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Bristol vet school hosts talk on tortoise medicine
Focus on challenges of tortoise medicine and surgery

The Small Animal Practice at the University of Bristol’s School of Veterinary Sciences have organised a talk about tortoise medicine to be held on Wednesday 9 October.

Delivered by Colin Blakey, a vet who heads up the exotic pet service in the Small Animal Practice, the talk will provide tortoise owners with essential information about how to care for their tortoise properly in order to keep it in good health.

“Cracking the carapace – the challenges of tortoise medicine and surgery” will explore health problems in tortoises and how owners can prevent their pets getting ill.

Colin Blakey said: “The shell of tortoises offers particular difficulties when it comes to working out what is going on inside but with the use of advanced imaging technologies we can now look inside these mysterious creatures to find out what is wrong.”

Colin’s talk will discuss the challenges of investigating a sick tortoise and how they can be prevented or spotted early on.

The talk will be held at 7pm in the Hodgkin Lecture Theatre, Pearson Building, Langford. Admission is free for Langford Veterinary Services clients or £5 for non clients.

To book a place at the talk, contact the Small Animal Practice on 01934 852422 or book online at www.langfordvets.co.uk/tortoise_event.

The Small Animal Practice is run by Langford Veterinary Services and is a totally owned subsidiary of the University of Bristol.

 

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Practices urged to audit neutering data

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 RCVS Knowledge has called on vet practices to audit their post-operative neutering outcomes.

It follows the release of the 2024 NASAN benchmarking report, which collates data from neutering procedures performed on dogs, cats and rabbits.

The benchmarking report enables practices in the UK and Ireland to compare their post-operative outcomes to the national average. This includes the rate of patients lost to follow-up, which in 2024 increased to 23 per cent.

Anyone from the practice can submit the data using a free template. The deadline for next report is February 2026.

Visit the RCVS Knowledge website to complete an audit. 

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RCVS pays tribute to well-loved equine vet

The RCVS and the Riding Establishments Subcommittee has paid tribute to well-loved veterinary surgeon and riding establishment inspector, Rebecca Hamilton-Fletcher MRCVS.

Linda Belton MRCVS, RCVS President, said: "I, along with my colleagues on the RESC, RCVS Council, RCVS Standards Committee, as well as RCVS staff, was very saddened to hear of the sudden death of Rebecca, or Becca as we knew her, last week.

"She was a true advocate for equine welfare and in her many years on the RESC worked to continually improve the quality and consistency of riding establishment inspections, all in the interests of enhanced horse welfare and rider safety."