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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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Complex Immuno-Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia Case
Clara Mattavelli, Emergency and Critical Care Resident Following a stick ingestion, Daphne, a four-month-old whippet puppy, had a gastrotomy at her local vets. A few hours later she was referred to RVC Small Animal Referrals due suspected … -
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Laser Lithotripsy in Small Animal Veterinary Medicine
RVC small animal referrals is the only veterinary service in the UK offering laser lithotripsy treatment for urolithiasis. -
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What Is Wrong with my Backyard Chickens?
Sonja Jeckel, Senior Lecturer in Farm Animal Disease Diagnostics Keeping backyard chickens is popular in the UK and numbers are presumed to have consistently increased over the last 20 years. However, precise numbers are unknown as only flocks with … -
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Exotics Advanced Imaging
Diagnostic imaging plays an essential role in exotic animal medicine, with CT an increasingly used and hugely useful tool, to enable fast diagnosis and targeted interventions. -
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Pathology Specialist Takes on New Leadership Role
Simon Priestnall, Professor of Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, has succeeded Ken Smith (who has become head of the Graduate School) as Head of the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences (PPS). We spoke to Simon about his new role and developments in diagnostic pathology at the RVC. -
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3D Printed Calf Head Model to Assess Dispersal of Intranasal Vaccine
Intranasal vaccination is an increasingly used practice in humans, as well as farmed species. Pioneering research at the RVC studied the dispersal of intranasal vaccine in calves. -
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Adrenalectomy for Pituitary-Dependent Cushing’s
Professor David Church, Deputy Principal at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø discussed the evolution of treatment for hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing’s syndrome -
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Complex Feline Infectious Peritonitis Case
Jodie Green, Internal Medicine Resident Millie, a six-month female neutered domestic short hair, was presented to RVC Small Animal Referrals due to poor weight gain and a one-week history of progressive lethargy and hyporexia. On presentation to … -
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Primary Care and Shelter Medicine Postgraduate Opportunity
The RVC has created a new course – the first of its kind in the UK – for veterinary surgeons with particular interests in primary care and shelter medicine. The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education Internship ( … -
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Ten Years of Hypophysectomy at the RVC
Joe Fenn, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery The UK’s first successful feline hypophysectomy surgery was performed at the RVC in April 2012, to treat a cat with acromegaly and diabetes mellitus. Since then, the RVC team has …