Animal Care
THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Mark Newton-Clarke, MA VetMB PhD MRCVS, Newton Clarke Veterinary Surgeons
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or most of us, our earliest memories of contact with the veterinary profession are either a trip to the surgery with a pet, a visit by the vet to the farm, or watching the TV vet James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small. Over the years, medical science has forged ahead, paving the way 84 | Sherborne Times | June 2018
for new treatments and procedures for old problems and spending much effort keeping out new diseases. Being an island has largely protected us from the latter, although the movement of animals between the UK and the rest of Europe has meant that even greater surveillance is needed to maintain our biosecurity.