Survey of the UK veterinary profession

An open-access paper has now been published online in The Veterinary Record, with the first results of our survey of the UK veterinary profession. According to the survey, the most commonly seen species by vets were dogs, cats and rabbits, followed by equines and cattle. Skin conditions were most commonly mentioned for small animals, musculoskeletal conditions for equines and reproduction conditions for production animals. Vets perceived there to be a higher level of information available in the literature for conditions in dogs, cattle and equines and lower levels for rabbits and guinea pigs. The study should help to define the research needs of the veterinary profession  in the future.

Reference

Survey of the UK veterinary profession: common species and conditions nominated by veterinarians in practice
TD Nielsen, RS Dean, NJ Robinson, A Massey, ML Brennan
Veterinary Record 2014. doi:10.1136/vr.101745 [Epublication ahead of print]
http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/early/2014/02/25/vr.101745