Season 1
June 16, 2021
8 Secrets that radioligists use to make them better than us at interpreting X-rays.
Does it drive you crazy how you'll sometimes look at an X-ray image and you don't see anything significant, but then you send it to a radiologist and they come up with a long list of important things!? How do they do it?! We…
June 1, 2021
#44: The C-word. With Dr Penny Thomas.
Dr Penny Thomas’ career has taken her from working as a nurse in a specialist clinic while she was doing her vet degree, to a stint in mixed practise after graduating from the University of Sydney in 2011, and all the way to…
May 21, 2021
Ureteral stones. Yes - it's a thing! With Dr Dave Collins.
Welcome back to another one of our clinical episodes. I decided to share this one today because of a case I dealt with just this morning. We had a cat in hospital with what was thought to be acute renal failure, but what tur…
May 7, 2021
#43: Integrative practice, with Dr Gary Richter.
What do you think when you hear the words ‘holistic’, or ‘alternative’. What about "complimentary"? These are terms that can evoke quite strong opinions and responses in many vets one way or another, right? 100% honest - I w…
March 16, 2021
#41: The yin and yang of emergency practice. With Dr Lorna O'Dowd
We’re back today with another full-length vet interview, and it’s a corker! We’re exploring the ins and outs, the ups and downs and the and the joys and struggles of a career in emergency practice, with Dr Lorna O’Dowd. You…
Feb. 23, 2021
#40: Niche practice and rubbery numbers. With Dr Randolph Baral.
This episdoe is a bit of a hybrid between our standard performance episodes and a clinical one. We speak to Dr Randolph Baral, who owns and works in a feline-only practice in Sydney, Australia. But Randolph doesn’t just like…
Feb. 8, 2021
#39: Get to know your hosts, part 1. With Dr Hubert Hiemstra.
I recently had the privilege to be interviewed by my podcast/business coach, James Whittaker. James is an author, film producer, entrepreneur, all-round great guy and host of the Win The Day podcast. We thought we'd share it…
Jan. 25, 2021
A cure for FIP. With Dr Dave Collins.
You know that virus that the entire world hates at the moment? Yes - the C-word. Well, us vets have hated it for a long time, because it’s been killing our feline patients relentlessly in it’s mutated form of Feline Infectio…
Jan. 15, 2021
#38: Behaviour: pets, vets, and clients. With Dr Sarah Heath.
Dr Sarah Heath is an RCVS and European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2018. She is an External Lecturer in small animal behavioural medicine…
Jan. 4, 2021
Peri-operative management of brachycephalic dogs, with Dr Bronwyn Fullagar and Dr Mark Tenenbaum.
We wanted to share one of the episodes from our clinical series of podcasts to give you an idea what they are about. This one is from a series we did on brachycephalic obstructed airway syndrome (BOAS) with specialist surgeo…
Dec. 24, 2020
#37: Big goals, small steps. With Dr Mark Kelman.
Here’s the link to our brand new clinical continuing education podcasts: https://vvn.supercast.tech. Subscribe before the end of January 2021 to lock in your subscription at a 30% discounted early bird rate. Now - our guest:…
Dec. 7, 2020
We’re back!
Just a quick chat to say hi and let you know what we’ve been up to, plus Hubert shares an important letter that we’d received at the Vet Vault from a listener who is NOT a vet, but a client. You may need to hear this - I kno…
Oct. 4, 2020
Announcement
If you’re thinking we’ve been slow to release new episodes then you’d be right! Hubert is travelling around Australia with his family for 6 weeks, so the Vet Vault will be taking a 6 week break. We’ll be back towards the end…
Sept. 21, 2020
Hashtag Vetschool
This episode is a special bonus episode for our student contingency. We chat to Nada Blagojevic (@dogtornada on Instagram). Nada is a final year vet student at Adelaide University and co-creator of Hashtag Vetschool. #Vetsch…
Sept. 14, 2020
#36: The pursuit of guilt-free practice ownership. With Dr Kathy Anderson.
Dr Kathy Anderson has been a practice owner for almost 5 years, and under her guidance, the practice has grown from a 2 man business to a bustling 6 vet practice and has seen a remarkable increase in revenue. Which is impres…
Aug. 28, 2020
Vet Vault Clinical: IMHA. With Dr Dave Collins
Here’s another sneak preview of our upcoming clinical podcasts with this episode on the diagnosis of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia. IMHA is one of those diseases where timely recognition and treatment can mean the diffe…
Aug. 18, 2020
#35: Adventures of an Irish farm vet. With Hazell Mullins.
Hazell Mullins is young and energetic and a little bit glamorous, but she’s also a very hardworking hardcore cow vet in her home country of Ireland. She shatters the stereotype of the tweed-hat-wearing bearded farm vet and i…
Aug. 3, 2020
#34: Passion, vetting in Asia, and flying turtles! With Dr Ruan Bester.
It’s not every day you get to interrogate one of your friends, but in this episode, that’s exactly what Hugh gets to do. Dr Ruan Bester has chosen a career journey that is a bit different to that of most of his classmates: i…
July 24, 2020
What does life as a vet look like, and other questions.
In this bonus episode we answer some listener questions. One of our listeners brought it to our attention that, because of Covid, many people who are considering studying veterinary science are not allowed to see practice. H…
July 17, 2020
VV Clinical: Fluid therapy for shock, part 1. With Dr. Rob Webster.
ECC specialist Dr. Rob Webster gives a beautiful explanation of the key principles of fluid therapy for shock patients, with a focus on the ‘dry’ hypovolemic patient.
July 10, 2020
#33: Seeing the full picture, with Victoria Johnson.
Victoria Johnson is a specialist veterinary radiologist and the founder and director of VetCt, a global leader in teleradiology and telemedicine. We dig deep into diagnostic imaging as a career choice: the how’s, the why’s a…
July 2, 2020
#32: Healthy healthcare teams. With Roz Lindsay
Roz Lindsay’s career started as a veterinarian. After several years of working in clinical practice in both the UK and Australia, she transitioned into a career in human pharmaceuticals. This is where her interest in busines…
June 25, 2020
#31: Are you ready for practice ownership? With Dr. Zach Lederhose.
In this episode of our business and leadership series with Dr. Shibly we speak to Dr. Zach Lederhose. Zach was about 2 years out of university and just 26 years old when he took t…
June 22, 2020
VV Clinical: Next level imaging of the GI tract, with Prof. Alice Defarges.
In this episode, Alice talks about imaging of the gi tract when you suspect gastrointestinal bleeding, and specifically the use of capsule endoscopy. This is not an entirely new technology, but for a long time, it’s been ver…