The diary of Chris Allen through his vet student years.
We’re a nation of animal lovers. Around 53% of pet owners consider their four-legged friends to be a member of the family so it’s not surprising that so many of us choose to share the duvet with our pets. Even Continue reading Should you share your bed with your doggy?
If you own a pet cat, you have a responsibility to make sure that your feline friend is living a happy and healthy life. Whilst this includes ensuring that your cat is provided with comfortable and sufficient living conditions, it Continue reading What To Do If Your Cat Has Fleas
Today’s Diary Entry is sponsored by Pet Hooligans Well today was interesting as we are looking at Gram positive bacteria which are different to the Gram negative bacteria that we have been studying previously. The grouping into gram negative and Continue reading How to do a Gram Stain… What a difference a wall makes! (Day 215)
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 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)
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)
Todays Diary Entry is sponsored by: Find Pet Boarding In the UK when your in school every child gets a free dental check and the yearly lecture on how sugar is bad for you, the question is how many of Continue reading Sugar and Obesity in small pets, the problems… (Day 121)
Todays diary entry is sponsored by YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Someone asked me the other day about organ donation in animals, and then I just happened to attend a really cool lecture on pet donors so I’ve decided to share it Continue reading Animal Organ Donation, the facts behind being a Pet Donor! (Day 115)
Todays diary entry is sponsored by Waggy Tail Dog Bakery Most dogs owners will tell you that chocolate is poisonous, yet many can not tell you why, or how much is needed so hopefully I will clear up some of Continue reading The truth about Chocolates being poisonous to dogs (Day 96)
Ok, several people have asked me to talk about nutrition so here goes, I’m lucky as I did cover nutrition as part of my BioVeterinary Science degree so do have a little knowledge here. However there is no way I Continue reading Introduction to Animal Nutrition, the real facts behind the label…