Borborygmi: Noises From The Veterinary World

It's our 50th episode today! Sometimes when you're editing a podcast, the most frustrating part is how much of the gold just can't quite make the cut, as there isn't time to squeeze everything in to each episode. In this season, there was so much wonderful audio and fantastic conversation that hadn't quite made it into the first 9 episodes, so today, for our season finale, we're bringing you the best of the rest of the conversations we've featured so far. It's like a Christmas special, but as it's not Christmas, it's a just a ‘special'. You'll hear snippets of chat from quite a few of our guests here, and don't forget, you can go back and listen to each of their full conversations in the back catalogue.  This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

If you're lucky, there might be someone in your life or work that really inspires you, who has an impact on the trajectory of your career and the path you choose to take. It might be a teacher at school, a family member or a friend. For Christelle Le Roux it was a lecturer at uni. Christelle qualified from the University of Pretoria already knowing that she wanted to be a diagnostic imaging specialist and has followed that dream through an internship, residency and diploma. She met Georgina Catlow, a vet in Surrey, through VVS, with Christelle teaching and mentoring Georgina throughout her diagnostic imaging certificate. Georgina qualified in 2015 and has built her skills and interest in imaging over the past 5 years - you can feel the shared passion they both hold for the discipline in this chat, and the impact that having an unofficial mentor has had for both of them on developing that passion. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

Today we're hearing about life behind the scenes in the world of virtual veterinary referrals. Ruth Clark and Lydia Morgan are both vets themselves with years of experience in general practice, who have now transferred their skills to work as commercial managers at VVS. As you'll hear in this conversation they clearly both love their job and the satisfaction they gain from helping others in practice, and Lydia and Ruth are really great examples of vets who've acknowledged the wide set of skills we all have in the veterinary space, and subsequently diversified their careers. I love that Lydia says “There's no such thing as just a vet” - she's so right. We can all be vets doing whatever it is that makes us tick.  This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

They say that ‘teamwork makes the dream work' right, and I couldn't agree more. This ethos was so evident when I chatted to Kelly Burrow, Inês Serrão, and Avner Hoida from Medivet in Enfield. Kelly became a partner at Medivet at a relatively young age, but is clearly an inspiring and caring boss, and I was so impressed by her, Inês and Avner. They're a young team but one that comes across as incredibly well supported and full of confidence, with everyone given a chance to progress and learn, and I absolutely loved hearing about how the vets and nurses in their practice are encouraged to stretch themselves and try new things. We started by talking about how Kelly manages her team to create an environment in which everyone can thrive. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

What's the collective noun for a group of veterinary specialists? I've no idea but we've got a right good bunch of them on the podcast today. In this conversation I was joined by Simona Radaelli, Susana Silva, Christelle le Roux, Pedro Oliveira and Nuala Summerfield, who are all diploma holders in their various fields. They have, between them, worked in a multitude of different countries and top notch referral centres and have wildly impressive credentials. We talked a lot about teaching in this conversation, with the specialists talking about their passion and enjoyment of teaching, and what they feel it gives them in return. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

There are many of us in the vet world who love to learn, and I know a lot of vets and nurses relish the time they get to spend acquiring new skills and new knowledge, and how much pleasure it can give people to master something different. But some people are also gifted with a true passion for teaching, and Steph Sorrell definitely falls into that category. Steph is a medicine diplomat who locums around the UK in different referral hospitals, and is part of the medicine service at VVS. She met Thea Gardner, a branch partner at Medivet, when Steph taught an online interactive case-based CPD course during the pandemic. Thea has recently passed her small animal medicine certificate and here they discuss teaching and learning as vets, why the time pressures in general practice sometimes make this difficult and why learning on the job has its benefits. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

One of the beauties of the veterinary profession is the diversity of practices out there, in terms of size, scope and the expertise of people working within them. There really is a place for everyone, whether you're big or small, specialist or not. Sarah Aldridge is the owner of Daventry Vets, a 2-vet independent practice in Daventry that was founded in 2001, and is a GP vet with a focus on building personal, friendly relationships with her clients and their animals. Here she chats to Nuala Summerfield, a cardiology diplomat and co-founder of VVS about the relationship between specialists and practitioners, how it's changed over time in their careers, and why they both appreciate the benefits of being able to keep cases in house where possible.  This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists  

My guests today are Andrea Volk and Pascal Hoberg, and today we're bringing you some insights into learning to love a speciality - in this case dermatology - that perhaps isn't your natural love. Pascal is a Director at Wylie Veterinary Hospital in Upminster, and holds a certificate in cardiology. It's probably safe to say that he previously hasn't been a great fan of the many and frequent derm cases he's had to deal with in practice. Andrea on the other hand is a European specialist in veterinary dermatology, having completed a residency at the RVC. She is now back in her home country of Germany, and is a dermatologist at the University of Hannover Vet School as well as consulting for VVS. Andrea, unsurprisingly, is a huge fan of dermatology. I absolutely adored this conversation, and the hilarious relationship that Andrea and Pascal have.  This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

In this episode we'll be hearing from Ellie Marriott and Nuala Summerfield about their love of all things feline, as well as some of the clinical challenges that cats can present, particularly with regard to cardiology. Nuala is a cardiology specialist as well as the co-founder and clinical director of VVS. Ellie is a partner at Castle Vets, an independent practice in Dorchester. They're an ISFM Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic, and Ellie believes in providing the very best care she can to every cat that walks through her door. Both Ellie and Nuala are enthusiastic adopters of new technology, embracing change where they can as part of their ethos in veterinary medicine. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

I'm joined today by Clare Knottenbelt and Jenny Gould. Clare is an oncology specialist who spent 18 years teaching students at the University of Glasgow. Two years ago she started her own business, with the aim of helping practitioners become more confident at administering chemotherapy and treating oncology patients themselves, and is now the oncology specialist at VVS. Clare is also a certified coach, and you'll hear her passion for helping others in this chat. Jenny Gould qualified in 2005 and has predominantly been a small animal first opinion practitioner since. She has unique experience of the services provided by VVS, having worked for the company as a commercial manager, as well as utilising the services both as a referring vet and an owner. You'll hear in this conversation about Jenny finding herself in the position - as many of us do with our own pets - of being an owner facing decisions regarding a beloved family member, with her own dog, Ember. This season is brought to you by Virtual Veterinary Specialists. Ever wish you could just conjure up a specialist to help you, in person, with a difficult case? Well now you can! The wonders of cutting-edge medical technology means that VVS specialists can be instantly on hand to live-guide you through procedures.  Book a call with VVS to find out more: http://bit.ly/BookACallWithVVS  Check them out on YouTube for a flavour of how VVS can help your practice: http://bit.ly/VVSvideosYouTube Head to the VVS website for more info: http://bit.ly/VirtualVeterinarySpecialists

Today is the last episode in this season, but don't worry, we'll be back in January with a brand new collection of podcasts that we cannot wait to bring you! We're having a little break over Christmas but Season 3 kicks off on January 11th so pop it in your diaries. A massive Merry Christmas from Ebony and me, and to all those of you working over the Christmas period, we thank you, we salute you and we are with you - stick us in your ears or on the car radio as you're driving about - I'll be working over the festive season too so I'm with you, and wherever you are, the whole veterinary community is massively appreciative of those keeping the ship afloat over the holiday period.  Our guests on the season finale are Louise Littler, an organising and decluttering coach and mentor, and Emma Davis, a career and business coach, and the founder of https://veterinarycareers.com.au, and we're hearing their hopeful stories before christmas of overcoming debt. This isn't something we talk about a lot as vets, and I'm really grateful to Lou and Em for being so candid. Many of my American friends have opened up previously about their cripplingly high debts, and there's widespread awareness of the cost of vet school in the US, but here there's a silent population of vets and nurses with huge debts, student loans, credit cards and more. We're lifting the lid on that today, and hearing how it can be overcome.  This season is supported by VetYou. VetYou are a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!  

Today we've got the second part of my chat with Libby Kemkaren-Thompson and Jenny Guyat, both career coaches with a huge interest in money mindset that really comes across in their conversation. In this episode they're discussing the ins and outs of money mindset as a vet, how the attitudes of the general public can crush our confidence around money, and how changing your perspective around money can alter your earning potential.  VetYou are a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!  

There was so much wisdom, interesting stuff and general fun in this episode that I couldn't cram it all into one podcast, so you've got not one, but TWO sessions with the fabulous Jenny Guyat and Libby Kemkaren-Thompson coming your way this week as a pre-Christmas treat!  Libby and Jen will be familiar to many of you - they've both been supporting and inspiring people within the veterinary profession for many years, and are both brilliant career coaches helping others to unlock their potential. Today they're talking about what "money mindset" is, understanding your own attitudes towards money and how that translates into building a complementary team of people around you.  A few resources that Jen and Libby recommend in this episode: The 4 Big Cats analogy that Libby describes is the Wealth Dynamics model Jenny mentioned Sacred Money Archetypes and she also uses Talent Flow Human Design by Chetan Parkyn Dominique Mullally's work on money mindset and wealth strategy  Denise Duffield-Thomas's books including The Chillpreneur We're being supported this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!  

Today I'm joined by Chris and Sarah McIntosh, a married pair of vets from Cornwall. As you'll hear, the story of their lives for the last 10 years has been shaped by the consequences of Chris's brain injury as a result of hydrocephalus. I was really moved and amazed during this chat: it strikes me that neither Chris nor Sarah are the kind of people who seek sympathy or dwell in self-pity, instead their good humour and capacity to just get on with life is really what shines through. I want to thank them both for sharing their experiences with us, it was a total privilege. As Chris himself said to me before we started recording, if ever there was a walking advert for income protection, it's him. If you're looking at income protection, have a look at VetYou - they'll be able to help you. VetYou are a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!

Today, we're mostly talking about getting old. Yes, it'll happen to all of us whether we like it or not, and if you're like me and have no clue about pensions then hopefully this chat might be somewhat enlightening. Joining me today are Rory Cowlam, a small animal vet in London, with a parallel career as a TV vet , appearing regularly on The Pets Factor and Blue Peter amongst others. He's also a published author, and I'm pretty sure he's the first guest on Borborygmi to have a Wikipedia page... Vivan Shridharani used to work as an investment banker until he founded Raindrop, a flexible digital pension platform for self-employed people. He and Rory have been friends for a while, and because Rory is keen for Vivan not to get his knuckles rapped, we should say that anything discussed in this episode can't be construed as financial advice. You have to make your own decisions about what's right for you, but FYI, Raindrop is great.   We're being supported for this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!

One thing I've really noticed since doing these podcasts is how amazing it is that when you start being honest and open about things that you find other people have been through the same things as you. I was quite ashamed for a while that my working life was affected by having varicose veins in one of my legs, and was blown away when I started chatting to Katie Ford - a small animal vet and digital entrepreneur - and found she'd had the same thing - in fact, much more severely than me. We've both got family history, and we've both had surgery in the last 12 months, both utilising the private system for this.  So here we are talking about vets and our invincibility complex, why you never think you need health insurance until it's too late, and...our old lady legs.  We're being supported for this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Borborygmi is brought to you by Vets: Stay Go Diversify, an international community of veterinary professionals supporting each other in pursuing fulfilling careers - join us on Facebook!

Today's episode is an absolute corker - I know, I know, I have a tendency to say that fairly often but the wisdom and practical advice meted out in this podcast is really worthwhile and I can't wait for you to hear it. Gudrun Ravetz has - in her words - a portfolio career these days, including holding the position of Head Veterinary Officer at Simply Health. She's also  a past-president of both BVA and SPVS and lives in north Cumbria where she's likely to be found on her bike or in a wetsuit swimming in a lake.  Alison Lambert worked in business for both Hills Pet Foods and Mars before starting her own business, On Switch, in 2001. Alison is an honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Vet School, and last year received the AVA's Veterinary Business Thought Leader Award. There's a lot of chat about financial planning in this episode, but if you haven't got a clue where to start and you need advice from a professional, VetYou can help you. Do drop them a line.  We're being supported for this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy.  

We're kicking off today on the theme of entrepreneurship and cultivating an entrepreneur mindset in the veterinary profession! Taking the leap into running your own business can be daunting, whatever it is you do, and running a business brings its own challenges. Katrin Jahn is the head vet and owner of GVC, the German Veterinary Clinic in Abu Dhabi, which she founded in 2008. Mike Kitchen is GVC's business advisor, himself an experienced leader and manager of people and client relationships. After starting from scratch, the clinic is now a large, thriving enterprise with multiple diversified interests, offering feline boarding, a pet relocation business, and a behaviour consultation service. GVC was also the first Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic in the Middle East, and all their staff at Fear Free Professionals. Katrin is currently undertaking a residency in animal welfare and behaviour management, and is also a certified coach.  We're being supported for this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM at @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy.

We are BACK! Hello hello and welcome to Borborygmi: Noises from the Veterinary World, the show that lets you overhear conversations between veterinary professionals about anything and everything that's topical in the industry - the triumphs and the tribulations, they're all in here. I'm Naomi Mellor, vet and podcaster, and we are into Season 2!  2020 has been QUITE the year, which for a lot of us has featured more tribulations than triumphs if we're honest. So in the spirit of recognising that the pandemic has upended a lot of people's finances, we thought we'd bring you a new series of conversations around money. We're being supported for this season by VetYou, a veterinary-led community encouraging you to face up to your finances, get the help and advice you need, and start paving the way to a brilliant financial future, whether that's starting your own business or planning for your retirement. Everyone involved in VetYou has had highs and lows in their own financial journeys. So this season is all about telling you the stories of our community to help you make the most of your finances.  Most important of all, we want to hear from you over the next few weeks. Send us an email at hello@vetyou.co.uk, drop me a DM @naomi_the_vet, or write us a review on Apple podcasts with your thoughts and feedback, and we'll be featuring a few of them each week. We really want to know what you think about money, about pay in the profession, about whether you even give your financial future a second thought or anything else you fancy. Go on, I dare you.  Borborygmi is part of Vets: Stay Go Diversify - if you haven't yet joined our wonderful community, do so here!

Today is the final episode of Borborygmi for this season and we're ending with a conversation on diversity and racism in the veterinary profession. This may be uncomfortable listening for some of you. You may roll your eyes and say ‘This is pointless. I'm not a racist. I'm tired of hearing about Black Lives Matter. It isn't relevant to me”. Imagine how tired people of colour are at this point in time, having to constantly justify themselves and their place in Great Britain. To deny the existence of racism  in the veterinary world is to deny the lived experience of the all-too-few people of colour that work alongside us. My guests today discussing this are Navaratnam Partheeban and Libby Kemkaren-Thompson and I want to thank them both sincerely for their patience in this chat. This is a challenging issue, but those of us who have the privilege of being white must challenge ourselves, educate ourselves, and work alongside people of colour to create real and meaningful change.  Useful links: BVEDS Website: https://bveds.com  BVEDS Twitter: https://twitter.com/bveds2016  BVEDS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishVEDS/  Books and podcasts: https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race/  https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/the-good-immigrant/  https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/small-island/  https://dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/books/natives-race-and-class-in-the-ruins-of-empire/  https://www.aboutracepodcast.com 

This is the last of our episodes recorded at last year's London Vet Show (sad!) but before the Show closed its doors and they brought our podcast booth down around our ears, Sophie managed to drag her pal James Greenwood into the podcave for a debrief about diversification. You'll mostly be hearing the distracted garblings of two excitable friends fresh from picking up free pens in the breaks between lectures, but hopefully - amid the chatter - for those feeling as though they would like to explore other avenues, particularly in media, this may help to reassure you that your vet degree can be useful in a wide range of work environments.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

I absolutely loved these two! This was a delight of a conversation with a lot of laughs and I'm so pleased that we made it happen - I should probably add that Liz was 39 weeks pregnant at the time of recording... Liz Bode is a veterinary cardiology specialist - our second one featured in the COVID specials, who'd have thought it - who works at ChesterGates Veterinary Specialists in Cheshire. Scott Kilpatrick is a specialist in small animal internal medicine and was recently appointed head of medicine at Wear Referrals in the north east. In tandem with with their other halves, Andy and Sean, Liz and Scott are also both co-directors of the Veterinary Thought Exchange, a new CPD company that they recently founded. Here they discuss running a startup, how the business came about and the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on their professional and personal lives.    VTX are most active on Instagram and you can find them here. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     

This week we are talking side hustles, and today's conversation on Borborygmi features two friends, Jessi Benn and Nat Scroggie, who discussed a little about what it's like to take risks in your career as a vet. They've both been in practice for a few years, and are now exploring what avenues they'd like to pursue within the veterinary profession and beyond, and are both combining locuming with side hustles and other projects. Nat loves running and is combining blogging with her clinical career, whilst Jessi talks about how career coaching has encouraged her no end! Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated! Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

We are so thrilled that today we've got our first international guests on Borborygmi! A little milestone for the pod. Naomi's guests today are Jessia Kania and Dawn Garvey, both veterinarians in small animal practice in Illinois, outside of Chicago. Jessica graduated in 2017 and Dawn in 2009, and they are former colleagues and good friends. In this chat they talk about life in the USA with the shelter in place order, and some of the financial pressures that COVID has brought to their practices. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     

Between them, Brian Faulkner and Stephanie Writer-Davis have a wealth of experience in clinical practice. Brian has been a vet for almost 25 years and has made a career out of diversifying within the profession, from setting up practice on his own to completing masters degrees in both business and psychology. Steph is a general practitioner with 35 years of experience under her belt, and both are past-presidents of SPVS, which is how they met. But in a world of increasing specialisation and diversification, it is often easy to lose sight of the importance of the basics and both Steph and Brian remain vocal champions of the basic but vital skills that make you an excellent general practitioner. In this conversation, we hear them talking about the power of the clinical consultation.    Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   

As final year vet students at Bristol and Surrey respectively, both Hannah FItzsimmonds and Holly Sutton know the myriad stresses that vet students face each year and are both dedicated to doing something to tackle it. Hannah is the Welfare Representative for the AVS, and Holly is one third of the start up VetFit- a research driven veterinary service dedicated to reducing the impact of stress through sport, exercise and social support. We join their conversation talking about their own experiences as final year students and get their failsafe tips for managing stress in the process.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

You'll quickly realise from listening to the gentle ribbings doled out in this episode of Borborygmi that today's guests are two people that Naomi knows very well. Louise Turley is a small animal vet and a Director of Mulberry House Vets, an independent practice that she co-founded with two other vets and their practice manager in January 2019. Matt Yarnall joined Boehringer Ingelheim as a cattle veterinary advisor 8 years ago, and now works exclusively in a marketing role. They all went to college together many moons ago, plus the three of them live near each other and are VERY good friends, although as you'll hear in this chat, Matt and Louise's differing jobs have produced different challenges during the Coronavirus pandemic, including the joys of working from home with children.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/     

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and this conversation features Adrian Nelson-Pratt, and Sean McCormack talking openly on that subject. You'll probably quickly realise that the two of them are great friends. having known one another well for some years now since Sean was the student rep for Hills pet foods at Dublin University, and Adrian was the Hills Veterinary Affairs Manager. Sean is now the head vet for tails.com, a bespoke online pet food company, and following many years in veterinary industry, Adrian is now an independent  business consultant and personal performance coach. Here they touch on their career journeys, mental health and why a life in industry has worked for them.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Liv Bass and Zara Abas. Liv and Zara are final year vet students at the University of Nottingham; Zara is from North Wales, and Liv is from the north east, and they are both currently locked down with their families. They are in the process of revising for their finals, which are due to take place very soon. Clearly the Coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with university education in ways we might not have dreamed possible, particularly for vet students when you consider EMS and rotations as well as the usual forms of student study. Here the two of them chat about the changes to their final term, their upcoming exams, and their job prospects in the near future.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.   

This week on Borborygmi, we drop in on a conversation between Aubrey Kumm and Timokleia Kousi. Aubrey is a vet who got bitten by the technology bug while completing a masters in neuroscience. He has spent the last 3 years developing a veterinary platform and app called Guava Vet, which tackles a big issue facing our profession today - recruitment. Here, he talks to Timokleia, founder of Vet Futurist and one of a growing number of professionals helping vets to make the most of technology by creating content about digital innovation and spreading the word about the benefits of tech. They discuss how steady changes in tech uptake are changing the veterinary industry for the better. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20. See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

On today's Borborygmi Zoom call, Naomi caught up with Kieran Borgeat, clinical lead in veterinary cardiology at Langford Vets at the University of Bristol, and his great friend Shaun Taylor, a the founder and director of Yatton Vets in Somerset, an independent first-opinion practice. These two have been friends since their uni days at Bristol and here discuss their contrasting experiences of employment during Coronavirus - Kieran is now on furlough, whilst Shaun is running his practice single-handedly with his nurses, and - awkwardly - had to furlough his mum!   Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

In this episode of Borborygmi, we're talking about money. Hannah Fitzsimmonds is a final year vet student at Bristol University and until recently, was the AVS Welfare rep. Matt Dobbs qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 1999 and was a farm vet for many years, progressing to be the managing director of Westpoint Farm Vets. He is also a trustee of the Animal Welfare Foundation and a co-founder of VetYou, which aims to get vets thinking about their finances and financial future.   Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like something to look forward to once lockdown is over, you can get a 10% discount by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.    Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Today, on the second Corona special of Borborygmi, I'm joined by Holly Norman and Jenny Bowen-Smith. Holly is a joint venture partner with Vets4Pets, and is in charge two practices in Peterborough with her business partner Laura. Jenny is a small animal vet in the first opinion practice at one of the vet schools, so whilst she primarily sees cases, she is also involved in teaching and lecturing. These two met at the RVC, from where they graduated in 2011. They were in the same rotation group at university and according to Jenny, have been great friends, drinking buddies and a strong support for each other ever since.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and the plan is still very much for it to go ahead. Book tickets using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20 for a 10% discount.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Today on Borborygmi, Sophie is chatting with Fiona Andrew. Fiona has been a qualified vet nurse for almost 20 years and has spent much of her career looking at what it means to be a nurse in modern veterinary practice. Currently working as a Business Support Manager for the Vet Partners Group, Fiona is also Chair of the BVA advisory board. This conversation covers the relationship between vets, vet nurses and owners in practice and also discusses Fiona's work as leader of an important new Vet Nurse task force - a joint BVA and BVNA initiative that looks at the development of veterinary nurses and how we as a profession, can best recognise the role today and give due credit to what is an indispensable cog in the veterinary machine.  Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a 10% discount by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.  Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree  License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Today's podcast marks the start of a special set of extra Borborygmi episodes we have recently recorded to capture the changes to life in the veterinary profession since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic. We'll be featuring vets, nurses and students from across the industry over the next few weeks, with conversations interspersed amongst the original Borborygmi collection recorded at last year's London Vet Show. Our first guests on the 'Covid Special' version of Borborygmi are Ami Sawran, a practice principal at Westpoint Vets, with an interest in small ruminants and camelids, and Fi Boothby, a predominantly dairy vet at Vale Vet Group. These two met at vet school, qualifying from Liverpool in 2011 and as you'll hear here, are VERY good fun. In this chat you'll hear them discussing the changes that have happened on farm with social distancing, and what it's meant so far for their clients. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Cat Henstridge - better known as Cat the Vet - is a small animal practitioner, writer, blogger and frequent contributor to social media including video and written content. She describes herself as a ‘pretty normal vet really, who just happens to rant about things online every so often'. Katie Roberts is a vet student at Cambridge University, and the current president of the Association of Veterinary Students. They're talking social media and our relationship to it in the veterinary profession. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In uncertain times, creativity can provide a great deal of solace, and creativity is the theme of today's discussion in the Borborygmi booth. Taimur Alavi and Rebecca de Stacpoole met at vet school in Bristol. Bex works as a small animal vet in West London and is also an artist, spending much of the free time she has painting and and selling her artwork. Taimur left clinical practice to found his company IVALA, a tech company that creates interactive 3D learning content for the veterinary community, that he sold to the Veterinary Information Network and continues to develop. Here, they talk about what exploring their creativity has meant for their professional lives and explain the value that it can bring to a scientific profession. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Cat Auden and Lawrence Brown, two friends who met at Edinburgh University, from where they graduated as veterinary surgeons in 2010. Cat previously worked in small animal practice and is now Head of Collaborations for VetLED, a company that looks at enhancing team performance and improving patient safety in veterinary practices. Lawrence initially worked in mixed practice, but is best now described as an entrepreneur. He has multiple projects on the go, including consultancy for the Department for International Trade on animal sciences and aquaculture. Under the banner of VetLED, Lawrence and Cat have set up Vet Mentors, a series of interviews with veterinary professionals to provide inspiration and encouragement to others. You can find the Vet Mentors webpage here: https://www.vetled.co.uk/vet-mentors Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today we are hearing from Alice Wilkinson and Eleanor Livingstone, two farm vets who work at Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic in Dorset. Friars Moor has recently become a Best Practice Representative as part of the Parliamentary Review and is at the forefront of farm practice in the UK. We hear Alice and Eleanor chat about what it means to be a farm vet today including the challenges and rewards that come with working in their field (no pun intended). Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As a new-ish faculty, the veterinary department at The University of Surrey is a little different to the more traditional older vet schools in the way their final year works, as students travel to partner practices all round the country for their rotations, rather than being in a teaching hospital on the university campus. This novel approach carries both its joys and its challenges, which are discussed here by Emma Robertson, a Veterinary Clinical Teaching Fellow at the University of Surrey with responsibility for final year students, and Alexia Yiannouli herself currently a final year student at the university. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Rachael Steen and Matt Forshaw. Rachael has been a qualified vet for over 20 years and spent the majority of her career working with small animals at the PDSA in Liverpool, where she met Matt. Matt, also a small animal vet, has been qualified for 10 years and now works as a Business Development Director at Vet Partners. They became firm friends since working together in Liverpool and here, they talk about how big shifts in their personal lives led them to explore other opportunities and diversify. They reflect on the changes that they've made and discuss how moving away from full time clinical practice has been good for them both, helping them to find the right work life balance and becoming much happier in the process. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Naomi Mellor - that's me by the way - and Polly Compston. Polly and I went to vet school together and we both now fit into the ‘diversify' category - Polly has worked in practice, done a masters in epidemiology and public health, a clinical research residency, worked overseas for the equine charity The Brooke, and is now doing a pHd on foot and mouth disease in Kenya. I've also worked in equine practice both in the UK and abroad, and currently work for the British Horseracing Authority on the regulatory side of the sport, as well as doing some research. The conversation picks up with us talking about becoming a vet and the choices we've made. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated! Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our guests on Borborygmi today could not be more topical given the current world circumstances, as today we're talking about mindfulness and yoga, and the benefits these can have in a stressful profession. Allisdhair McNaull is the creator of the widely read Vet Mindfully Blog, dedicated to the practice of mindfulness, and Chloe Hannigan is a yoga instructor and Director of vetyogi.com. As practicing vets, both Allisdhair and Chloe know all about the stresses and strains of daily veterinary life that can accumulate to negatively impact our mental and physical health but also the power that daily mental and physical practice can have on alleviating that strain. Here, they explain their practices and talk about the personal experiences that led them to mindfulness and yoga, and to a happier working life. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Laura Higham graduated from Edinburgh Uni in 2008 and having been in practice in both the UK and New Zealand, now works for FAI, the Farm Animal Initiative, advising on the sustainability of food and livestock supply chains. She has a particular interest in international animal health, the future of food production and environmental issues, which led her to set up Vet Sustain, in the process meeting Anna Judson, the Junior Vice President of SPVS. Anna was a partner and practice owner for many years, and after selling her practice recently is now further pursuing her interests in wildlife, conservation and climate change. They're chatting about sustainability in the veterinary profession and how we can all get involved. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

You may be familiar with today's guests on Borborygmi. Pete Wedderburn and Emma Milne are small animal vets with decades of experience between them but both of them have moved away from full time general practice and into the media sphere. Pete is a regular columnist for The Telegraph who often appears on television and radio, and Emma is a published author and commentator, who you are likely to have seen grace our screens on all 11 series of BBC1's hugely successful show ‘Vets in Practice'. Both use their platforms regularly to speak out against abuse of animal rights but their welcome advocacy for animal welfare comes at a cost; both Pete and Emma have been subject to online bullying for their vocal opinions, in particular about pedigree breeding. Here, we listen to them talk about the impact that social media has on their work, both good and bad, as they conclude that sometimes, changing just one mind at a time is enough to keep going. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we're talking parenting with Liz Barton and Ben Sweeney. Liz is the creator of the VetsNet resource hub, founder of WellVet and curator of VetMums. Ben is the founder and managing director of Simply Locums, and a new dad. Liz has two girls aged 5 and 7, and Ben and his wife Dani have recently become new parents to their son Matthew. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Daniella dos Santos and Dave Hollinshead. Daniella qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 2012 and has recently been elected President of the British Veterinary Association. She is leading the charge to build on inclusivity and diversity within the veterinary community and is a huge believer in ensuring that people from all backgrounds are able to enter the profession.  Here she speaks with Dave, a small animal vet who qualified from Cambridge Vet School in 2011. Dave is based in Sheffield, and works in emergency and critical care. Both entered into the veterinary profession from very different backgrounds, but as you'll hear in this conversation each faced surprisingly similar challenges along the way. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Jade Statt co-founded Streetvet in 2016, a practice dedicated to delivering free veterinary care to the homeless and their pets on the streets. They've grown exponentially since then to cover 16 towns and cities around the UK, and Jade is now the CEO. Jo Brand is the team leader for StreetVet in Cambridge, having set the programme up in the city there. They're discussing the challenges they've faced along the way in this line of work, and how they've overcome them. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We are listening to a conversation today between Shereene Williams and Amy Barstow.  Both Shereene and Amy work for the international animal welfare charity The Brooke, though they came to it from quite different avenues. Shereene qualified as a vet from Nottingham in 2011 and after a period of time in equine and general practice, went travelling and came back to join Brooke four years ago as an Animal Health Veterinary Advisor. Amy qualified in 2013 from the RVC and spent time volunteering before starting an equine internship at the Animal Health Trust and completing a PhD at the RVC. Amy spent some time teaching before joining Brooke in mid 2019 as a Global Animal Health Advisor. Here, they talk about the paths that led them to working there and what moving in a slightly different direction meant for their job satisfaction. Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Today's guests on Borborygmi are Nat Scroggie and Cat Auden, and this recording was actually the first time they'd met in person, which is a great testament to the power of social media and the virtual friends you can make. Nat had a miscarriage in 2018 and subsequently set up Vet MINDS (miscarriage, infertility, neonatal death and stillbirth), a closed Facebook group to support others within the profession who have been through similar situations. Cat has previously had a miscarriage but now has 3 children. I'd really like to particularly nod to these two for this conversation - it was so open and warm, and they were both incredibly honest, so thank you. I should also say that if you've previously experienced any of the scenarios mentioned above, be aware this episode may be a trigger. You can find the Vet MINDS page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2371031636501997/ Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ebony Escalona and Cal Major are two people who need little introduction here. Ebs is the mastermind and architect behind the Vets: Stay Go Diversify group that so many vets, nurses and students have joined these days, and Cal is an activist and stand up paddle boarder who founded her campaign, Paddle Against Plastic to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the seas and rivers of the UK. They're both veterinary surgeons and here they're talking about community, and its myriad roles in their work. You can find details of Ebony's work here - https://www.vsgd.co and Cal's work here - https://paddleagainstplastic.com Borborygmi is a collaboration between the London Vet Show, Vet Times, Vets:Stay Go Diversify and Smashing The Ceiling. Thank you to everyone involved for your help and support, it has been much appreciated. Tickets for this year's London Vet Show are now on sale and if you'd like to attend, you can get a generous little discount from our friends at the Vet Show by using the link https://london.vetshow.com/borborygmi-booking with the code LVS20.See you there! Music: "Carefree" by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefree License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/