Do your staff feel like they’re running on a hamster wheel that’s spinning faster than ever? Rest assured, you’re not alone! These days, clinic teams are stretched thinner than a cat’s patience at bath time. With ever-growing lists of responsibilities, staff are pulled left and right throughout the day, and too often it’s away from their true value offering: providing top-notch care to patients […]
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This month, A Day in the Life travels to Victoria to catch up with Marlena Lopez, who wears not one, but two hats as a veterinarian. Firstly, Lopez is a locum who works in vet clinics all over Melbourne. Secondly, she is an award-winning social media star with her own website and over 70,000 followers […]
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Enteropathies are one of the most common clinical presentations at veterinary hospitals (Robinson 2015, Candellone 2020). These signs can be broad and varied. Symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss (decreased muscle or body condition score), hyporexia, anorexia, or even lethargy should alert the clinician to the possibility of an enteropathy. Less common signs may […]
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This month A Day in the Life heads to Western Australia, where Zoe Devine works as a Behavioural Vet at Animal Sense near Fremantle. Devine was inspired to become a veterinarian at the age of six after watching Harry’s Practice on television after school and fulfilled a childhood dream when she graduated from Murdoch University’s […]
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The approval of cannabis among people has captivated pet owners’ curiosity about how the drug might help cats and dogs suffering from pain, anxiety, and other ills. Veterinarians wanting to help, though, often face unclear rules, which discourages them from even talking about cannabis, prompting many clients to medicate their animals without professional guidance. Now, […]
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