Maggots

by | Jun 5, 2014 | Donaldson's Vets

A couple of weeks ago in this column, I discussed the risks of blowfly strike at this time of the year. Over the last few weeks, we have seen several severe cases and so, in an attempt to raise awareness of the awful condition and the distressing consequences, I would...

Has Summer Arrived??

by | May 22, 2014 | Donaldson's Vets

The weather has warmed up, the surgery air conditioning is working overtime, and so are the Vets and Nurses at the Donaldson’s surgeries as the summer’s seasonal conditions burst into life.   With the past winter having been mild, throughout the spring, we have...

Flystrike (maggots)

by | Jun 20, 2013 | Donaldson's Vets

With the warmer weather we have had in the last few weeks, the Vets at Donaldson’s have seen the usual stream of summer conditions presented at the surgery. Today’s column deals with one of the few conditions that turns my stomach (after nearly 18 years in the job, I...