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Hi, I'm Kapil

I'm Kapil Ramburn, a 1st year veterinary student at the University of Nottingham. I live in London and commute up to Nottingham for the start of my vet-school journey.

I write the clinical and YMYL (Your-Money-or-Your-Life) pet-health content on Visa&Momo. Every clinical article is mine — from the symptom triage tables to the home-care checklists to the references at the bottom. I sign each one with my byline and link it back here so you always know who you're reading.

What I'm working on

I'm building the Visa&Momo pet-health content cluster — a UK-specific library of owner-facing pet-health guides, written from a vet-student perspective and grounded in the same BSAVA Manuals, RCVS Knowledge summaries, and VPIS data that every UK vet school uses.

The cluster covers:

  • Preventive care — puppy vaccination schedules, kitten worming protocols, senior-dog wellness.
  • Common conditions — the symptom-led guides owners Google at 11pm: dog itching, cat vomiting bile, dog coughing at night.
  • Seasonal hazards — Easter chocolate, summer heatstroke, autumn antifreeze, Bonfire Night fireworks.
  • Medicines & prescribing — what your vet chose, why, and what the datasheet says (Metacam, NSAIDs, antibiotics, the PROTECT ME poster).
  • Communication & vet care — how to ask for a second opinion, what "we'll run some tests" actually means, and how to file a clean pet-insurance claim.

You can browse the cluster at /dog-care/health and /dog-care/safety. The current 20-post editorial calendar lives in the project playbook (vet-student-content.md at the project root).

What I cite

Every clinical claim I make is grounded in a primary UK source. I never substitute "according to the literature" for a proper citation. The hierarchy I use:

  1. BSAVA Manuals — Manual of Canine and Feline Medicine (3rd ed.), Manual of Canine and Feline Emergency & Critical Care, Manual of Small Animal Dentistry, the Behaviour Manual, the Dermatology Manual, and so on. The UK gold standard; what every UK vet school teaches from.
  2. RCVS Knowledge and the Veterinary Evidence journal — open-access, peer-reviewed, free to link. The best EBVM (evidence-based veterinary medicine) summaries available.
  3. VPIS (Veterinary Poisons Information Service) data — for any toxicity article (chocolate, xylitol, antifreeze, grapes, raisins, NSAIDs).
  4. VMD (Veterinary Medicines Directorate) and Plumb's Veterinary Drugs — for any prescribing / drug article (Metacam, NSAIDs, antibiotics).
  5. WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines — the international standard that BSAVA aligns with.
  6. RCVS Code of Professional Conduct and Supporting Guidance — for any article about vet-client communication, second opinions, or clinical records.

I cite each one inline (e.g. "BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Medicine 3rd ed., Ch. 1, p. 42") and link the open-access ones directly.

What I will and won't claim

Because I'm a 1st year student, I have no clinical experience. Everything I write is a faithful translation of what BSAVA, RCVS, and VPIS have already published — never my own case experience, never invented protocols, never confident opinions dressed up as facts.

The tone rules I follow on every article:

  • Authority without jargon. "The BSAVA recommends…" not "According to the literature…"
  • Empathy first. Acknowledge worry, cost, time pressure — owners are reading because they're scared.
  • Transparency. "I'm Kapil, a 1st year vet student; this reflects current teaching, not clinical experience."
  • Action-oriented. Every post ends with one single, doable next step for the owner.

For symptom articles, I always include a traffic-light triage table — Green = monitor at home, Amber = book your vet, Red = emergency. And I always link the table back to a primary source (PDSA, RSPCA, Dogs Trust, Vets Now) so you can read the same guidance from a practising vet.

What I don't do

I don't give prescribing advice. I don't diagnose from photos. I don't replace your vet. Every YMYL article ends with the same disclaimer:

This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional veterinary advice. If your pet is unwell, contact your vet.

If you have an emergency, call your vet or the nearest out-of-hours emergency service. The clusters I cover on the homepage and /dog-care/safety link to Vets Now and the BSAVA Find-a-Vet directory so you don't have to search.

Get in touch

I'm still early in vet school, so I keep the feedback loops simple. If something on the site is wrong, incomplete, or unclear, the fastest path is to use the contact form on Visa&Momo — the form routes to the editorial team, and I see every message. I'll fix factual errors quickly and credit the corrector in the article footer where appropriate.

When I have the time later in 2026, I'll add a LinkedIn cross-link here so you can follow along with my vet-school journey and the LinkedIn cross-posts of each article. For now, the contact form is the way to reach me.

— Kapil

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