02 May 2023 02 May 2023

Volume 7 | Issue 3

ISSN (Print): 2516-0583

ISSN (Online): 2516-0591

Celebrating Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month

May is always an exciting month in the veterinary nursing calendar, as it marks a month of celebration of the veterinary nursing role through the British Veterinary Nursing Association's (BVNA) Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month.

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Intra-operative hypotension in anaesthetised horses

Figure 8. Typically ‘dropped elbow’ appearance of an olecranon fracture, the horse is unable to extend the elbow and carpus. There is moderate soft tissue swelling of the elbow.

Diagnosis and management of traumatic equine fractures: an update

Figure 1. BioBag contains around 75 tiny larvae of the Lucilia sericata species along with foam chips to maintain a moist environment while they work.

Maggot debridement therapy: from humans to horses

Equine Review: May–June 2023

Figure 5. Contributing organisations to Strangles Awareness Week.

Strangles Awareness Week: a new approach to help owners prevent the spread

Figure 1. Schematic representation of gastrointestinal helminth distribution in managed horse populations, whereby a small proportion of individuals (highlighted in pink) shed the majority of the burden onto pasture. The horses highlighted in blue contribute to <20% of pasture contamination.

CANTER: a pan-industry group that will promote sustainable control of equine parasites

We must invest in animal health to prevent future pandemics