Marnie Brennan and Jenny Stavisky respond.

We thank Menno Holzhauer for contributing his feedback on our publication and as explained in our earlier letter published in Vet Record (19/26 September 2020, vol 187, pp 239–240) we welcome discussion from the profession around the BestBETs for Vets process and the methodology that is employed. One of the strengths of the BestBETs approach is that it is a relatively quick and simple way to assess evidence. This means that it is more likely to result in an ‘answer’ to the question, and permits rapid dissemination to aid clinical …