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I am delighted to be the new editor for UK-Vet Companion Animal. Having worked on the editorial teams of Veterinary Record, the Journal of Small Animal Practice and In Practice some years ago, I look forward to reacquainting myself with the small animal arm of the veterinary profession. I look forward to continuing the success of the journal in 2021 with the veterinary editorial team at Mark Allen Group and assisted by the valuable input of the journal's editorial board.

In this, the penultimate issue of the year, we have papers on how to perform venipuncture in birds (Madonna Livingstone), managing secondary brain injury in small animals (Mark Lowrie), adverse drug reactions resulting from ectoparasiticides (Anna Copland and Hany Elsheikha), and a comparison of analgesic requirements in two approaches to tibial plateau-levelling osteotomy in dogs (Robyn Thomson and colleagues). I hope you enjoy this variety of papers, chosen to aid vets in their everyday practice.