The Vet Record Podcast

In this episode, Josh Loeb, Vet Record's senior news reporter, is joined by Michael Seals, chair of the Animal Sentience Committee, and committee member Richard Cooper, to discuss the origins of the committee and questions surrounding it. Set up in 2022, the committee has a remit to report to Parliament on the implications for the welfare of sentient animals arising from any area of policy. But how does it report to Parliament, and which of the many areas of policymaking does it consider most pertinent?

With record temperatures being recorded in the UK this summer, editor in chief Suzanne Jarvis talks to the RVC's Emily Hall, Jude Bradbury and Dan O'Neill about heat-related illness and heatstroke in companion animals. With the focus on dogs, we discuss this quintessential contextualised care condition. Mortality is high if body temperature exceeds 41.0°C, so the most important action is to cool the animal as soon as possible, with the overriding message being 'Wet then vet'. There is a companion In Practice article at https://bit.ly/4vwxVlB

With record temperatures being recorded in the UK this summer, editor in chief Suzanne Jarvis talks to the RVC's Emily Hall, Jude Bradbury and Dan O'Neill about heat-related illness and heatstroke in companion animals. With the focus on dogs, we discuss this quintessential contextulised care condition. Mortality is high if body temperature exceeds 41.0°C, so the most important action is to cool the animal as soon as possible, with the overriding message being 'Wet then vet'. There is a companion In Practice article at https://bit.ly/4vwxVlB

Vet Record senior reporter Josh Loeb is joined by Ed Simmons from the British Cattle Veterinary Association and BVA junior vice president Gwen Rees to discuss the newly released bovine TB strategy for England and what it might mean for the future of bTB control. Ed and Gwen were both part of the bTB Partnership that produced this new strategy. Will it be implemented by Defra and what will the reaction be from farmers? These and other questions are discussed.

 

Links to the published articles mentioned in the episode:

https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vetr.70328
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vetr.70358
https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vetr.70484

In this episode, Josh Loeb is joined by Rowena Packer, senior lecturer in companion animal behaviour and welfare science at the Royal Veterinary College, to unpack the complex - and often confusing - realities of buying a puppy. She describes the growing influence of trends and social media, and why making the ‘right’ choice isn’t always straightforward.