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Taking a blood sample from a horse is a common veterinary procedure that can provide a lot of important health information. Equine vet Lucinda Ticehurst explains what the procedure involves, why it is done and what the test can potentially tell us

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BEASTS WITH BOGIES

Is that crusty cold sore on your lip making you feel ghastly? Or maybe the odd discoloured fingernail is giving you a monstrous look? In the dark, winter months, our bodies can throw up a whole host o

On being told that they had been bitten by a venomous snake, most eight-year-olds would panic. Not Nicholas Jubber; he was not terrified but disappointed by a diagnosis that contradicted his own. Nich