Dear Listeners, Generative AI is here and will only advance... so what kind of relationship do you want to have with it? While it offers promises in terms of advancing bioscience, it’s lack of social, ethical or other guardrails is troubling. My suspicion is that tech is unlikely to step in and slow down this train. Unfortunately ‘unplugging it’ wont work, the cat is out of the bag. It’s late to close the stable door, the horse bolted. Turning the clock back is a bit of a fantasy. The Wall Street

This month we begin by chatting with Dr. Jessica Quimby about her latest research on kidney disease in cats. We're also featuring the first of our JFMS Clinical Spotlight Interviews with Dr. Katrin Jahn talking about air travel and cats.Jessica and our host Nathalie Dowgray, Head of ISFM, discuss which additional medications you can use to support chronic renal cats with their appetite when suffering with nausea and Jessica talks about her latest study to assess how different medications

This month we have the second of our two episodes about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In June 2022, ISFM Academy Lead Sam Taylor sat down at our Congress in Rhodes with professors Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Séverine Tasker to discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of FIP.We discuss how we managed to develop drugs for the treatment of FIP in the UK and Australia and how the response has been to those treatments so far. We also offer advice for monitoring our

Dr David Vail isn’t your typical dog, cat or even cow veterinarian, but the research he does may one day not only help your pet, but also your human family members. Dr. Vail is a DVM at UW’s School of Veterinary Medicine and specializes in oncology. He is a member of  the first-of-its-kind Canine Health And ReGistry Exchange Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of oncologists and veterinarians.  Take C.H.A.R.G.E. will provide the veterinary community and dog owners with important data to help guide

Dog search team expert Cat Warren’s current work focuses on historical research, specifically: searching for abandoned or hidden burial grounds. This fascinating branch of search work combines history, racism, grief, and social reckoning. In this episode we cover: How dogs let us talk about historical acts of violence in ways that seem impossible otherwise Are there bones in the highway you’re driving? Probably yes. Where to even start looking for burial grounds someone wanted to keep

This month we have the first of our two episodes about feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). In June 2022, ISFM Academy Lead Sam Taylor sat down at our Congress in Rhodes with professors Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Séverine Tasker to discuss the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of FIP.We discuss the current thoughts on how Coronavirus causes FIP, how general practitioners can approach making a diagnosis and the differences between PCR tests. We also talk about the exciting