{"title":"Finding my place as a nurse in emergency and critical care.","authors":"Emma Roberts","doi":"10.1002/vetr.71095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.71095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emma Roberts looks back at a veterinary nursing career in emergency and critical care, learning to balance home and work life, and how leadership roles helped her grow.</p>","PeriodicalId":23560,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record","volume":"199 4","pages":"181-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13474433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148763738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'The AVMA must withdraw support for overturning Proposition 12'.","authors":"Steven McCulloch","doi":"10.1002/vetr.71092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.71092","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Steven McCulloch argues that the American Veterinary Medical Association's support for federal legislation overturning state farm animal welfare laws is incompatible with veterinary responsibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":23560,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record","volume":"199 4","pages":"178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13474442/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148759585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Veterinary RecordPub Date : 2026-08-15Epub Date: 2026-01-29DOI: 10.1002/vetr.70334
Vasileios Ioannis Vallios, Evdokia Sourla, Daniel Low, Holger A Volk, Marios Charalambous
{"title":"Treatment of discospondylitis in dogs: A systematic review.","authors":"Vasileios Ioannis Vallios, Evdokia Sourla, Daniel Low, Holger A Volk, Marios Charalambous","doi":"10.1002/vetr.70334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.70334","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Both medical and surgical techniques have been reported to manage canine discospondylitis, although data on clinical effectiveness and long-term prognosis remain limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review of studies on treatment approaches, follow-up data and investigation methods was conducted. Each study was evaluated for evidence quality (study design, sample size, disease characterisation, healing assessment and risk of bias) and outcome measures (treatment success, follow-up methods and long-term outcomes) using the Cochrane risk of bias tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Forty-eight studies on medical and surgical management were included. All were classified as low-quality evidence with a high risk of bias. Medical and surgical interventions had success rates of 68.75% and 75%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>All studies had a high risk of bias and low-quality evidence due to their retrospective design and lack of randomisation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Antibiotics should be considered the first-line treatment when vertebral instability or disc extrusion is absent, guided by culture and sensitivity testing to ensure appropriate selection, with a mean treatment duration of 105 days. Surgical intervention is reserved for cases of failure of medical management and spinal instability, while percutaneous discectomy represents a promising adjunctive option in selected patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":23560,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record","volume":"199 4","pages":"e177-e193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13474450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148761691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grant to Shed Light on Injury Trauma in Vets.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/vetr.71096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.71096","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23560,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record","volume":"199 4","pages":"183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13474451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148765752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Video nasty?","authors":"Josh Loeb","doi":"10.1002/vetr.71111","DOIUrl":"10.1002/vetr.71111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Convincing-looking videos generated by artificial intelligence depicting animals in unlikely scenarios or engaging in inaccurate types of behaviour could lead to a 'shifting baseline', a researcher who has investigated this tells Josh Loeb.</p>","PeriodicalId":23560,"journal":{"name":"Veterinary Record","volume":"199 4","pages":"154-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13474464/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148762375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}