Blog - Veterinary Internal Medicine Nursing

In this episode, we’re chatting about a condition that’s been on our radar for a few years now, and is both incredibly challenging and frustrating to manage - and that’s cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy, or as it’s better known, Alabama rot.

CRGV first appeared in the UK in 2012, and we’ve seen cases pop up every year since. It’s di...

In this episode, we’re chatting about a disease that - if you’re lucky - you won’t see often, but unfortunately, one that’s on the rise - and that’s metabolic bone disease.

There are a few causes of metabolic bone disease, and we’ll focus mainly on the most common one today, which is nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism. This disease is f...

We’re chatting all about a rare but intensive disease today: immune‑mediated polyarthritis, or IMPA.

When I worked in general practice, I had no idea IMPA was even a thing. Until I started in referral as a brand new medicine nurse, and suddenly had a very lame, very pyrexic black labrador to care for. I was completely confused why we were seei...

Tick-borne disease is on the rise, and there’s a good chance you’ll see it if you haven’t already.

This is particularly true if you work in first opinion practice, internal medicine, emergency and critical care, or rescue and rehoming settings.

Today, we’re talking all about the four main tick-borne diseases we see in dogs. These are:

This week, we’re chatting about a rare but often controversial disease - canine brucellosis.

WEven if you’re not seeing brucella cases, there’s a good chance you’ll be testing for it. It’s a disease gaining more and more attention in veterinary medicine, particularly with the rise of travelling dogs and international adoption from endemic coun...