Gratnells is pleased to announce that it will once again be supporting the British Veterinary Hospitals Association by sponsoring the 2021 Design Awards. The awards are aimed at promoting excellence in veterinary practice and design. Held every two years, they are known to attract many innovative entries. The categories for the Design Awards 2021 competition …
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Gratnells is concentrating production efforts on our range of medical trolleys, currently in high demand as part of the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic. The trolleys, with an antimicrobial coating to help with infection control, are used by health professionals for the storage of face masks, gloves and medical instruments. Our Harlow factory, which …
Congratulations to Jonathan Niccol of Companion Care in Worcester who is the lucky winner of our trolley prize draw at the London Vet Show. One of our compact trolleys will be winging its way to you shortly. Thanks to everyone that entered the competition on our stand.
We had a very successful trip to the London Vet Show in Olympia. The show was really busy and we had lots of interesting conversations with many delegates. You can see some photos of the Gratnells Veterinary stand here
We were very interested to see this new animation from BioCote which clearly demonstates how its antimicrobial treatment helps prevent the spread of bacteria and microbes. All our frames and trolleys are treated with BioCote additive, along with a range of our trays and baskets too. So if infection control is important in your practice …
For today’s final mystery bacterium, and our final one of the week, we have an organism that manages to get everywhere and causes a wide range of clinical signs. Can you name the mystery bacterium? Here are some hints about today’s guest bacterium: In birds, especially chickens and turkeys, it’s associated with avian cholera, but …
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For today’s mystery bacterium, we have a highly contagious pathogen that causes disease in dogs, cats, rabbits and pigs, as well as being closely related to the cause of whooping cough in humans. Can you name the mystery bacterium? Here are some hints about today’s guest bacterium: The symptoms in dogs are closest to the …
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For today’s mystery bacterium, we have a genus of bacteria that can infect all our veterinary species, but is most commonly associated with acute kidney disease in dogs and abortion in cattle. Sheep and cats generally act as asymptomatic carriers, while the human form of the disease is often associated with workers who come into …
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For today’s ‘name that bacterium’ quiz, we have quite a picky little pathogen, which affects only one family of mammals in which there is one extant genus and two main veterinary species (plus their hybrids). On the other hand, once it gets into a population of animals it can create havoc, particularly in premises with …
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Kicking off our five days of ‘name that bacterium’ quizzes, we have quite a celebrity organism today. Best known as a ‘superbug’ in humans, this bacterium can also cause infections in dogs, cats and horses especially. Can you name the bacterium? Here are some clues about today’s mystery bacterium: Most commonly it causes difficult-to-treat infections …
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