Veterinary Clinical Podcasts

154 Snake envenomation

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us on the podcast we are delighted to have the amazing Dr Claire Sharp. Claire is Associate Professor at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia)...

153 Myths in osteoarthritis

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in a room on campus, we are delighted to have Professor Richard Messon join us. Richard is one of our fantastic orthopaedic s...

152 Erythrocytosis

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Catriona Jenkinson join us. Catriona is one of our fantastic internal medicine resi...

151 Gastrointestinal surgery

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Matthew Simpson. Matt is one of our fabulous lecturers in soft tissue surgery here ...

150 Intravenous catheters

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Chris Scudder join us. Chris is one of our outstanding internal medics here at the ...

149 Vetlife

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosie Allister join us. She has kindly spoken to us before, the last time i...

148 Contracts

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Matt Ozment join us. Matt is an employment lawyer in South Carolina and is mar...

147 Heart murmurs in puppies

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our actual studio we are delighted to have Dr Nekesa Morey with us. Nekesa is one of our fabulous cardiologists here at th...

146 Leadership

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Clive Elwood with us. Clive, an RVC alumnus (his PhD and Masters in Immunol...

145 RECOVER update 2024 CPR guidelines

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are overwhelmed to be in the company of the magnificent, internationally renowned Professor Dan Flet...

144 Anaesthesia sustainability

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Aoife Ryan, one of our amazing lecturers in our Anaesthesia and Analgesia T...

143 Feline Infectious Peritonitis 2024

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous lecturers and Dr Jodie Green, one of our amazing ...

142 Relapse of dogs with immune mediated disease

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are joined by the fantastic Richard Sparrow, Staff Clinician in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. R...

141 Sleep, fatigue and mental health

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (three times a charm) we are delighted to speak to Nicola Ho, Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Analgesia here at the...

140 Oral hypoglycaemic drugs for diabetic cat

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (again, that is two in a row) we delighted to speak to Chris Scudder, Senior Lecturer in Internal Medicine and ...

139 Lower Urinary Tract Surgery

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our studio (yes that is right we are back) we are delighted to speak to Lynda Rutherford, Senior Lecturer in Soft Tissue S...

138 Feline Urethral Obstruction

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to speak to Professor Edward Cooper, Section Head of Small Animal Emergency and Critic...

137 Urethral obstruction management in primary care

14 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (had to dust off the microphone, apologies for that) we are delighted to have Dr Dave Beeston, one of o...

136 Heat Related Illness

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Emily Hall, one of our lecturers in Veterinary Education here at the RVC. E...

135 Antimicrobial Awareness week 2022

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Rosanne Jepson, Associate Professor in Internal Medicine here at the RVC. R...

134 Endothelial glycocalyx

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Sara Lawrence-Mills, one of our fabulous residents in Anaesthesia and Analg...

133 Chronic kidney disease and hypertension in cats

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although again I crept into the studio) we are delighted to have Dr Jack Lawson, one of our fabulous l...

132 Canine Cutaneous Mast Cell Tumour

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio (although I was actually in the studio by myself) we are delighted to have Dr Andy Yale, one of our fab...

131 Feline Infectious Peritonitis

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Sarah Tayler, one of our fabulous staff clinicians and Dr Jodie Green, one ...

130 Pre-purchase radiographs

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Rhiannon Morgan, one of our fabulous lecturers in Equine Diagnostic Imaging...

129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

129 Aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobials  In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Simon Cook, one of our...

128 Laminitis

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow, Reader in Equine Medicine here at the RVC. Nicola&rsquo...

127 Xenotransfusion

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Associate Professor Karen Humm one of our leads of our Emergency and Critical Care service as well a...

126 Deranged sodium

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Erica Tinson one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Erica ...

125 Developments in POCUS

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio is Dr Laura Cole one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Laura ha...

124 Vetlife 2021

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. There has been a lot going on...

123 Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Back in our virtual studio joining myself and Brian we are delighted to have Dr Siân Frosini Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology here a...

122 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Dan Brockman speak about management of GDV&r...

121 Veterinary Sustainability

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Zoë Halfacree, who after many years with the soft tissue team at the R...

120 Minimally invasive surgery

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Associate Professor Karla Lee, who is the head of our soft tissue surgery team...

119 Haemangiosarcoma

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself and Brian in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Dr Irina Gramer, who is the head of our oncology team and lecturer in oncology...

118 Portosystemic shunts (6 years on)

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself and Brian down the end of the technology wire in our virtual studio we are delighted to have Professor of Small Animal Surgery Vicky Li...

117 SUB

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself remotely is Dr Rebecca Geddes, Clinical Scientist Fellow in small animal medicine here at the RVC. We managed to persuade Dr ...

116 Biochemistry

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are delighted today to have Emma Holmes joining Bri and myself at an acceptable social distance (remotely). Emma is one of our Lecturers in Clinica...

115 Pyoderma

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are delighted today to have Ross Bond joining Bri and myself remotely. Ross is Professor of Veterinary Dermatology here at the RVC. Ross joined the...

114 Vetlife 2020

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself remotely we are delighted to have Rosie Allister, manager of the vetlife helpline. We had planned to catch up following her c...

113 Gallbladder mucoceles

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are delighted today to have Ashley Hartley joining Bri and myself in the studio. Ashley is a staff clinician in internal medicine here at the RVC. ...

112 Patient safety in veterinary anaesthesia

24 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the New Year Bri and myself are back in the studio and are delighted to be joined by Matthew McMillan, who is a staff clinician here in Veteri...

111 Aspiration pneumonia

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself in the studio is Tom Greensmith, one of our ECC lecturers here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about the management of a...

110 What can anatomical pathologists do for us?

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the final podcast of the year, we have managed to have a few consecutive ones, hopefully a good omen for the New Year. We are delighted to have Pr...

109 Christmas shifts

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It is that time of the year when many people are winding down for the holidays though often in our professional team the work not only continues thoug...

108 MRSP

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are coming to the end of another year and well today other events happened in the UK. Anyway regardless of that we have been trying to get Associat...

107 Life after graduation - 2 years up

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Another year has passed by and as we close on 2019 Brian and I are joined by a previous RVC graduate Dave Beeston. We find out what Dave’s been ...

106 Nausea

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Ludovic Pelligand, Associate Professor of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Clinical Ph...

105 Curative

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Dan Chan, our Head of Department here at the RVC. We could talk to him...

104 MUO

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio we have Joe Fenn one of our outstanding lecturers here in neurology and neurosurgery. We are discussing t...

103 Anisocoria

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What a treat we have for you today, joined in the studio by Elsa Beltran one of our fabulous lecturers in small animal neurology and neurosurgery here...

102 Approach to diarrhoea

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back, thanks to the one listener who asked where we were, I would like to say on a cruise, though in reality that wasn’t the case. A...

101 Professional Development Phase

14 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Mary de Las Casas, a PDP Post Graduate Dean working for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...

100 Epilepsy (6 years on)

24 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Professor Holger Volk, guru of neurology and neurosurgery, though internationally reno...

99 Elbow Dysplasia

17 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have the fabulous Matthew Pead, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RV...

98 Parrots

10 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining myself in the studio we are delighted to have Vicki Baldrey, one of fabulous lectures here in all things exotic at the RVC. Vicki is an avian ...

97 Vetlife

03 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Rosie Allistair, manager of the vetlife helpline. She has come to us following complet...

96 Hip Dysplasia

15 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio we are delighted to have Dr Richard Meeson, senior lecturer in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. He is...

95 Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome

08 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Although we have chased him for a while (everyone has full schedules these days) we have managed to entice one of our equine colleagues to join Brian ...

94 DKA

25 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio is Tom Greensmith, one of our ECC staff clinicians here at the RVC. We thought that we’d ask him about th...

93 Calcium and phosphate

11 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joining Brian and myself in the studio is Dr Rebecca Geddes, one of our lectures here at the RVC in internal medicine and part of a fantastic research...

92 Vertebral malformations in brachycephalic breeds

04 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio after welcoming in the New Year, Brian and I are joined by Dr Steven De Decker, senior lecturer and head of our neurology and neuro...

91 Fluid Therapy

21 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio after our Christmas shopping Brian and I are joined by Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care her...

90 Life after graduation

09 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the studio and with better audio now that Brian is recording this time, we are joined a year later by a previous RVC graduate Dave Beeston. We foll...

89 Hypoglycaemia

02 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio with Brian and we are joined by Laura Cole, one of our final year residents in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. Laura w...

88 Pericardial effusion

26 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio, joined by Simon Cook, one of our fabulous lecturers in Emergency and Critical Care here at the RVC. We talk to Simon about pericar...

87 Feline IBD and lymphoma

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Forced out of the studio, we find ourselves in Brian’s office. We are lucky enough to have Sarah Stewart join us who is one of our staff clinici...

86 Intervertebral Disk Herniation

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by Elsa Beltran one of our fabulous lecturers in small animal neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC. We are in the studio, an...

85 Canine Patellar Luxation

24 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are joined by Andy Phillips, one of our lecturers in small animal orthopaedics here at the RVC. We are in the studio, and Brian is on the whi...

84 Canine tracheal collapse

17 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are back in the studio, and our second take we actually located Brian to help record. We are joined by Sarah Stewart who is one of our staff clinic...

83 Common Equine ophthalmic conditions

13 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second part of the conversation that we had with Roser Tetas, one of our fantastic lecturers in veterinary ophthalmology here at the RVC. ...

82 Equine ophthalmic examination

06 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the studio, though without Brian’s help, which was needed as we had a rookie error where we lost power. Joined by Roser Tetas, one of our fab...

81 Technical aspects of ultrasonography

29 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in Brian’s office as the studio was busy, different microphones though luckily a fabulous guest, Nell Fitzgerald, one of our lecturers in d...

80 IMHA

22 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio this week with Brian controlling the levels. We are lucky to be joined by Barbara Glanemann, senior lecturer in small animal intern...

79 Five tips for emergencies

15 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kicked out of the studio, so back in Brian’s office, though he is there to help with the whistles and faders and we are joined by the wonderful ...

78 B(O)AS

08 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today joining Brian and myself in the studio is Lynda Rutherford, one of our small animal surgery lecturers here at the RVC. We have a chat about Brac...

77 Equine anaesthesia

01 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Brian and I speak to Kata Veres-Nyéki, one of our lecturers here at the RVC in anaesthesia and analgesia. We are back in the studio, hope...

76 Oncological diagnostics

25 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Brian and I speak to Charlotte Johnston one of our lecturers here at the RVC in oncology. We are out of the studio and in Brian’s office, ...

75 How to read a paper

18 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Professor Adrian Boswood joins Brian and myself in the studio to talk about how to read a paper. In the digital age many people can access infor...

74 Lameness

11 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking to Andy Fiske-Jackson, our senior lecturer in Equine Surgery here at the RVC, about lameness. We talk about his approach to worki...

73 Clean your hands

27 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Brian and I are joined in the studio by both Zoe Halfacree and Rosanne Jepson, both senior lectures in their respective fields of soft tissue su...

72 HCM in cats

20 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Brian and I finally manage to lure Associate Professor David Connolly into the studio (we had to bribe with cake). David is a RVC stalwart, and ...

71 Otitis externa in dogs

13 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today Brian makes sure that the sound is okay as we are back in the studio talking to Anke Hendricks, senior lecturer and one of our dermatology team ...

70 Hypophysectomy

16 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are in the studio talking to Patrick Kenny and Joe Fenn. Patrick started the hypophysectomy surgery program back in 2012 and both he and Joe ...

69 Neurophobia

23 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking to Tom Cardy, lecturer in veterinary neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC about some neurological questions that we are fre...

68 Canine Cruciate Disease

16 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking to David Sajik, our lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery here at the RVC about cruciate disease. Where to start and what are our optio...

67 Colic

19 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Today we are talking to Andy Fiske-Jackson, our senior lecturer in Equine Surgery here at the RVC about his approach to colic. Whether in the field or...

66 Interns

12 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio for the New Year, though making sure that Brian has his work cut out for him by having a few guests and not enough microphones, som...

65 Christmas cracker

22 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On the road again, and without a guest. Many thanks to you all for looking after the pets in the countries that you work. Just a little reminder about...

64 Life after graduation

15 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio, though without Bri, so I still can improve on the sound quality. Slightly different this week, talking to Dave Beeston a recent RV...

63 Abdominal trauma in dogs

01 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Today we venture out of the studio and talk to both Stefano Cortellini and Karen Humm that are both heart and soul of our emergency and critical care ...

62 Small ruminants, alpacas and pigs

24 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have ventured a little out of our comfort zone, joined by James Adams our staff clinician in large animal medicine here at the RVC talking ab...

61 Pancreatic lipases

17 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Back in the studio we have Jill Maddison, Professor of General Practice and has an international reputation from pharmacology to clinical problem solv...

60 Hypoadrenocorticism treatment

10 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For the 60th Pod we have a treat, not one but two Professors join Brian and myself in the studio. This week we talk to Hattie Syme, Professor of ...

59 SDMA

03 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we talk to Dr Rosanne Jepson, senior lecturer in internal medicine here at the RVC about SDMA (symmetric dimethylarginine). I did not...

58 Acid base

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to Dr Duana McBride, lecturer in emergency and critical care here at the RVC about Acid base. Duana has a straight forward logical a...

57 Reptiles

20 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Today we talk to Jo Hedley, Lecturer in Exotic species and small mammal medicine and surgery here at the RVC about an approach to dealing with reptile...

56 Changing the Landscape

06 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk to Dr Tom Cardy, staff clinician in neurology and neurosurgery here at the RVC about Changing the Landscape of Canine Idiopathic Epi...

55 POCUS

22 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Cortellini, lecturer in emergency and critical care here at the RVC, returns to the pod to talk about the use of ultrasound in the ER. Whether you ...