The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Find Pet Boarding So today I’ve been supposed to be revising milk hygiene and anatomy, however I got distracted by the new textbook I recieved at the weekend on medicinal chemistry. Now chemistry is Continue reading The Chemistry of Life (Day 137)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Hooligans OK so with all the actual ice around at the moment I think that it may be a good idea to expand on what ICE is: In Case of Emergency Just imagine Continue reading Mark your field, why I think animals should also have ICE (Day 136)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Adventures in Altruism As the UK has now become a winter wonderland I’ve decided that I should write a bit on what you can do to help keep animals healthy in the snow! Obviously Continue reading Keeping your pets healthy through the snow! (Day 135)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Scampers When you have a human medical emergency you can call 999 or 911 or 112 to keep you alive and get you to professional help. Yet who do you call when your pet Continue reading Emergency First Aid for Animals (Day 134)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Spikes World One of the areas I am passionate about is animal welfare, with previous research into animal pain and suffering as I believe alleviating this is key to a better world. I tend Continue reading Boiled alive, crabs, lobsters and the ability to feel pain (Day 131)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Vet School Success Well today has been interesting, I guess the highlight was that my degree certificate finally turned up! It’s just 3 months late but I guess its better late than never and Continue reading What do you think makes a great vet? (Day 130)
One of the greatest responsibilities of a vet is to be an advocate for a voiceless animal, to be able to speak for the animal and push for what it is best for that animal. With all the technology and Continue reading Knowing when the time is right, pets and euthansia (Day 128)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Supreme Pet Foods Following on from last week where we looked at the problems of sugar and obesity in small animals today I want to look at strategies for dealing with obesity. To give Continue reading Strategies for dealing with obesity in small pets (Day 127)
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Yummy Pets – The Social Petwork Recently there was an incident at a practice which caused a lot of debate within the profession where a mouse was referred to as “just a mouse” after Continue reading Not just animals or pets, but members of the social community… (Day 123)
Todays Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Webinars One of the cheapest, quickest and most basic of tests used within veterinary practice is that of urinalysis, where the urine is examined and used to help diagnose disease. This test can Continue reading Why the urine is so important (aka Urinalysis)… (Day 122)