Bird flu: what is the h5n1 virus and how worried should we be?

Horses who travel internationally are subjected to greater potential disease risk than those who don’t. BEVA junior vice-president James Crabtree FRCVS outlines the relevant vaccination advice

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As a medical student, I had a total of two weeks’ training in dermatology – the specialty for skin diseases. That made it a bit of a shock when I entered general practice, where every other patient se