Brads VPT cover.pdf 1 11/09/2019 09:09 ONLINE EDITION VOLUME SEVEN I ISSUE FIVE I SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 Postgraduate development in practice Do you know where you are going? CERTIFICATES DIPLOMAS C M Y GRADUATE PROGRAMMES CM MY CY CMY K Internships 10 hours RESIDENCIES PPD CPD routes Bite wounds Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy Initial response and treatment Early detection and therapy is vital Sudden death in cattle Tracking birds for research and conservation Applying a logical approach to investigation Helping to understand their ecology THE JOURNAL OF VETCOMMUNITY.COM @VPTODAY | WWW.VETERINARYPRACTICETODAY.COM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Workflow Manager Schedule tasks with ease through Workflow Manager’s simple drag-and-drop system. To find out more about Workflow Manager tel: 01359 243 400 or email: [email protected] www.vetsystems.com Publisher Published six times a year by Vision Media, UP FRONT... a department of Central Veterinary Services Ltd. Elmtree Business Park Elmswell We live in uncertain times. Change, both in the world around us and within our profession, Bury St Edmunds is constant and exponential. Suffolk IP30 9HR At the time of writing, Brexit still looms on the horizon without any certainty as to how it Tel: 01359 245310 will be achieved or the effect that decisions made by our politicians will have on us. The Fax: 01359 245253 country’s morale is suffering and this can so easily lead to dissatisfaction, destructive [email protected] behaviour and a disconnect between the population and those who represent them. www.veterinarypracticetoday.com Editorial Uncertainty and dissatisfaction are great bedfellows and sound breeding grounds Editors for the creation of demotivated and disillusioned employees in any kind of business, Maggie Shilcock including veterinary practice. 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It has been produced using wood sourced from Printed in Great Britain by Swallowtail Print Ltd, Norwich sustainably managed forests and elemental or total chlorine Tel: 01603 868862 www.swallowtailprint.co.uk free bleached pulp. This magazine can be recycled. WWW.VETCOMMUNITY.COM | ONLINE EDITION @VPTODAY | WWW.VETERINARYPRACTICETODAY.COM 3 Contents Comment 20 Equine COVER STORY 33 Problems arising from inappropriate ownership and husbandry 6 Postgraduate development in practice Jane King Paul Manning The welfare problems arising from Do we have sustainable systems inappropriate horse ownership for the retention of vets in general and husbandry can be categorised practice? If PDP and, perhaps, routes according to three themes – to certificates were to be made 20 Anthropomorphism – a barrier to management, riding/training or compulsory in some form, this could client compliance? health care. Veterinary surgeons are encourage graduates to seek out Claire Newton-Ransom well placed to advise on all of these practices dedicated to the cause of If the tendency to anthropomorphize areas and it is our professional duty developing the next generation. is innate, we must recognise the to do so. opportunity to utilise this to our advantage when attempting to inform COVER STORY our clients of the differences between 37 Equine polysaccharide 6 positive steps in animal welfare, and storage myopathy misguided attempts to increase their Sara Fleck pet’s happiness. PSSM is progressive, and early detection and institution of therapy 24 The role of the veterinary nurse in are vital. Diagnosis relies primarily ending the pet obesity crisis on recognition of characteristic Victoria Bowes clinical signs, especially in high-risk Pet obesity is a serious issue that is breeds, diagnostic work-up to rule seen globally and can result in lifelong out other causes of the signs observed issues and the exacerbation of current and interpretation of muscle biopsy clinical problems and there is evidence findings and genetic test results. of a significant parallel between owner and pet obesity 40 Insight: Save our Suffolks Small animal When we think of endangered species, 28 The dropped tablet – drugs acting we usually conjure up mental images on the central nervous system of the Amur leopard, the Sumatran COVER STORY Jane Ellison tiger or orang-utans. We may not 10 Bite wounds Most owners who take medication even consider the genuine threat to Kate Parkinson keep their tablets securely fastened a creature closer to home. However, Bite wounds are common injuries in and well away from the reach of their experts predict that we have less than first opinion and referral practices, inquisitive and determined pets. 10 years to save the Suffolk Punch, Most bite wounds are laceration However, accidents happen, and if the and that the breed could become or puncture wounds with crushing medicine box or handbag is raided, or extinct by 2027. components. Many patients have the tablet is dropped on the floor, the multiple wounds and are often rushed consequences of the animal ingesting in as emergencies in a state of shock. drugs that act on central nervous system must be considered. 33 14 Chronic pain in dogs and cats – part 3. Further complementary methods 31 Insight: The anti-vax threat: the time of management to act is now Joanna Potter The BVA recently reported that 98 This third article in the series covers per cent of veterinary surgeons had acupuncture and chiropractic experienced clients questioning the therapies, myofascial release, reiki, need for pet vaccination programmes, and the use of curcuminoids and while the World Veterinary Association cannabidiol in veterinary medicine (WVA) chose the ‘value of vaccination’ and will aim to determine where – and as the theme of this year’s World if – there is evidence for practitioners Veterinary Day – are we doing enough to consider the use of these methods. to counter this trend? 4 VETERINARY PRACTICE TODAY | VOLUME SEVEN | ISSUE FIVE