Autore: Alex Gough

About the authors Alex Gough, MA, Vet MB, Cert SAM, Cert VC, PGCert (Neuroimaging), MRCVS Alex is the director of a referral and first opinion practice in Bath, UK, where he sees referrals in small animal medicine, cardiology and neurology. He is a holder of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate of Small Animal Medicine and Veterinary Cardiology and a Postgraduate Certificate in Neuroimaging for Research. He is the author of Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats (with Alison Thomas, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010) and is a frequent contributor to the Veterinary Times. Kate Murphy, BVSc (Hons), DSAM, Dip ECVIM-CA, MRCVS, PGCert(HE) Kate is the clinical lead in a referral practice in Bristol, UK, where she sees a wide spectrum of medicine cases. Before working in referral practice, Kate was a small animal medicine clinician at the University of Bristol from 2002 to early 2011 where she ran the intensive care and emergency medicine service and also the medicine referral team. She is a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Kate is co-author of Notes on Canine Internal Medicine (with Edward Hall and Peter Darke, Wiley-Blackwell, 2004), has contributed chapters to BSAVA manuals and also has a number of peer-reviewed publications.