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The Sunday between Christmas and the New Year I spent hiking around Pembrokeshire and this time I went for walk no. 12 (Around Ynys Barry) taken from the book mentioned in some of my previous posts There is a local attraction called the Blue Lagoon that is just a few minutes away from the Aber Eiddy [...]

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Verjetno bi se mnogemu zdelo vprašanje manjkajoče kratice strokovnega naziva nepomembno ali pa celo na robu postavljaštva. Meni se je to dolgo zdelo in zato nisem ukrenil kaj dosti, ko sem ugotovil, da mi lokalna ustanova, ki kontrolira veterinarje v Veliki Britaniji, Royal college of Veterinary Surgeons ali krajše RCVS, kratice ni dodala v svoj [...]

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After being called out, out of hours, at 8pm and then just after going to bed at midnight I was awoken by the pager at 4:50 this morning. Just as I was calling the call centre my mobile went off. This was a full-on alert. The call centre told me that they received a call [...]

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Živim v državi, kjer imajo že večletno zgodovino zavesti za boljšo skrb živali. To sicer morda vsakogar ne bi prepričalo po branju člankov o večletni tradiciji brutalnih lovov na lisice, so pa nasprotno precej bolj strpni in dobrodelni do hišnih ljubljencev in konjev in bi marsikaj storili za njihovo blagostanje.
Ravno ta teden smo se namreč [...]

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Now I have to say this was one of the more interesting and very hands-on course that I have ever been on in my life. The course was theoretical mixed-in with lots of practical (wetlab) sessions. It was organised by CPD Solutions and the cost covered by my employer, The Fenton Veterinary Practice. The lecturer [...]

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Tale prispevek je čisto zares in žal pokaže tudi razliko med veterino v Sloveniji in Veliki Britaniji. Klinika, v kateri delam, že nekaj časa išče nadomestilo za veterinarko, ki bo šla v kratkem na porodniški dopust. Objavljali smo oglase v veterinarskih oglasnikih, kot je npr. “Veterinary record” in imeli celo neko dekle na razgovoru a [...]

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