Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

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-healthcarehttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31202620/https://vetspecialists.co.uk/sustainability/https://www.veterinaryevidence.org/index.php/ve/article/view/251https://vetsustain.orghttps://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 2020 If you have any comments about this podcast, please get in to

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 2020 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.

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 2020 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.

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/30251431https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30084495https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32691934 To Cite this podcast as: Dom Barfield.

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.

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/25297372https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25146362https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27152928 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.

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.

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.uk 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.

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/29205503https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31854510https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31492387https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31490022https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30079451 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.

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/10.1002/9781119259749 Some papers of interest: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25480898https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24571414https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26489997 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.

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/28750782https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30211637https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24588929https://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.

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.pdf https://www.rcpath.org/discover-pathology/careers-in-pathology/careers-in-medicine/become-a-veterinary-pathologist.html https://www.msdvetmanual.com/clinical-pathology-and-procedures/collection-and-submission-of-laboratory-samples/collection-and-submission-of-laboratory-sam

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 2551 Samaritans:&n

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/31437674https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162115https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29981702https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27406860 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.

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-animal 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.

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/28814338 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.

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Dan Chan, our Head of Department here at the RVC. We could talk to him about so many things, though he has recently been involved in the Consensus on the Rational Use of Antithrombotics in Veterinary Critical Care (CURATIVE) and we thought that we’d have a chat with him about that. Enjoy. The whole Consensus is available in a Special Issue in the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care open access here; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14764431/2019/29/1 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.

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 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.

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.   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.

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 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.