Opinion - Page 9 of 28 - Veterinary Practice

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“Where is the evidence on the virucidal efficacy of hand sanitisers?”

microscope in lab

“Plot spoiler: none of her readers will end up dead”

workplace discussion

“Let’s give the Official Veterinarians engaged in export certification a voice to speak their minds”

man taking notes on clipboard

“Social media regularly misrepresents exotic animals as suitable pets and downplays the problems”

lizard

“Kindness goes a long way, but bullying and cruel comments can stay with people forever”

family conversation

“I have been mainly singing the song of ‘trying to run and work in a veterinary practice’ to the tune of a global pandemic”

vet examining rabbit

“How do we choose from the plethora of keen teens wanting to be vets?”

Women talking with horse

“The idea that anyone would expect us to use these accounts as some sort of benchmark for current working practices is ludicrous”

white brain with books and stethoscope

“Often, our fear of the virus seems more paralysing than the disease itself”

vet examining dog eye

“What we do as vets does not compare to anyone working for the NHS, especially during a global pandemic”

man holding head stressed

“Each of those working in the practice have an equally valuable part to play”

Women talking with horse

“Any single wild animal, at any single wildlife market, in any single country, could spawn the next pandemic”

lizard

“Put on your plastic apron and join in the national game of ‘which car is my client hiding in?'”

Women talking with horse

“While a virus may cause havoc for us humans, some things in nature never change”

Women talking with horse

“You want to spend your life in those chunks of time in the history books where nothing much happens”

Women talking with horse