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10 min podcast: the pros and cons of flea control for pets | East Coast Radio
In this podcast, we discuss the fact that we are heading into peak flea and tick season.
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10 min podcast: a new way to make pets live for longer? | East Coast Radio
After my visit to the BSAVA vet congress, I heard about a proposed medication to make pets live longer. To hear my take on this, listen to the podcast below.
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10 min podcast: should we be fat-shaming our pets? | Newstalk
Here’s a short chat I had with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk’s Hard Shoulder about the issue of pet obesity: how frank should vets be when it comes to discussing this topic with owners of pod ..
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10 min podcast – taking pets to the UK | East Coast Radio
As summer approaches, many people plan to take their pets with them on trips to the UK and Europe. This short podcast explains what you need to do to prepare for this.
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10 min podcast: give pets the best possible veterinary care
I spoke on Newstalk this week about the challenge of providing the best possible care to pets when they fall ill.
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10 min podcast: preventing the new pet blues | Newstalk
I joined Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk's Hard Shoulder to discuss the sadness that fills people sometimes, just after they have taken on a new pet. It's the "new pet blues" as a journalist wrote recently.
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10 min podcast: dental care in pets | East Coast Radio
Pets need dental care, just like humans, but this is often misunderstood. This short podcast explains why it's so important, and what should be done at home to ensure that pets have optimal dental health.
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10 min podcast and article: helping overweight pets like Nola avoid obesity | East Coast Radio
It's common for pets to carry too much weight without their owners realising. This podcast explains how to identify this, and how to stop the weight gain before obesity develops.
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10 min podcast: the use of local anaesthesia in veterinary work | East Coast Radio
Local anaesthetics are widely used in veterinary surgery to allow painful procedures to happen while an animal is conscious.
Weekly column: unexplained weight loss in dogs
Whenever a pet loses weight unexpectedly, just as in humans, this can be a worry. Read my column in this week's regional Independent newspapers to learn about a recent case that I saw in my clinic.
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10 min podcast: how grass seeds can be hazardous to pets | East Coast Radio
Grass seeds are small sharp objects that can be hazardous to pets. Listen below to find out more, or read my latest Independent regional newspaper article here.
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10 min podcast: poisoning in pets | East Coast Radio
Poisoning is a common issue for pets: this short podcast discusses three typical cases that I have seen at my vet clinic in the past couple of months: click on the play button below to listen.
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10 min podcast and article on scooting and sledging in dogs | East Coast Radio
Scooting and sledging in dogs are often caused by anal sac issues: these are common and unpleasant, but they do need to be tackled.
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10 min podcast on the difference between Spayaware 2002 to 2022 in Ireland | Spirit Radio
The first Spayaware event was held in 2002, when over twenty thousand unwanted dogs were euthanased in Ireland's dog pounds. Twenty years later, in 2022, there were less than five hundred euthanased.
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10 minute podcast: summer gastrointestinal upsets in dogs | East Coast Radio
In the summer months, many dogs suffer from gastrointestinal upsets (vomiting and diarrhoea), both mild and serious.
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How long do cats live for? Article and podcast | East Coast Radio
New methods of reviewing vet clinic records have been giving us new and valuable information in all sorts of areas of pet care.
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Skin growths in elderly dogs – article and podcast
Elderly dogs are particularly prone to skin growths: they are common and usually benign, but they can irritate the poor animals, and they sometimes need to be excised.
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Tick control is needed for pet and human health: article and podcast
These days, I've been doing a double-job most weeks. A newspaper column and a podcast, both on a pet health theme.