This 4 week course will cover a range of clinical nutritional issues commonly encountered in first opinion practice.  These will include those animals (feline and canine) with renal disease, liver compromise, gastrointestinal disturbances, pancreatitis and urinary issues. We will cover inappetence in animals and how to support these animals.  We will investigate the route cause

Week 1 Overview of the bleeding patient  What is coagulation What is anaemia What impacts coagulation ability in our patients Learning outcomes: After completion of this week, participants should be able to: Describe the physiology of coagulation Understand regenerative and non-regenerative anaemia Explain what might impact a patient to be able to coagulate normally (these

It is estimated that one in three companion animals will die of cancer, which makes understanding the disease and caring for these animals and their families common within our role. Despite this demand, there is limited space in the veterinary nurse curriculum dedicated to cancer and so here we explore the subject in more practical