Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

Latest Episodes:

104 MUO Oct 18, 2019

Show notes

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we have Joe Fenn one of our outstanding lecturers here in neurology and neurosurgery. We are discussing the topic of meningoencephalitis of unknown origin (MUO). As Joe explains this has also been known as Meningitis of unknown aetiology, or etiology depending on what side of the pond you are and incorporates necrotising meningoencephalitis (NME) and granulomatous meningoencephalitis (GME). Joe speaks about clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment. Enjoy.

Further reading/articles of interest;

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27387733

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27165997

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30825893

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103 Anisocoria Oct 11, 2019

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What a treat we have for you today, joined in the studio by Elsa Beltran one of our fabulous lecturers in small animal neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC. She talks about approach to anisocoria. You can tell that she is passionate about this subject and knows it inside out. Brian kept the levels right and I kept quiet. We hope that you enjoy.

102 Approach to diarrhoea Oct 04, 2019

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We’re back, thanks to the one listener who asked where we were, I would like to say on a cruise, though in reality that wasn’t the case. Anyhow we are in the studio, with Brian and joined by Aarti Kathrani one of our senior lecturers here in Internal Medicine. Aarti has a particular interest in GI diseases, so we thought that we’d ask her for her approach to manage dogs and cats with diarrhoea. Having discussed this, there are certainly more topics that we would like to ask her in the future.

Some papers of interest:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31167836

https://inpractice.bmj.com/content/28/8/480.short

https://www.wsava.org/Global-Guidelines/Gastrointestinal-Guidelines

101 Professional Development Phase Jun 14, 2019

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Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Mary de Las Casas, a PDP Post Graduate Dean working for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (the UK regulatory body of the veterinary profession), talking about the PDP. A fitting time since most veterinary schools in the UK have finished their final examinations (well done) and this is the UK’s version of helping new veterinary graduates transition into their professional life and reflect on their practice. We appreciate that it is a national topic, though it does raise the question about post graduate education and where we are headed as a profession, which is applicable to all. We hope that you enjoy.

Some pages of interest:

https://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/

https://www.rcvs.org.uk/lifelong-learning/professional-development-phase-pdp/

100 Epilepsy (6 years on) May 24, 2019

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Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Holger Volk, guru of neurology and neurosurgery, though internationally renowned for his (and his teams) work on epilepsy. Holger spoke to Shailen in the first RVC clinical podcast and being sentimental we thought we’d ask him back for our hundredth podcast. A lot has happened in the last 6 years and we thought that we’d catch up with what has changed. We hope that you enjoy.

Some pages of interest:

https://www.facebook.com/rvccanineepilepsyresearch

Some papers of interest:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30216557

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30103909

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30064067

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30001753

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29499762

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29420639

99 Elbow Dysplasia May 17, 2019

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Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have the fabulous Matthew Pead, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. Matthew has been in and around the RVC for over 30 years and can speak eloquently on a variety of topics from opera and fine art to educational theory. We thought we should narrow it down to Elbow dysplasia. Matthew bought in his dog, Jack, who has elbow dysplasia and we have attached a short video of Matthew performing a forelimb physical exam. It has taken us 99 podcasts to include another medium. We hope that you enjoy.

Some papers of interest:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28234985

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30703814

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151597

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28197017

98 Parrots May 10, 2019

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Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Vicki Baldrey, one of fabulous lectures here in all things exotic at the RVC. Vicki is an avian specialist so we thought that we’d talk to her about an approach to managing a psittacine that is presented to you. We hope that you enjoy.

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/vicki-baldrey

some review papers:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20682428

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/veterinary-clinics-of-north-america-exotic-animal-practice/vol/19/issue/2

97 Vetlife May 03, 2019

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Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allistair, manager of the vetlife helpline. She has come to us following completing the London Marathon the previous day and is going to talk to our final year students about vetlife, so we thought that we’d ask her to talk about it on the pod. Rosie is also near completion of her PhD at the University of Edinburgh fooling a cohort of veterinary students enter the profession. We hope that you enjoy.

https://www.vetlife.org.uk

96 Hip Dysplasia Feb 15, 2019

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Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Dr Richard Meeson, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. He is a fountain of knowledge although we thought we would narrow our conversation to hip dysplasia. We hope that you enjoy.

Some papers of interest:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28576269

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28460694

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28576271

95 Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome Feb 08, 2019

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Although we have chased him for a while (everyone has full schedules these days) we have managed to entice one of our equine colleagues to join Brian and myself in the studio, Dr Mike Hewetson. Mike is senior lecturer in equine medicine here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about equine gastric ulcer syndrome, it seems he knows quite a bit about it. We hope that you enjoy.

Some papers of interest:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29653546

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28284214

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26340142

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27461724