BSAVA Companion - 2015, 3, March

Changes to regulations on veterinary medicines and RCVS Practice Standards, and an obituary for Ray Butcher.

Robin Fearon on how trialling of technologies like Google Glass could transform veterinary practice.

Hilary Jackson, co-editor of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Dermatology, takes companion readers through the diagnosis and treatment of canine atopic dermatitis, including the importance of ruling out adverse food reactions.

Tim Williams, Jonathan Elliot and Harriet Syme are working on a project titled ‘The role of phosphate regulatory hormones in the development of renal azotaemia in cats treated for hyperthyroidism’.

Fiona Andrew worked for 10 years before re-training as a veterinary nurse in Edinburgh. Good move, as she was to become president of the British Veterinary Nursing Association in 2015.

Turtles, elephants and temple dogs await vets willing to give time to the latest WSAVA Global Outreach.

Dr Walt Ingwersen graduated in 1982 from the Ontario Veterinary College and went on to become editor of the Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association and Vice President of the WSAVA.

Simon became companion’s editor in 2015.

News and events from the BSAVA’s regions.

A calendar of forthcoming central and regional CPD events March–June 2015.

The clinical signs, diagnosis treatment and prevention of tetanus.