In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about toxocariasis, why parasite migration can cause some unexpected signs and the different routes of transmission that mean puppies can be born infected.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:52 Case
02:39 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
08:09 Clinical Signs
10:44 Zoonosis
12:49 Treatment
14:26 Prevention
15:12 Key Points
17:39 Outro

Recommended Reading:

• The ESCCAP’s Guidelines on Worm Control in Dogs & Cats has a great overview on Toxocara spp. infections, lifecycles, diagnosis and prevention methods

References

• ESCCAP (2025) ‘Guidelines | GL1: Worm Control in Dogs and Cats’. European Scientific Counsel on Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP). Available at: https://www.esccap.org/guidelines/gl1/
• Taylor, M.A., Coop, R.L. and Wall, R. (2015) Veterinary Parasitology. John Wiley & Sons.
• Overgaauw, P.A.M. and van Knapen, F. (2013) ‘Veterinary and public health aspects of Toxocara spp’, Veterinary Parasitology, 193(4), pp. 398–403. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.035.
• Ma, G. et al. (2018) ‘Human toxocariasis’, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(1), pp. e14–e24. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30331-6.
• Schwartz, R. et al. (2022) ‘The epidemiology and control of Toxocara canis in puppies’, Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 16, p. e00232. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2021.e00232.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode, Dr. Lottie talks about metabolic bone disease in reptiles, one of the most common but also most preventable conditions seen in exotics practice.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Case
01:28 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
07:02 Clinical Signs
07:48 Diagnosis
09:56 Treatment
12:18 Top Tips
15:47 Key Points
16:51 Outro

Recommended reading

• BSAVA Manual of Reptiles
• BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets
• Mader’s Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery
• ReptiFiles website: https://reptifiles.com/

References

• Harcourt-Brown, F. and Chitty, J. (eds.) (2013) BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pet and Wildlife Nursing. Gloucester: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
• Girling, S.J. and Raiti, P. (eds.) (2004) BSAVA Manual of Reptiles. 2nd edn. Gloucester: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
• Meredith, A. and Redrobe, S. (eds.) (2010) BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets. 5th edn. Gloucester: British Small Animal Veterinary Association.
• Mader, D.R. (ed.) (2019) Mader’s Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery. 3rd edn. St. Louis: Elsevier
• Baines, F.M., Chattell, J., Dale, J., Garrick, D., Gill, I., Goetz, M., Skelton, T. and Swatman, M. (2016) ‘How much UV-B does my reptile need? The UV-Tool, a guide to the selection of UV lighting for reptiles and amphibians in captivity’, Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, 4(1), pp. 42–63.
• Allen, M.E. and Oftedal, O.T. (2003) ‘Dietary manipulation of the calcium content of feed insects’, Zoo Biology, 22(3), pp. 269–282.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.
All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, what it actually is, the key clinical signs to be aware of and how it is different to EMS!

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:30 Case
02:34 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
04:47 Clinical Signs
06:18 Diagnosis
10:24 PPID vs EMS
12:17 Treatment
15:50 Key Points
17:03 Outro

References

• McFarlane, D. (2011) ‘Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction’, Veterinary Clinics: Equine Practice, 27(1), pp. 93–113. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cveq.2010.12.007.
• McFarlane, D. (2014) ‘Pathophysiology and clinical features of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction’, Equine Veterinary Education, 26(11), pp. 592–598. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.12237.
• Durham, A.E. et al. (2014) ‘Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction: Diagnosis and treatment’, Equine Veterinary Education, 26(4), pp. 216–223. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.12160.
• Menzies-Gow, N.J. et al. (2024) ‘BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Diagnosis and management of equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction’, Equine Veterinary Journal, 56(2), pp. 220–242. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14009.
• Tatum, R.C., McGowan, C.M. and Ireland, J.L. (2020) ‘Efficacy of pergolide for the management of equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction: A systematic review’, The Veterinary Journal, 266, p. 105562. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2020.105562.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode, Dr. Lottie chats with Dr. Kaitlyn Hele to discuss everything about mixed practice, especially going into it as your first job. We cover everything from how Kaitlyn finds switching her brain between species, what any new vet has to know before starting in mixed practice, the expectations you need to set and what her go to snacks are!

Kaitlyn is an Australia-based vet and graduated from the University of Queensland 3 years ago. She picked up as much experience as possible in mixed practice throughout her time in vet school and hasn’t looked back since, starting straight away as a mixed vet in her first job. She shares incredible insights into the world of mixed practice and gives her honest opinions on what we should actually know before going into similar roles.

Kaitlyn’s Recommendations:
Manual of Small Animal Surgery by Theresa Fossum
https://vetapedia.com.au/ (quick drug CRI resources!)
Veterinary Field Guide to Cattle Medicine from Cattle Vet AU

Where to find Kaitlyn:
Instagram: @justvetthings
TikTok: @drkaitlynh

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Kaitlyn’s Path into Vet Med
10:11 Communication with Different Clients
18:18 Switching Between Species
19:46 What You HAVE to Know Before Starting Mixed
32:36 Is Balance a Myth?
37:37 Getting Into Mixed
43:05 Quickfire Qus
48:11 Outro

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about canine pyometra, what the underlying physiology is that leads to it developing, the two key types of disease and why it is an emergency.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Case
01:32 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
03:33 Clinical Signs
04:29 Diagnosis
06:55 Treatment
11:19 Prevention
12:53 Key Points
13:59 Outro

References

• Smith, F.O. (2006) ‘Canine pyometra’, Theriogenology, 66(3), pp. 610–612. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.023.
• Wallace, G.B. and Casal, M.L. (2018) ‘Pyometra’, Textbook of Small Animal Emergency Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 795–801. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119028994.ch123.
• Pretzer, S.D. (2008) ‘Clinical presentation of canine pyometra and mucometra: A review’, Theriogenology, 70(3), pp. 359–363. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.04.028.
• Fransson, B.A. and Ragle, C.A. (2003) ‘Canine Pyometra: An Update on Pathogenesis and Treatment’, 25(8), pp. 602–610.
• Hagman, R. (2017) ‘Canine pyometra: What is new?’, Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 52(S2), pp. 288–292. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/rda.12843.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about heartworm disease, caused by Dirofilaria immitis. She covers how these parasites infect and cause disease in the body, the different diagnostic tests available and what the recommended treatment protocol is. She also briefly talks about the fact that cats always present differently.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:17 Case
02:15 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
07:38 Clinical Signs
08:25 Diagnosis
11:43 Treatment
16:44 Prevention
19:53 Key Points
21:46 Outro

References

• Nelson, C.T. (2021) ‘111 - Heartworm and Related Nematodes’, in J.E. Sykes (ed.) Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (Fifth Edition). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 1399–1417. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-50934-3.00111-7.
• Delamarter, M. (2022) ‘Diagnosing and Treating Heartworm Infection in Dogs’, Today’s Veterinary Practice, 9 August. Available at: https://todaysveterinarypractice.com/parasitology/diagnosing-and-treating-heartworm-infection-in-dogs/(Accessed: 7 December 2024).
• American Heartworm Society. Available at: https://www.heartwormsociety.org/?tpg=anti-anxiety-pill-without-prescription&idn=b (Accessed: 4 December 2024).
• Atkinson, P.J. et al. (2023) ‘Relative diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests to rule-in Dirofilaria immitis infection in clinically suspect dogs: A systematic review and meta-analysis’, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 217, p. 105970. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105970.
• Ames, M.K. and Atkins, C.E. (2020) ‘Treatment of dogs with severe heartworm disease’, Veterinary Parasitology, 283, p. 109131. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109131.
• Pietrzak, D., Łuczak, J.W. and Wiśniewski, M. (2024) ‘Detecting Dirofilaria immitis: Current Practices and Novel Diagnostic Methods’, Pathogens, 13(11), p. 950. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13110950.
• Matias, I.C. et al. (2024) ‘Dirofilaria Immitis in Domestic Cats (Felis Catus): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Global Status’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5009253.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about canine distemper, its incredibly varied presentation, the weird form that occurs in older dogs called ‘old dog encephalitis’ and how to approach diagnosis and treatment.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Case
01:35 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
04:57 Clinical Signs
06:10 Diagnosis
11:30 Treatment
13:26 Prevention
15:31 Key Points
16:48 Outro

References

• Sykes, J.E. and Vandevelde, M. (2021) ‘22 - Canine Distemper Virus Infection’, in J.E. Sykes (ed.) Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat (Fifth Edition). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, pp. 271–288. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-50934-3.00022-7.
• Martella, V., Elia, G. and Buonavoglia, C. (2008) ‘Canine Distemper Virus’, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 38(4), pp. 787–797. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvsm.2008.02.007.
• Beineke, A., Baumgärtner, W. and Wohlsein, P. (2015) ‘Cross-species transmission of canine distemper virus—an update’, One Health, 1, pp. 49–59. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2015.09.002.
• Beineke, A. et al. (2009) ‘Pathogenesis and immunopathology of systemic and nervous canine distemper’, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 127(1), pp. 1–18. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.09.023.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie talks about canine infectious hepatitis, why its presentation can be so confusing, what the approach to treatment is and how we can prevent it

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
02:23 Case
04:00 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
07:48 Clinical Signs
09:42 Diagnosis
13:35 Treatment
15:22 Prevention
16:40 Key Points
18:04 Outro

References

• Sykes, J.E. (2014) ‘Infectious Canine Hepatitis’, Canine and Feline Infectious Diseases, pp. 182–186. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-4377-0795-3.00018-1.
• ‘Infectious Canine Hepatitis and Feline Adenovirus Infection’ (2021) Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. W.B. Saunders, pp. 289–300. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-50934-3.00023-9.

Current Vet is an educational podcast intended for veterinary students, veterinary professionals, and individuals with an interest in veterinary medicine.

All content provided in this podcast and its associated materials is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as, and must not be considered a substitute for, professional veterinary advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Any clinical cases discussed in this podcast are fictional, and are designed to reflect typical or likely clinical scenarios for educational purposes. They do not represent specific real-life cases, clients, or animals.

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and alignment with current evidence at the time of publication, veterinary medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and recommendations may change over time.