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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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Resilient Rocco’s Road to Recovery
A three-year-old longhaired male entire Chihuahua was mauled by a large dog, leading to severe injuries, including pelvic fractures, body wall rupture, testicular avulsion and acute kidney injury. He has bounced back and is enjoying his life, thanks to the specialist teams working together at RVC Small Animal Referrals -
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Helping Referred Patients with a New Fluoroscopy Unit
RVC Small Animal Referrals has upgraded its fluoroscopy unit, which offers benefits for referred patients and their owners, research and veterinary education. Fluoroscopy is a specialist diagnostic imaging modality, enabling capture of real-time moving pictures of inside of the body. -
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Spotlight on Imaging-Guided Procedures
Diagnostic imaging has developed at an amazing pace in the last 20 years. We can now obtain hugely detailed images of the body that continuously help the RVC's Queen Mother Hospital for Animals offer better patient care -
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Portosystemic Shunt Case Study
Billy, a four-month-old Jack Russell terrier, presented to his referring vets with a history of intermittent vomiting and diarrhoea, occasional hindlimb ataxia, and head bobbing. An abnormal bile acid stimulation test raised the suspicion of a … -
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Congenital Intrahepatic Shunt Classifications Study to Improve Canine Care
A new descriptive study has determined important variations in the classification of congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (IHPSS) in dogs. These findings are an important step in not only the diagnosis but surgical method and recommended … -
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The Value of a New Digital Pathology Platform
The Royal Veterinary College has establishment a digital pathology platform, which allows digital scanning of glass slides to produce high-resolution digital slide images. -
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Improved Monitoring of Anaesthetised Patients
A new anaesthesia monitor at the RVC enables patients to be safely monitored at all times, including during CT scans when staff are not able to be present in the CT room. -
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Advanced Imaging Case Study
Advanced imaging case study of a greyhound seen by specialists at the Royal Veterinary College, who was injured when chasing a deer -
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Grey Parrot Helped by Transdisciplinary Approach
A case referred to the RVC Exotics Service at the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital demonstrated the considerable collaboration between our services - in this case with the Diagnostic Imaging Service and our Diagnostic Laboratory. -
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What’s Behind the Wax?
Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, Ross Bond discusses the assessment of the horizontal ear canal and tympanic bullae in dogs with chronic otitis. Ear disease tops the list of the most common presentations at first opinion canine practices. It is …