Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 17b - Dr Eleanor Raffan - how genomic research has identified one of the genes involved in adiposity risk in Labrador retrievers

This episode has originally released to our members in the member zone last year.
This is the re-released second part of a the two part conversation.
Dr Russell Chandler and Dr Eleanor Raffan delve deeper into her own research on genomics, gene mutations and obesity-risk in the Labrador retriever breed.  
The winning genetic formula for the historical working Labrador in the harsh Canadian environment may turn out to be a losing genetic formula in temperate climates and more comfortable domestic lifestyles.  
Dr Raffan offers her top tips on how, knowing some of the genetic factors at play, adipose tissue gain may be prevented, and thereby the prevalence of joint pathologies may be reduced
Resources:
Links VOA:
Join VOA
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
Follow VOA on Facebook
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Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 17a - Dr Eleanor Raffan - dogs, evolution, adiposity and its influence on osteoarthritis

This episode has originally released to our members in the member zone last year.
This is the re-released first part of a the two part conversation.
Russell Chandler talks with Dr Eleanor Raffan about the advantages and disadvantages of a predilection towards obesity in dogs.  
They discuss the genetic inheritance of this trait and how environment and diet, mediated by epigenetics, influences this risk.  
The interaction of adiposity and osteoarthritis via the adipokine-mediated inflammatory pathways is also explored
Resources:
 
Links VOA:
 
Join VOA
https://vet-oa.com
 
Follow VOA on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
 
Follow VOA on Facebook
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Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 26b - PET OBESITY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS: SOLUTIONS FROM AN EXPERT VETERINARY NURSE

These two episodes are suitable for everyone involved in pet healthcare, especially veterinary nurses, and vets. 
In this second episode, Russell Chandler of VOA was fortunate enough to have a conversation with one of the leading lights on pet obesity management, Georgia Woods-Lee. 
Georgia Woods-Lee qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2004 from Myerscough College, Preston. In 2010 Georgia was appointed as Head Nurse and clinical coach of a small animal practice in Cheshire. In 2015, Georgia took the position of Royal Canin® Weight Management Clinic Nurse at the University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, where she is now dealing exclusively with pet obesity and nutrition.
Georgia gained her Certificate in Canine and Feline Veterinary Health Nutrition in 2017, the American Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in nutrition certificate in 2019 , and her BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing (Top up) degree in 2022.
Podcast recorded 18th May 2023
Guests: GEORGIA WOODS BSc(Hons) RVN CertCFVHNut VTS(Nut)
Host: RUSSELL CHANDLER
Producer: KIZZY BASS
Episode 26b content:
Reframing obesity as a disease
Using the correct language and communiication around obesity and overweight
Getting into ‘remission’ from obesity and maintaining a healthy physique
 
 
 
Resources:
Links VOA:
Join VOA
https://vet-oa.com
Follow VOA on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
Follow VOA on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/VeterinaryOsteoarthritisAlliance
Guest links:
Georgia on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiarvnvts/?locale=pt_BR
Georgia on Instagram thefatvetnurse
https://www.instagram.com/thefatvetnurse/
Waltham puppy growth charts
https://www.waltham.com/resources/puppy-growth-charts
Host Links:
Russell on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-chandler-379a3756/

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 26a - PET OBESITY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS: A PAINFUL COMBINATION

These two episodes are suitable for everyone involved in pet healthcare, especially veterinary nurses, and vets. 
In this first episode, Russell Chandler of VOA was fortunate enough to have a conversation with one of the leading lights on pet obesity management, Georgia Woods-Lee. 
Georgia Woods-Lee qualified as a Veterinary Nurse in 2004 from Myerscough College, Preston. In 2010 Georgia was appointed as Head Nurse and clinical coach of a small animal practice in Cheshire. In 2015, Georgia took the position of Royal Canin® Weight Management Clinic Nurse at the University of Liverpool, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, where she is now dealing exclusively with pet obesity and nutrition.
Georgia gained her Certificate in Canine and Feline Veterinary Health Nutrition in 2017, the American Veterinary Technician Specialist (VTS) in nutrition certificate in 2019 , and her BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing (Top up) degree in 2022.
Podcast recorded 18th May 2023
 
Guests: GEORGIA WOODS BSc(Hons) RVN CertCFVHNut VTS(Nut)
 
Host: RUSSELL CHANDLER
 
Producer: KIZZY BASS
 
Episode 26a content:
Definitions of overweight and obesity
The obesogenic environment
Prevention of obesity
The effect of obesity as a comorbidity with osteoarthritis
 
Look out for Episode 26b
Resources:
 
Links VOA:
 
Join VOA
https://vet-oa.com
 
Follow VOA on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
 
Follow VOA on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/VeterinaryOsteoarthritisAlliance
 
Guest links:
 
Georgia on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiarvnvts/?locale=pt_BR
 
Georgia on Instagram thefatvetnurse
https://www.instagram.com/thefatvetnurse/
 
Waltham puppy growth charts
https://www.waltham.com/resources/puppy-growth-charts
 
Host Links:
 
Russell on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-chandler-379a3756/
 
 
 
 

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 25b: 245 Real-life examples of stem cell therapy applied in refractory veterinary musculoskeletal cases

These two episodes are really Podcasts not to miss.
 
In this second episode, Russell Chandler of VOA continues his conversation with two of the great innovators of canine regenerative medicine in the UK. 
 
Dr Andy Armitage needs little introduction.  Andy established the UK’s first private veterinary practice devoted, solely, to small animal regenerative medicine, the Greenside Veterinary Practice in Scotland.  He has collaborated, for many years, with Dr Jo Miller of Cell Therapy Sciences, Coventry.  Jo along with her business partner, Dr Christine Standen founded the laboratory to manufacture stem cells for use by vets in clinical practice. Together they have to date provided more than 11,000 stem cell doses for mor than 3,000 patients.    
 
 
Podcast recorded 21st April 2023
 
Guests: DR ANDY ARMITAGE and DR JO MILLER
 
Host: RUSSELL CHANDLER
 
Producer: KIZZY BASS
 
Episode 25b content:
This episode complements the previous release: VOA Podcast 25a. 
Exciting therapies like stem cells have attracted plenty of hype.  Have you ever wondered how many cases have been reported supporting this kind of treatment?  Until now most series have been on the low side in numbers of cases treated.  That all changed when Andy Armitage’s paper was published in which a staggering 245 cases were described.  As if that is not enough, all of these cases had previously been unresponsive to ‘conventional’ multimodal medical, or surgical management.   
 
Andy answers questions on his case series and Jo Miller supports this by continuing to give her input from a scientist’s view point. 
 
All in all this is another great episode. The information is presented in an accessible way and should be of interest to all of us involved in the veterinary osteoarthritis space.  
 
Reference:
 
Armitage, A. J., Miller, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Georgiou, A. E., & Reid, J. (2023). Efficacy of autologous mesenchymal stromal cell treatment for chronic degenerative musculoskeletal conditions in dogs: A retrospective study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2023.
 
  Links to VOA:
 
Attend the inaugural VOACON
https://vet-oa.com/voacon
 
Join VOA
https://vet-oa.com
 
Follow VOA on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
 
Follow VOA on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/VeterinaryOsteoarthritisAlliance
 
  Guest links:
 
Andy Armitage
Greenside Veterinary Practice
 
greensidevetpractice.co.uk
 
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=greenside%20veterinary%20practice
 
Jo Miller
Cell Therapy Sciences Ltd
celltherapysciences.co.uk
 
https://www.facebook.com/celltherapysciences
 
  Sponsor links:
 
Nupsala MSK Clinic
 
https://nupsala-msk.co.uk/
 

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 25a - From the laboratory to the Labrador: How cell therapies are manufactured and applied in veterinary OA

These two episodes are really Podcasts not to miss.
 
In this is first episode, Russell Chandler of VOA was fortunate enough to have a conversation with two of the great innovators of canine regenerative medicine in the UK. 
 
Dr Andy Armitage needs little introduction.  Andy established the UK’s first private veterinary practice solely devoted to small animal regenerative medicine, the Greenside Veterinary Practice in Scotland.  He has collaborated, for many years, with Dr Jo Miller of Cell Therapy Sciences, Coventry.  Jo along with her business partner, Dr Christine Standen founded the laboratory to manufacture stem cells for use by vets in clinical practice.  Together they have to date provided more than 11,000 stem cell doses for mor than 3,000 patients.
Podcast recorded 21st April 2023
 
Guests: DR ANDY ARMITAGE and DR JO MILLER
 
Host: RUSSELL CHANDLER
 
Producer: KIZZY BASS
 
Episode 25a content:
Have you ever wondered how clinicians and scientists collaborate in the regenerative medicine space?  Or how do autologous stem cells make their way from the patient, through the laboratory, and back to the patient?  If so this podcast is for you. 
 
Andy Armitage describes why he uses regenerative medicine for canine osteoarthritis.  He outlines the procedures for tissue harvesting and cell administration.  Discussion of the laboratory processing that is required to move from the collected tissue to transplantable stem cells is provided by Jo Miller. 
 
This, once again, is a further excellent resource for all people involved in the veterinary osteoarthritis realm.  
 
Look out for Episode 25b in which Andy and Jo discuss their oustanding paper analysing 245 MSK cases (yes 245!) in which Andy used regenerative medicine.
 
Reference:
Armitage, A. J., Miller, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Georgiou, A. E., & Reid, J. (2023). Efficacy of autologous mesenchymal stromal cell treatment for chronic degenerative musculoskeletal conditions in dogs: A retrospective study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 2023.
 
Links VOA:
 
Attend the inaugural VOACON
https://vet-oa.com/voacon
 
Join VOA
https://vet-oa.com
 
Follow VOA on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/veterinary-osteoarthritis-alliance/
 
Follow VOA on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/VeterinaryOsteoarthritisAlliance
 
Guest links:
 
Andy Armitage
Greenside Veterinary Practice
 
greensidevetpractice.co.uk
 
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=greenside%20veterinary%20practice
 
Jo Miller
Cell Therapy Sciences Ltd
celltherapysciences.co.uk
 
https://www.facebook.com/celltherapysciences
 
 
 

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 16ab - Regenerative Medicine for OA with Dr Andy Armitage

In this re-released episode from our back catalogue, Dr Russell Chandler welcomes Dr Andy Armitage to the podcast this week.
Andy’s special interests include advanced regenerative techniques and rehabilitation.
His particular interests are stem cell therapy, platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP) and Class 4 Laser therapy.
Andy was the first vet to establish a regenerative medicine referral clinic in the UK at the Greenside Veterinary Practice in Scotland. 
This podcast episode has been split into 2 parts as Andy shared a wealth of great information about his work in regenerative medicine for OA.
 
Then following on from these 2 re-released episodes, Dr Andy Armitage returns to the show to discuss his paper alongside Dr Jo Miller from Cell Therapy.
We hope that you find this podcast useful. 
Acknowledgements
VOA is grateful to Nupsala MSK Clinic for their generous sponsorship and for making the VOA Podcast freely available worldwide. 
Thanks to everyone at VOA who made this podcast possible, especially our producer, Kizzy Bass.
Finally
We are all time-poor.  The VOA Podcast is a fantastic way to keep up your CPD, especially when you are on the move, such as during your commute or daily exercise. 
Please help us to bring you more exciting and informative episodes on the VOA Podcast by following, commenting, and sharing the link to your favourite social media platforms.
You can join our steadily growing multidisciplinary alliance at our website: www.vet-oa.com

Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance Podcast Episode 16a - Regenerative Medicine for OA with Dr Andy Armitage

In this re-released episode from our back catalogue, Dr Russell Chandler welcomes Dr Andy Armitage to the podcast this week.
Andy’s special interests include advanced regenerative techniques and rehabilitation.
His particular interests are stem cell therapy, platelet rich plasma therapy (PRP) and Class 4 Laser therapy.
Andy was the first vet to establish a regenerative medicine referral clinic in the UK at the Greenside Veterinary Practice in Scotland. 
This podcast episode has been split into 2 parts as Andy shared a wealth of great information about his work in regenerative medicine for OA.
 
Then following on from these 2 re-released episodes, Dr Andy Armitage returns to the show to discuss his paper alongside Dr Jo Miller from Cell Therapy.
We hope that you find this podcast useful. 
Acknowledgements
VOA is grateful to Nupsala MSK Clinic for their generous sponsorship and for making the VOA Podcast freely available worldwide. 
Thanks to everyone at VOA who made this podcast possible, especially our producer, Kizzy Bass.
Finally
We are all time-poor.  The VOA Podcast is a fantastic way to keep up your CPD, especially when you are on the move, such as during your commute or daily exercise. 
Please help us to bring you more exciting and informative episodes on the VOA Podcast by following, commenting, and sharing the link to your favourite social media platforms.
You can join our steadily growing multidisciplinary alliance at our website: www.vet-oa.com