contact your State Bar Association (e.g. in Colorado https://www.cobar.org). To find a lawyer in the UK search the Law Society website: https://www.lawsociety.org.uk To find a lawyer in Australia, each state/territory has its own Law Society (e.g. ACT: https://actlawsociety.asn.au/find-a-lawyer ) To find a lawyer in New Zealand search the Law Society website: https://www.lawsociety.org.nz To find a lawyer in Canada, each province has its own Law Society (e.g. in Ontariohttps://lso.ca/home )To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 148 Contracts with Matt Ozment. Published on Mar 7 2025  If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast.We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

Joining Brian and myself in our actual studio we are delighted to have Dr Nekesa Morey with us. Nekesa is one of our fabulous cardiologists here at the RVC. We thought it would be a good idea to have a chat about common heart murmurs in puppies, how we can diagnose what is going on, and what treatment options are available. We hope that you enjoy.If you are looking to send a puppy to us https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-vet/specialist-referrals/clinical-services/veterinary-cardiology/puppy-heart-clinic To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 147 Heart murmurs in puppies with Nekesa Morey. Published on Dec 27 2024If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Clive Elwood with us. Clive, an RVC alumnus (his PhD and Masters in Immunology), spent 20 years in private referral practice, where he was Managing Director. He now runs his own coaching business. He decided to write the book that he wished existed on veterinary leadership, and we thought that it would be a good idea to chat to him about his take on leadership in the veterinary profession. We hope that you enjoy.How to find Clive https://trelliscoaching.co.uk/Clive’s book if you are in the UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leadership-Veterinary-Medicine-Clive-Elwood/dp/111974976X Or the US https://www.wiley.com/en-br/Leadership+in+Veterinary+Medicine-p-9781119749769 Or Australia https://www.amazon.com.au/Leadership-Veterinary-Medicine-Clive-Elwood/dp/111974976XTo Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 146 Leadership with Clive Elwood. Published on Dec 20 2024If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are overwhelmed to be in the company of the magnificent, internationally renowned Professor Dan Fletcher, from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University. Dr Fletcher with his co-chairs Dr Boller, Dr Burkitt and Program Director Ken Yagi have collated the evidence to provide the veterinary community with evidence-based guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in dogs and cats. The original guidelines came out in 2012, and the scope of this initiative is wide and their coverage immense. Ploughing back proceeds into educational development tools, in-person training, research database, apps, and simulation training, computer programmes and of course new guidelines. Do you know what you need to know, when you need to know it? If not have a listen and then download and read the guidelines and put up the algorithm posters on your walls, and if you can take the course. It was great to talk to Prof Fletcher about this, inspirational. We hope that you enjoy.Some websites of interest https://recoverinitiative.org https://learning.acvecc.org/ https://www.vetsim.org/open-vetsimThe guidelines https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14764431/2024/34/S1We will be running some RECOVER rescuer workshops at the RVC next year. https://cpd.rvc.ac.uk/cpd-courses/recover-certification-workshopWorkshops globally are listed elsewhere on the RECOVER website https://recoverinitiative.org/certification-workshops/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 145 RECOVER update 2024 CPR guidelines with Dan Fletcher. Published on Dec 13 2024 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Aoife Ryan, one of our amazing lecturers in our Anaesthesia and Analgesia Team here at the RVC. Aoife had recently published a paper looking at the environmental impact, carbon emissions, of a routine surgical procedure. It is good to consider how we can reduce our carbon footprint personally and professionally and Aoife provides some take home messages around your anaestheised patient.We hope that you enjoy.Some websites of interest https://vetsustain.org https://www.bva.co.uk/take-action/green-team-vet/The paper we talk about https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39551688/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 144 Anaesthesia sustainability with Aoife Ryan. Published on Dec 6 2024If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous lecturers and Dr Jodie Green, one of our amazing residents both in our Small Animal Internal Medicine team here at the RVC. We thought it was time to catch up about Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), it has been a couple of years and we are understanding a little more about the therapies that we have, trying to find out why some patients don’t respond to therapy (going from a nearly 100% mortality to 20% and we are asking questions about these 20% - how times change quickly). We have a little more experience now in using these drugs in the UK, built on information from our Australian colleagues, and now they are available in the USA. We hope that you enjoy.Some websites of interesthttps://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-vet/specialist-referrals/clinical-services/veterinary-internal-medicine/feline-infection-peritonitishttps://bova.co.uk/resources/bova-scholars/have webinars on FIPhttps://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-vet/news/successful-fip-treatment-with-remdesivir Some papers of interesthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37766254/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37548535/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36002137/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403259/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37732386/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37551843/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 143 Feline Infectious Peritonitis 2024 with Sarah Tayler and Jodie Green. Published on Jun 28 2024 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or podcast@rvc.ac.uk or Instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, Acast or Spotify and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 June 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are joined by the fantastic Richard Sparrow, Staff Clinician in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. Richard recently published a paper looking at relapse rates in immune mediated diseases (immune mediated haemolytic anaemia, immune mediated thrombocytopenia and immune mediated polyarthritis) in dogs and we thought to use this as a sounding board for a conversation about this topic, how to treat and taper immunosuppressive drugs and what do we do about ongoing preventative healthcare, such as vaccination. We hope that you enjoy.  Reference: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jvim.17004To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 142 Relapse of dogs with immune mediated disease with Richard Sparrow. Published on May 17 2024If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: emailpodcast@rvc.ac.uk or follow us on instagram@rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 17 May 2024

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (three times a charm) we are delighted to speak to Nicola Ho, Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Analgesia here at the RVC. Nicola, with her anaesthesia colleagues, sent out a questionnaire to those anaesthesia vets, nurses and technicians to find out how sleep and fatigue affected them. It is an interesting and pertinent topic when most of us have roles in which we need to work shift work and/or be on call and how that might affect us, and the patients we look after. It might not have answers though a space to start or continue the conversation to think about what you can do to make it better where you are for you and your team. We hope that you enjoy.Some references:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37142463/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 141 Sleep, fatigue and mental health with Nicola Ho. Published on Dec 22 2023   If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email podcast@rvc.ac.uk or follow us on instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 December 2023

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (again, that is two in a row) we delighted to speak to Chris Scudder, Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Co-Head of the Internal Medicine Team here at the RVC. There has been a couple of new drugs on the market one in the USA (bexagliflozin) and one in the UK (velagliflozin) both SGLT-2 inhibitors, oral hypoglycaemic agents to be used in newly diagnosed diabetic cats. We thought we’d chat to Chris about the information that is out there about these agents, how they can be used and what questions we have about their use. He recently spoke to our ECC team about euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis (eDKA) and I was intrigued. We hope that you enjoy.Some references: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37148170/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34975223/ There is an abstract on page 2512 here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.16559To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 140 Oral hypoglycaemic drugs for diabetic cats with Chris Scudder. Published on Dec 15 2023 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email podcast@rvc.ac.uk or follow us on instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2023

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (yes that is right we are back) we are delighted to speak to Lynda Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Soft Tissue Surgery and Head of Soft Tissue Surgery here at the RVC. I thought we’d continue the theme of the last podcast on feline urethral obstruction and speak to a surgeon about this subject, really what you can do if you can’t place a urethral catheter (is there a stone that you can’t hydro-pulse, unlikely) but maybe there is a urethral tear (traumatic or iatrogenic). Lynda kindly spoke to us about BOAS previously and it is always good to catch up.  Lynda gave a talk to the hospital about on this topic and thought it would be good to share with a wider audience, we hope that you enjoy.  Some references: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21515222/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35363097/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17501659/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 139 Lower urinary tract surgerywith Lynda Rutherford. Published on Dec 8 2023 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email podcast@rvc.ac.uk or follow us on instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2023

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to speak to Professor Edward Cooper, Section Head of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care at The Ohio State University. I thought we’d continue the theme of the last podcast on feline urethral obstruction and speak to an international authority on the subject, who has been trying to answer some fundamental questions about this topic. He kindly returned my email and spoke to us, despite technical issues he was incredibly patient. Prof Cooper is clearly passionate about this topic and it was great to talk, we hope that you enjoy.Link to Prof Cooper’s bio: https://vet.osu.edu/cooper-edward Some references:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21118011/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31250535/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31840942/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36779411/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33620246/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 138 Feline Urethral Obstruction with Edward Cooper. Published on April 28 2023If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; or follow us on instagram @rvcclinicalpodcast. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2023

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (had to dust off the microphone, apologies for that) we are delighted to have Dr Dave Beeston, one of our final year residents in Emergency and Critical Care, here at the RVC. Dave has many interests and enthusiasm for a variety of ECC topics and is no stranger to this podcast regarding his own career journey, though we thought we'd talk to him about one of his research papers, regarding the occurrence and clinical management of urethral obstruction in male cats, a vetcompass study looking at cats in primary care in the UK. We hope that you enjoy.The paper discussed: Beeston, D., Humm, K., Church, D.B., Brodbelt, D. and O'Neill, D.G., 2022. Occurrence and clinical management of urethral obstruction in male cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom in 2016. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 36(2), pp.599-608. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35199370/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 137 Urethral obstruction management in primary care with David Beeston. Published on April 14 2023   If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2023

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Emily Hall, one of our lecturers in Veterinary Education here at the RVC. Emily has been working with the VetCompass group looking at Heat Related Illness in the UK and we thought we'd talk to her to about her research in this field and the questions that left unanswered.  We hope that you enjoy.Emily has her own blog on this topic too, where you can find links to the papers. http://heatstroke.dog/There is even an infographic: https://www.rvc.ac.uk/Media/Default/VetCompass/210324%20EH%20Heat%20Stroke%20infographic.pdf And Congress abstract recordings to watch:  https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/audio-visual-resources/conference-presentationsSome references of interest: Hall, Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Incidence and risk factors for heat related illness (heatstroke) in UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 9128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66015-8 Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Dogs Don’t Die Just in Hot Cars—Exertional Heat-Related Illness (Heatstroke) Is a Greater Threat to UK Dogs. Animals, 10(8), 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081324 Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Bradbury, J., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2021). Proposing the VetCompass clinical grading tool for heat-related illness in dogs. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6828. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86235-w E. J., Carter, A. J., Chico, G., Bradbury, J., Gentle, L. K., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2022). Risk Factors for Severe and Fatal Heat-Related Illness in UK Dogs—A VetCompass Study. Veterinary Sciences, 9(5), 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9050231 Carter, A. J., & Hall, E. J. (2018). Investigating factors affecting the body temperature of dogs competing in cross country (canicross) races in the UK. Journal of Thermal Biology, 72, 33–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.12.006To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 136 Heat Related Illness with Emily Hall. Published on November 18 2022If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2022

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosanne Jepson, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. Rosanne has many research and clinical interests, though she has been steering our antimicrobial stewardship in our hospital for many years. It is World Antimicrobial Awareness week 18-24 November. We talk about what we are doing and asking our clients and hopefully give you some ideas on what you can do and how you and your teams can participate in this One Health initiative.  We hope that you enjoy.  WHO https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week/2022 RCVS Knowledge https://knowledge.rcvs.org.uk/amr/antibiotic-amnesty/Which has the RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines Alliance) questionnaire link for clients.  Some papers of interest: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33405979/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25721619/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 135 Antimicrobial Awareness Week with Rosanne Jepson. Published on November 11 2022 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2022

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Sara Lawrence-Mills, one of our fabulous residents in Anaesthesia and Analgesia here at the RVC. Sara has taken an interest into the endothelial glycocalyx and we thought we'd talk to her to find out why.  We hope that you enjoy.  Some references of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35654338/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.661660/full https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22290457/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32067360/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 134 Endothelial glycocalyx with Sara Lawrence-Mills. Published on September 30 2022If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2022

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although again I crept into the studio) we are delighted to have Dr Jack Lawson, one of our fabulous lecturers in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. We talk to him about canine mast cell tumours. Current recommendations and what is new. We hope that you enjoy.The review paper we discuss, further references are in the article:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34428941/ To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 133 Chronic kidney disease and hypertension in cats with Jack Lawson. Published on May 13 2022If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast, podbean or Acast and kindly write us a review.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 May 2022

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although I was actually in the studio by myself) we are delighted to have Dr Andy Yale, one of our fabulous lecturers in Oncology (congratulations too on passing your board examinations this year and he is now an EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Oncology). We talk to him about canine mast cell tumours. Current recommendations and what is new. We hope that you enjoy.  Some papers of interest (there are lots more)https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32542733/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34977208/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34513966/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34671978/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33724647/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34513966/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33222871/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 132 Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour with Andy Yale. Published on May 6 2022 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 May 2022

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous staff clinicians and Dr Jodie Green, one of our amazing residents both in our Small Animal Internal Medicine team here at the RVC. We talk to them both about Feline Infectious Peritonitis and the game changing new treatments available. We have only just begun using these new drugs in the UK and it is incredibly promising so far. We hope that you enjoy.Some websites of interesthttps://sockfip.orghttps://bova.co.uk/resources/bova-scholars/ have webinars on FIPhttps://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-vet/news/successful-fip-treatment-with-remdesivirSome papers of interesthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32441826/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30755068/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29778200/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 131 Feline Infectious Peritonitis with Sarah Tayler and Jodie Green. Published on Feb 4 2022If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 February 2022

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Rhiannon Morgan, one of our fabulous lecturers in Equine Diagnostic Imaging here at the RVC. We talk to Rhiannon about pre-purchase radiographs and expand to all forms of diagnostic imaging. Some common things to look out for and when you should ask for another opinion. Rhiannon is very familiar to podcasting as she is the host of the EVJ In conversation podcast, though it is the first time for her to be the guest, and we are delighted that she joined us. We hope that you enjoy.Information on Pre-purchase examinationshttps://www.beva.org.uk/Guidance-and-Resources/PPE https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/code-of-professional-conduct-for-veterinary-surgeons/supporting-guidance/equine-pre-purchase-examinations/Some papers of interesthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34687227/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33862666/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31418917/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 130 Pre-purchase radiographs with Rhiannon Morgan. Published on Nov 18 2021 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2021

129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials  In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. We talk to Simon about aspiration pneumopathy and treating without antimicrobials, mainly asking him about a recent retrospective study. Food for thought about current practice and working towards generating more information to provide guidelines to help clinical decision making in these cases. We hope that you enjoy.Link to the paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34423436/Link to keep up with veterinary literature: https://vetlit.org/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials with Simon Cook. Published on Oct 08 2021 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 October 2021

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow, Reader in Equine Medicine here at the RVC. Nicola’s main area of research interest throughout her career has been equine laminitis, and we thought that we would try to cover this vast topic in a podcast. So more of an overview considering the time! We hope that you enjoy.Some papers and websites of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30724397/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30724412/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29504630/https://beva.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evj.13055https://www.rvc.ac.uk/equine-vet/information-and-advice/fact-files/laminitis To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 128 Laminitis with Nicola Menzies-Gow. Published on Jul 02 2021 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2021

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Associate Professor Karen Humm one of our leads of our Emergency and Critical Care service as well as lead of or Transfusion Medicine Service here at the RVC. Karen has a keen interest in all things related to transfusion medicine and we thought that we would discuss xenotransfusions. Specifically giving dog blood to cats, this might not be something that everyone agrees with, though certainly something that could be lifesaving. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31867733/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22983454/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X211007071To cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 127 Xenotransfusion with Karen Humm. Published on Jun 25 2021.If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 25 June 2021

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Erica Tinson one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Erica has an interest in a variety of topics though we thought that we would discuss the highs and lows of sodium. We focus on the management of the extremes of both, hopefully not something you see commonly, but we hope will help when you do. We hope that you enjoy. Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31448558/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28164834/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28017410/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10580909/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8176662/Some equations of interest:The Androgué-Madias formula:Change in serum (Na+) = [infusate (Na+) – serum (Na+)] / total body water +1 Or Change in serum (Na+) = [infusate (Na+) + infusate (K+) – serum (Na+)] / total body water +1Free water deficit = {(current [Na+] /normal [Na+])-1} x (0.6 x body weight in kg)Current Na+ is patients current plasma sodium concentration. Normal Na+ is the patients normal sodium concentration.Some podcasts of interesthttps://emcrit.org/emcrit/hyponatremia/ https://emcrit.org/emcrit/better-management-hyponatremia/To cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 126 Deranged sodium with Erica Tinson. Published on Apr 16 2021.If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2021

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Laura Cole one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Laura has passion and enthusiasm for a variety of topics, and we are privileged that she joined us to share her thoughts about the development in POCUS. Ultrasound use for many reasons is being used more frequently in practice and we discuss recent techniques and descriptions. So, if you want to know about shred sign, z lines and curtains, please have a listen. We hope that you enjoy.  Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28370336/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33085212/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30216579/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33270302/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31429645/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33496045/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2019.00291/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.616882/fullTo cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 125 Developments in POCUS with Laura Cole. Published on Apr 02 2021.If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2021

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. There has been a lot going on in the last year for everyone in and out of the profession and vetlife has received 25% increase in calls. We speak about vetlife, how we can support students on their transition into practice in these times of current restrictions. We also talk about bereavement and this podcast contains some discussion on suicide. We also consider our veterinary identity.  Please follow the signposts in the podcast and/or the links below. It is good to talk, but it matters how we do it.https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do/10.1002/vetr.00200001 https://www.vetlife.org.uk https://www.vetmindmatters.org https://www.befrienders.org https://www.ava.com.au/member-services/vethealth/telephone-counselling-service/ https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/wellbeing/get-helpTo cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 124 Vetlife 2021 with Rosie Allister. Published on Mar 26 2021.If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2021

Back in our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Siân Frosini Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology here at the RVC. Siân did her undergraduate training here at the RVC and her PhD, and we are truly delighted that she has stayed on. We thought that we’d talk about bacteriology, sample submission and what do these reports with minimum inhibitory concentration actually mean. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers and websites of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23890240/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29577253/ https://ca.idexx.com/files/idexx-microbiology-mic-guide-ca-en.pdf  To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 123 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration with Siân Frosini. Published on Feb 12 2021If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2021

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Dan Brockman speak about management of GDV’s. Dan has been working at the RVC for over 20 years and has a variety of interests in soft tissue surgery. Dan could discuss many topics, though we asked him to share with you his tips for the surgical management of GDV. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers and websites of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32077192/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7591946/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29203936/ https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1136/inpract.31.2.66 https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1136/inpract.31.3.114   To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 122 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus with Dan Brockman. Published on Feb 05 2021 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2021

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Zoë Halfacree, who after many years with the soft tissue team at the RVC has moved to Davies Veterinary Specialists. We have spoken to Zoë previously on the podcast about a variety of subjects, though her passion now has centred on veterinary sustainability. We talk to Zoë about what this is, why and how we can get involved and why we should start now. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers and websites of interest:https://veterinary-practice.com/article/plastics-in-healthcare https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31202620/ https://vetspecialists.co.uk/sustainability/ https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/index.php/ve/article/view/251 https://vetsustain.org https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22892401/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32031491/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 121 Veterinary Sustainability with Zoë Halfacree. Published on Nov 20 2020If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2020

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Associate Professor Karla Lee, who is the head of our soft tissue surgery team here at the RVC. Karla has many interests in surgery though we thought we would catch up with her on her thoughts about minimally invasive surgery in small animals, the pros and cons and what to get started with. Is this the future for small animal surgery? We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28906566/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763276/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31194657/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30444260/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27031418/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 120 Minimally invasive surgery with Karla Lee. Published on Sep 04 2020If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2020

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Irina Gramer, who is the head of our oncology team and lecturer in oncology here at the RVC. We thought that we would discuss a relatively common neoplasia that we both see and current ideas on treatment and prognosis and if there is anything in the pipeline for future diagnosis and treatment. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30197439/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30691610/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31251441/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31648405/To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 119 Haemangiosarcoma with Irina Gramer. Published on Aug 28 2020If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2020

Joining myself and Brian down the end of the technology wire in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Vicky Lipscomb, who is our Clinical Director of the RVC’s small animal university teaching hospital (the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals). Vicky spoke to Shailen back in podcast 16 (https://www.rvc.ac.uk/small-animal-referrals/news-events/clinical-podcasts/16-portosystemic-shunts) and we thought it was about time to catch up with Vicky about what we have learnt in the last 6 years on how we manage our PSS patients and what questions we are now asking. It you want to listen back to the explanation of what PSS are and the pathophysiology and how to diagnose them please listen back to podcast 16. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30706530   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30251431 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30084495 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32691934To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield. RVC Clinical Podcast 118 Portosystemic shunts (6 years on) with Vicky Lipscomb. Published on Aug 21 2020If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2020

Joining Brian and myself remotely is Dr Rebecca Geddes, Clinical Scientist Fellow in small animal medicine here at the RVC. We managed to persuade Dr Geddes to come back onto the podcast to talk about SUBs (subcutaneous ureteral bypass) in cats, something that she has recently started to look a lot into from a medical perspective. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30311526/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30398425/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24174498/If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2020

We are delighted today to have Emma Holmes joining Bri and myself at an acceptable social distance (remotely). Emma is one of our Lecturers in Clinical Pathology here at the RVC. We asked Emma to discuss aspects of biochemistry in practice and in-house. Stay safe and we hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25297372 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25146362 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152928If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2020

We are delighted today to have Ross Bond joining Bri and myself remotely. Ross is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology here at the RVC. Ross joined the RVC in 1990, when the QMHA had only been open for a few years. Ross has a number of interests, particularly in microbial skin disease. We thought that we would speak to him on pyoderma. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29162115/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21831997/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22731400/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25376505/ If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2020

Joining Brian and myself remotely we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. We had planned to catch up following her completing the London Marathon this year and speaking to our students, however she recorded a lecture for our students this year as we all come to terms with the new normal. We speak about how things have been going with vetlife and have there been any noticeable trends for callers with the current pandemic and lockdown. We also speak about her PhD, now that she can tell us more. Lots of great points and food for thought for our profession not only in these current times though beyond. We hope that you enjoy.https://www.vetlife.org.ukIf you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2020

We are delighted today to have Ashley Hartley joining Bri and myself in the studio. Ashley is a staff clinician in internal medicine here at the RVC. Although she’d really like to talk about Trypanosoma cruzi infections we thought we’d speak about gallbladder mucoceles instead.  Ashley is passionate about all things to do with internal medicine, in particular infectious diseases, and we are grateful for her coming into the studio to share her thoughts today. We hope that you enjoy.Some papers of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29205503 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31854510 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31492387 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31490022 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30079451If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2020

Back in the New Year Bri and myself are back in the studio and are delighted to be joined by Matthew McMillan, who is a staff clinician here in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. Matt has a passion about understanding patient safety and errors and has also co-authored a book on that (Errors in Veterinary Anaesthesia with John Ludders). We decided to have a chat about patient safety in veterinary anaesthesia. We will ask Matt to come back in when his next book is published. We hope that you enjoy.Book:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119259749Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25480898 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24571414 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26489997If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 24 January 2020

Joining myself in the studio is Tom Greensmith, one of our ECC lecturers here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about the management of aspiration pneumonia in dogs. We hope that you enjoy. Happy New Year.Some papers of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28750782 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30211637 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24588929 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30843218 (on cats)If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2020

For the final podcast of the year, we have managed to have a few consecutive ones, hopefully a good omen for the New Year. We are delighted to have Professor Ken Smith, Head of the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences here at the RVC. He is Professor of companion animal pathology and could speak about a great many things from Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease to theatre. Though we thought we’d ask Ken more about what anatomical pathologists do for us, and also how we can help them in achieving that. We hope that you enjoy and Happy New Year.    Some articles of interest:https://www.rvc.ac.uk/Media/Default/Pathology%20and%20Diagnostic%20Laboratories/Documents/rvc-labs-services-pricelist-2020.pdfhttps://www.rcpath.org/discover-pathology/careers-in-pathology/careers-in-medicine/become-a-veterinary-pathologist.htmlhttps://www.msdvetmanual.com/clinical-pathology-and-procedures/collection-and-submission-of-laboratory-samples/collection-and-submission-of-laboratory-samples-from-animalshttp://apha.defra.gov.uk/External_OV_Instructions/Essential_Skills_for_Official_Veterinarians/Notifiable_Diseases/index.htmhttp://apha.defra.gov.uk/apha-scientific/services/lab/index.htmIf you have any comments about this podcast, plese get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2019

It is that time of the year when many people are winding down for the holidays though often in our professional team the work not only continues though often gets busier. Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are joined by Ruth Serlin a lecturer here at the RVC in Veterinary Professionalism. We take a windy road in our discussion about looking after yourself and your team during this time. We also discuss an approach to euthanasia, pet bereavement and certain aspects of communication. There are certainly a few sensitive topics in this podcast, though something that all our veterinary teams have to manage daily. However, if you are struggling at this time of year, or any time of year please contact Vetlife, the Samaritans or other charity organisation helplines. We hope that you manage to have some down time during this holiday period and are looking forward to the New Year. Happy holidays, look after yourself and each other.Vetlife: https://www.vetlife.org.uk Tel(UK):0303 040 2551Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org Tel(UK): 116 123 Tel(USA): 1 (800) 273-TALKhttps://thesamaritans.org.au Tel(Aus) 135 247http://www.samaritans.org.nz Tel(NZ) 0800 726 666Resources in the USA: https://www.avma.org/resources/wellbeing/get-helpSome websites of interest in relation to pet bereavement:https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/pets/bereavement https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-bereavement-and-pet-loss https://www.theralphsite.comIf you have any comments about this podcast, plese get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2019

We are coming to the end of another year and well today other events happened in the UK. Anyway regardless of that we have been trying to get Associate Professor of Veterinary Dermatology Anette Loeffler into the studio for a while now, she was a little short of time though has promised to come back again next year. Luckily Brian was on hand to sort out the audio. We discussed what it means if you come up against MRSP – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Enjoy.Some articles of interest:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4694142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31437674 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162115 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29981702 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27406860If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2019

Another year has passed by and as we close on 2019 Brian and I are joined by a previous RVC graduate Dave Beeston. We find out what Dave’s been up to in the last year and he’s certainly easier to get back into the studio. He hasn’t started his own podcast yet, though he has been on other podcasts (yes, I know, I couldn’t believe it either). We’ll see if we can continue doing this for a couple more years, we certainly need to get more podcasts out in 2020. Dave will be back writing his column in the Vet Times in the new year. We hope that you enjoy. https://www.vettimes.co.uk/articles/david-beeston/If you are interested in our small animal, or any internship then please follow this link:https://www.rvc.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/internships/small-animalIf you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2019

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Ludovic Pelligand, Associate Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Clinical Pharmacology here at the RVC. We have tried to get him in the studio for a while and delighted that he found time in his busy schedule to talk to us about his experience with treating nausea and vomiting in dogs. We will get him back on shortly! Enjoy.Further reading:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814338If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in touch: email dbarfield@rvc.ac.uk; tweet @dombarfield. We would greatly appreciate your time to rate us on Apple podcast or Acast and kindly write us a review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2019