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Gareth Cross

All articles by Gareth Cross

23 July 2021

“Much of what we have to treat cannot be judged by specialists, who only see the pinnacle of unusual cases”

Vet holding dog

23 June 2021

“How much of this technology will be appropriate to veterinary practice will depend on a variety of factors, not least getting things to stick to pets and stopping them chewing them off and eating them!”

person on computer on desk

12 April 2021

“Drawing the line between concern and paralysing fear comes with the experience of passing many humdrum days where nothing very exciting happens”

nurses injecting cat

1 March 2021

“Maybe I have spent too long dealing with cattle sheds and pneumonia, but ‘please open some windows!’”

vet preparing injection for pig

1 February 2021

“It often takes a period of adversity to force change that, if guided and nurtured, will turn out to be change for the better”

Women talking with horse

7 December 2020

“Plot spoiler: none of her readers will end up dead”

workplace discussion

2 November 2020

“I have been mainly singing the song of ‘trying to run and work in a veterinary practice’ to the tune of a global pandemic”

vet examining rabbit

1 October 2020

“The idea that anyone would expect us to use these accounts as some sort of benchmark for current working practices is ludicrous”

white brain with books and stethoscope

9 July 2020

“Put on your plastic apron and join in the national game of ‘which car is my client hiding in?'”

Women talking with horse

1 June 2020

“You want to spend your life in those chunks of time in the history books where nothing much happens”

Women talking with horse

30 April 2020

“There’s a whole world of issues out there that you can’t revise your way into understanding”

vet examining cat heart with stethoscope

31 March 2020

“It is very difficult to defend yourself against a balance of probabilities”

woman holding horse

28 February 2020

“One thing that will continue to exert its influence on our profession in 2020 is corporate veterinary groups”

surgery tools

28 January 2020

“Young solo vets carrying a bag of drugs into an urban housing estate: what could go wrong?”

vet examining dog ear

3 December 2019

“This article is important – please read it!”

workplace discussion