In this episode of Current Vet, Dr Lottie talks about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Case
03:10 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
04:35 Clinical Signs
07:07 Diagnosis
11:47 Treatment
17:19 Prevention
18:15 Key Points
19:26 Outro

Recommended Reading

• Hartmann, K. (2005) ‘Feline infectious peritonitis’, Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 35(1), pp. 39–79. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2004.10.011.

While this is a great overview of FIP, it was written in 2005 when the latest treatment options and antivirals were not yet available

• EveryCat Health Foundation has some great research updates and summaries on FIP
• iCatCare has an amazing document outlining the treatments available for FIP, their contraindications, side effects, costs and recommended schedules as well as covering a few FAQs on FIP treatment. It was updated in July 2025. https://icatcare.org/resources/icatcare_fipupdate_july25.pdf
• The 2022 AAFP/EveryCat FIP Diagnosis Guidelines give a great summary of FIP itself, the diagnostic options available, pros and cons or each option and then an summary at the end https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1098612X221118761

References

• Fischer, Y., Sauter-Louis, C. and Hartmann, K. (2012) ‘Diagnostic accuracy of the Rivalta test for feline infectious peritonitis’, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 41(4), pp. 558–567. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2012.00464.x.
• Tasker, S. (2018) ‘Diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis: update on evidence supporting available tests’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 20(3), pp. 228–243. doi: 10.1177/1098612X18758592.
• Felten, S. and Hartmann, K. (2019) ‘Diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis: a review of the current literature’, Viruses, 11(11), p. 1068. doi: 10.3390/v11111068.
• Tekes, G. and Thiel, H.-J. (2016) ‘Feline coronaviruses: pathogenesis of feline infectious peritonitis’, Advances in Virus Research, 96, pp. 193–218. doi: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2016.08.002.
• Taylor, S.S., Coggins, S., Barker, E.N., Gunn-Moore, D., Jeevaratnam, K., Norris, J.M., et al. (2023)‘Retrospective study and outcome of 307 cats with feline infectious peritonitis treated with legally sourced veterinary compounded preparations of remdesivir and GS-441524 (2020–2022)’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 25(9). doi: 10.1177/1098612X231194460.
• Thayer, V., Gogolski, S., and Olah, G.A. et al. (2022) ‘2022 AAFP/EveryCat Feline Infectious Peritonitis Diagnosis Guidelines’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 24(9), pp. 905-933. doi: 10.1177/1098612X221118761.

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 avian influenza, also known as bird flu.

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Case
01:57 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
04:17 Clinical Signs
05:55 Diagnosis
07:33 Treatment
09:56 Why AI is a Global Concern
13:58 Current News
16:04 Key Points
17:24 Outro

Recommended Reading

• WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health)
• FAO Animal Health Updates:
• USDA APHIS (for U.S. vets)
• DEFRA UK or APHA (for UK vets)
• OFFLU Network (FAO/WOAH)

References

• Alexander, D.J. (2007). An overview of the epidemiology of avian influenza. Vaccine, 25(30), 5637–5644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.10.051
• Capua, I. and Alexander, D.J. (2009). Avian influenza infection in birds: a challenge and opportunity for the poultry veterinarian. Poultry Science, 88(4), 842–846. https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.2008-00289
• Swayne, D.E. (2022). Avian influenza. In: Swayne, D.E. (ed.) Diseases of Poultry. 13th ed. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 181–216.
• Bi, Y., Yang, J., Wang, L., Ran, L. and Gao, G.F. (2024). Ecology and evolution of avian influenza viruses. Current Biology, 34(15), pp. 716–721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.053
• FAO (2025). Global AIV with zoonotic potential – situation update. Food and Agriculture Organization. Available at: https://www.fao.org/animal-health/situation-updates/global-aiv-with-zoonotic-potential/en [Accessed 25 Sept 2025].
• WOAH (2025). Avian Influenza. World Organisation for Animal Health. Available at: https://www.woah.org/en/disease/avian-influenza/ [Accessed 25 Sept 2025].

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.

Money and financial knowledge are central to life in general, not just as a vet, yet it’s something most people are never properly taught how to manage or even feel confident talking about.

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr. Lottie is joined by Dr. Alice Barker (@thisvetcan), a qualified vet and financial expert, to break down everything vet students and new grads need to know about money. From salaries and negotiation to budgeting, debt, investing, and pensions, this episode is designed to make finances feel clearer, calmer, and far less intimidating.

This episode is for educational purposes only and does not constitute personalised financial advice. Everyone’s financial situation, goals, and circumstances are different. The information shared is intended to improve general understanding and confidence around money, not to provide a personal financial plan.

Find Dr. Alice’s salary transparency spreadsheet HERE
Instagram: @thisvetcan

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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 tetanus. How disease develops, why the clinical signs differ between species, what we can actually do to treat it and what the best prevention methods are.

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Timeline:

00:00 Intro

00:43 Case

01:50 Aetiology & Pathogenesis

05:29 Clinical Signs

08:01 Diagnosis

11:54 Treatment

16:19 Prevention

19:13 Key Points

20:46 Outro

Recommended Reading

• ‘Chapter 14 - Diseases of the Nervous System’ – in Veterinary Medicine - A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats
• ‘Tetanus’ – in Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine

References

• Popoff, M.R. (2020) ‘Tetanus in animals’, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 32(2), pp. 184–191. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638720906814.
• Linnenbrink, T. and McMichael, M. (2006) ‘Tetanus: pathophysiology, clinical signs, diagnosis, and update on new treatment modalities’, Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 16(3), pp. 199–207. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1476-4431.2006.00192.x.
• Gohari, I.M. and Prescott, J.F. (2022) ‘Clostridium’, in Veterinary Microbiology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 309–334. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119650836.ch34.
• Burkitt, J.M. et al. (2007) ‘Risk factors associated with outcome in dogs with tetanus: 38 cases (1987–2005)’, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 230(1), pp. 76–83. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.230.1.76.
• Chase, C. et al. (2017) Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant. Newark, UNITED STATES: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
• Lavoie, J.-P. (2020) Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Equine. Third. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Tilley, L.P. and Smith, F.W.K. (2011) Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline. Hoboken, UNITED STATES: Wiley.
• Constable, P.D. et al. (2017) ‘Chapter 14 - Diseases of the Nervous System’, in Veterinary Medicine - A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats. 11th edn. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier.

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 Jaagsiekte, also known as Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (OPA)

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Timeline:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:56 Case
• 03:48 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
• 06:25 Clinical Signs
• 08:28 Diagnosis
• 12:34 Treatment
• 16:53 Current Research
• 18:09 Key Points
• 19:44 Outro

Recommended Reading

• World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). (2023). Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (Jaagsiekte). In Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals. WOAH PDF
• Cousens, C., et al. (2024). Tracking Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Development Using an Experimental Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus Infection Model. Genes, 15(8), 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15081019
• O’Conor, K. & Chase, C. C. L., (2020). 5-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 582-583. Constable, P. D., Hinchcliff, K. W., Done, S. H. & Grünberg, W., (2021). Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats, 11th edn. Elsevier, pp. 977–979.

References

• Toma, C. et al. (2025). Overexpression of IL-6 and STAT3 may provide new insights into ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma development. BMC Veterinary Research, 21, 29.
• Cousens, C., et al. (2024). Tracking Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Development Using an Experimental Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus Infection Model*.* Genes, 15(8), 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15081019.
• World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). (2023) Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (Jaagsiekte). In: Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals. WOAH, Paris. Available at: https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/fr/Health_standards/tahm/3.07.08_OPA.pdf
• O’Conor, K. & Chase, C. C. L., (2020). 5-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 582-583.
• Constable, P. D., Hinchcliff, K. W., Done, S. H. & Grünberg, W., (2021). Veterinary Medicine: A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Goats, 11th edn. Elsevier, pp. 977–979.

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 one of the most common endocrine disorders in small animal practice — Cushing’s disease

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Timeline:

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:31 Case
• 01:24 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
• 05:08 Clinical Signs
• 06:29 Diagnosis
• 13:21 Treatment
• 16:38 Recommendations
• 17:26 Key Points
• 18:54 Outro

Recommended Reading

• ACVIM Consensus Statement (2013)
• Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G. (2020): Small Animal Internal Medicine
• Feldman, E.C. and Nelson, R.W. (2014): Canine and Feline Endocrinology
• Veterinary Partner (VIN Foundation, open access)
• AAHA (2023): Selected Endocrinopathies Guidelines

References

• Behrend, E.N., Kooistra, H.S., Nelson, R., Reusch, C.E. and Scott-Moncrieff, J.C., 2013. Diagnosis of spontaneous canine hyperadrenocorticism: 2012 ACVIM consensus statement (small animal). Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 27(6), pp.1292–1304. doi:10.1111/jvim.12192.
• Behrend, E.N., 2015. Canine hyperadrenocorticism. Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice, 30(1), pp.41–47. doi:10.1053/j.ctsap.2014.10.005.
• Feldman, E.C. and Nelson, R.W., 2014. Canine and Feline Endocrinology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
• Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G., 2020. Small Animal Internal Medicine. 6th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier.
• Ettinger, S.J. and Feldman, E.C., 2017. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 8th ed. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
• Veterinary Partner, VIN Foundation. 2025. Cushing’s Disease (Hyperadrenocorticism) in Dogs. [online] Available at: https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/ [Accessed 5 Sept. 2025].
• American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), 2023. AAHA Selected Endocrinopathies of Dogs and Cats Guidelines – Canine Hypercortisolism (Cushing’s Syndrome). Lakewood, CO: AAHA. Available at: https://www.aaha.org/resources/2023-aaha-selected-endocrinopathies-of-dogs-and-cats-guidelines/canine-hypercortisolism-cushings-syndrome/ [Accessed 5 Sept. 2025].

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

Zoo and wildlife medicine is one of the most competitive and idealised areas of veterinary practice. From the outside, it’s dramatic, exciting, and very different from other veterinary careers. But what is the reality?

In this episode, Dr Lottie is joined by Dr Noi Psaroudaki, a zoo and wildlife veterinarian, to explore what zoo medicine actually involves and how the role differs from more traditional areas of veterinary practice.
Together, Dr Lottie and Dr Noi discuss not only the clinical aspects of the job, but also the ethical, emotional, and practical challenges that come with working in zoos and wildlife settings.
Dr Noi shares reflections from her own career, including cases that have shaped her approach to zoo med, the pressures that come with public scrutiny, and why zoo medicine is rarely what people expect when they first consider the field.
This episode is wonderful for veterinary students, new graduates, and vets who are curious about zoo or wildlife medicine, as well as anyone wanting to learn more about this non-traditional area of vet med!

Resources from the episode:

• EAZA Best Practice Guidelines: https://www.eaza.net/BPG/
• News stories covering the white tiger cub case: https://www.bornfree.org.uk/news/born-free-statement-white-tiger-cub/, https://www.theanimalreader.com/2023/03/19/news-greece-zoo-save-white-tiger-cub-garbage/, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-19/athens-zoo-fights-to-save-tiger-cub-found-in-garbage/102116700

Find Noi on Instagram: @noi_the_animal_doc
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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.

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.