Welly boots and spreadsheets: A rough guide to production animal medicine for medical writers

There have been countless columns written about “herd immunity” during and since the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it take to write a real-life herd? As in herd of domestic cattle, sheep, llama or buffalo? In this article, large-animal-veterinarian-turned medical writer Rhona Fraser draws on her experience as dairy practitioner New Zealand. She highlights aspects production animal health that are different from those human companion practice should be reflected all communications based these species.