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Leptospirosis is a potentially lethal infectious disease that can have very different clinical presentations. The diagnosis is based on positive MAT (microscopic agglutination test) or PCR [...]

PBGMs are human point-of-care instruments used in veterinary practice to monitor blood glucose and to provide an indication of hyper or hypoglycaemia, which can both be critical medical [...]

Back in April, our monthly newsletter highlighted the pitfalls of diagnosing pancreatitis in our pets. Despite histopathology being the gold standard for a definitive diagnosis, this is [...]

Urine is often regarded as a stinky waste product from metabolism, responsible for yellowish stains on our clients carpets or our waiting room floors. But urine can provide us with much more [...]

What can be worse than a disease with non-specific clinical signs (and occasionally not even those) that can evolve into a life-threatening condition? This is exactly what we are asked to deal [...]

Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT), or hypo sensitisation, is a recommended treatment in cases of atopic dermatitis. ASIT has practically no adverse effects and is the only treatment that can [...]

Recently, many veterinary publications have unveiled the importance of intestinal microbiome and novel tests to further investigate this are currently offered by diagnostic laboratories. But what [...]

The preanalytical phase is a very important component of laboratory medicine. This phase includes all those steps that occur in the practice such as specimen collection, handling, storage and [...]

Thanks to all the vets and nurses who joined us last month for a very special CPD night organised by BattLab and the Warwickshire Veterinary Clinical Club (WVCC). Over 50 participants joined us [...]

By Dr Carmen Lorente, DVM, PhD, DipECVD. EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Dermatology Most cases of canine pyoderma are caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius. Despite Staphylococci [...]