Veterinary contribution to Covid-19 pandemic

I’d like to respond to John Mackinnon ( VR , 3/10 October 2020, vol 187, pp 277–278) who suggests that veterinary expertise has been overlooked in the fight against Covid-19 and that this is a result of the profession (and by extension the BVA and the RCVS) being too small animal focused. Vets have played a critical role in the UK’s response to Covid-19 – from our role in keeping the country’s food supply going, to offering PPE and ventilators at a local level, to caring for the nation’s pets in difficult circumstances at a time when the mental health benefits of pet …