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VBJ First Opinions, Ep 14: Craig Bennett on sustainable leadership May 07, 2021

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To promote the upcoming VMG-SPVS Virtual Congress (13-14 May 2021), VBJ sat down with chief executive officer at The Wildlife Trusts, Craig Bennett. Craig will be opening congress at 9am on 13 May, but spoke to James Westgate in advance of his appearance to offer a sneak preview of some of his key messages and themes.

VN Times Podcast, Ep 14: Life as a locum RVN, with Molly Fiander Apr 30, 2021

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This month VN Times editor Rachael Buzzel is joined by locum RVN Molly Fiander to chat about life as a locum, coping through COVID-19, and her love for helping VNs find/rediscover their passion and get the most out of their qualification. Molly qualified as a vet nurse in 2017, but has had a huge passion for animal welfare since she was a little girl. In 2018 she “fell” into locum life, but hasn’t looked back. Molly is super passionate about teaching other veterinary professionals about locuming and improving the standard of care across the industry. She built her own consultancy business to help vets and VNs thrive as locums.

Vet Times Extra: Michael Unsworth on skin disease in dogs and role of nutrition Apr 23, 2021

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With an increase in popularity of breeds that are prone to allergic skin disease, such as the French bulldog and Labrador retriever, it’s likely we’ll be seeing more of these tricky cases over the coming months to years. Diagnosis isn’t always easy, taking time, care, compliance and excellent communication. Hill's Prescription Diet Derm Complete makes choosing a therapeutic diet easy early on in the diagnostic process by helping to manage up to 99.6% of canine skin disease. Visit www.hillsvet.co.uk/pet-solutions/derm to find out more about this new and unique diet. This Vet Times Extra Podcast is with Michael Unsworth, veterinary affairs manager UK and Ireland for Hill’s Pet Nutrition. _____________________ 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗠𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗥𝗖𝗩𝗦 Michael is a small animal vet with 12 years of experience in practice and 5 years within veterinary industry. Clinical roles in the UK and Australia have included working at the first opinion teaching hospital at the RVC, and leading a team in a large and small animal group based on the south coast. Michael's passion revolves around all things veterinary, especially teaching and nutrition. His current role leading the veterinary team at Hill's Pet Nutrition is focused around how to best support, educate and enthuse vets and nurses in all areas of pet nutrition, to enable them to incorporate nutrition and optimise the management of all their patients.

VN Happy Hour 4.0 – Well-being: the magic of veterinary nursing Apr 21, 2021

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VN Happy Hour 4.0 saw vet nurse, writer, educator and leading blogger Jane Davidson feature in our main interview to discuss her perspective on physical and mental well-being, before joining our expert panel for a broader debate on some of the big issues in the veterinary nursing profession. RVN panellists Aoife Smith, Elle Payne, Jane Davidson, Zara Livingstone and veterinary nurse-turned personal trainer Adam Robinson – all leading experts in their fields of well-being and health – answered delegates’ questions on well-being and shared the day-to-day magic moments that make being an RVN a job like no other.

Vet Times Extra: the future of telehealth, with Dave Leicester from Vets Now Apr 13, 2021

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This week's Vet Times podcast is brought to you by Vets Now, the UK’s No.1 provider of Emergency and Critical Care. We’re with Dave Leicester, the head of telehealth at Vets Now. Last time we spoke about some of the myths surrounding telehealth, but today we are going to be talking about the future of telehealth.

Ep 53: Stop the rot – David Walker discusses CRGV Apr 02, 2021

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With 23 cases confirmed in the UK so far this year, this week’s podcast sees us talking about cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), better known as Alabama rot. And to help us do just that, we have the UK's leading expert with us – that's David Walker from Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists in Hampshire.

VBJ First Opinions, Ep 13: Latest lessons in learning – online with David Babington Mar 26, 2021

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This episode of VBJ First Opinions sees VBJ editor James Westgate joined by David Babington, business development director for veterinary CPD provider Improve International. David was one of the co-founders of Improve back in 1998, and since that time he has seen a lot of change in the CPD sector – but probably nothing like he’s seen over the past year. David chats with James about all things CPD and, in particular, how his company has transitioned and pivoted over the last 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ep 52: Mike Davies on obesity in pets Mar 19, 2021

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Obesity is an increasing problem in pets, as in humans, with multiple causal factors and implications for animal health. Nutritional consultant Mike Davies joins us to delve into a fascinating and potentially rewarding area of veterinary medicine in this Vet Times Podcast. Mike qualified from the RVC, has RCVS postgraduate certificates in veterinary radiology and small animal orthopaedics, and holds a fellowship by examination in clinical nutrition in cats and dogs. He is an RCVS specialist in veterinary nutrition (small animal clinical nutrition). Mike has worked in academia and private practice, and for several pet food manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. He speaks internationally on clinical nutrition and geriatrics, and founded the original City and Guilds Certificate in Small Animal Nutrition, and the BVNA certificates in small animal and exotic nutrition. He runs Provet’s Certificate Course in Clinical Nutrition. Among many articles over his career, he has authored the Focus article “Obesity in pets - practical advice for the consult room” (mentioned in this podcast) in Vet Times (2 February 2021 issue; Volume 51, Issue 12, Pages 8-10). It is available now at www.vettimes.co.uk/article/pet-obesity-clinical-implications-and-latest-thinking-on-tackling-it/

Vet Times Extra: Brian Zanghi on feline hydration and water balance Mar 11, 2021

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This session with Brian Zanghi, research scientist at the Purina Product Technology Center, St Louis, will focus on his work on feline hydration and water balance. This is a topic of real importance to veterinary clinicians and the impact on pets in health and disease is significant. In 2018, Brian and his team published two papers in peer-reviewed journals about their work on a nutrient-enriched water supplement and its effects on feline hydration. In this podcast, he’ll discuss that work in more detail and explain how his discoveries led to the development of a novel water supplement, Pro Plan Hydra Care. For more information on the science of nutrition, visit www.purinainstitute.com _________ Dr Brian Zanghi joined Purina in 2005, where he currently serves as a senior research nutritionist in the Molecular Nutrition Group at the Nestlé Research Center in St Louis, Missouri. He earned a doctorate degree in canine nutritional physiology from the University of Kentucky in Lexington in 2004. He continued his training at the University of Kentucky as a postdoctoral research scientist working on nutrient metabolism in ageing animals. Dr Zanghi has been studying canine and feline nutrition in the areas of body composition, sleep, cognition, behaviour, and hydration to better understand how nutrition can help maintain overall health in adult and older pets. Dr Zanghi has written several peer-reviewed publications in these areas.

BSAVA Congress Special, with Julian Hoad Feb 26, 2021

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Welcome to the Vet Times podcast for a BSAVA Congress special. Congress is taking place this year from 25 to 27 March. It's all online, and this week we are joined by Julian Hoad, chairman of the delegate experience committee, who speaks to Vet Times editor James Westgate about the challenges of planning BSAVA Congress as an online event, and talk about the treats in store for delegates at this year’s event.

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