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RVC Trauma Centre Maintains Level I Status
The Royal Veterinary College's Queen Mother Hospital for Animalsis the only ACVECC certified Level 1 Veterinary Trauma Centre outside of North America. -
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Concurrent Chronic Kidney Disease and Hyperthyroidism
The RVC’s small animal Internal Medicine Service has considerable experience managing chronic kidney disease and hyperthyroidism, including cases where they occur concurrently. -
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Plasmapheresis: When the Drugs Don’t Work
Molly, a three-year old springer spaniel with a severe form of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) was successfully treated by the RVC's Small Animal Emergency Referrals Service with plasmapheresis -
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Cardiac Research Clinic Hits a Recruitment Milestone
This year, researchers at the RVC’s Mitral Valve Clinic (MVC) were excited to recruit their 500th patient. Whilst there are a number of diseases that affect the canine heart, degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is by far the most common. The … -
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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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Benchtop Analyser vs Expert Opinion
Laureen Peters and Emma Holmes, Lecturers in Clinical Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College discuss the limitations of the benchtop analysis in the vet practice lab -
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Life During Covid – Residents’ Experience of Joining During the Pandemic
Clinical Connections spoke to RVC residents who started their roles amid the first wave of the pandemic. The picture of frustration at circumstances beyond anyone’s control, coupled with adaptability and creativity, will no doubt be familiar to clinicians up and down the country. -
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Lamb Predation: Who Dunnit?
The aim of the research is to improve the current understanding of the incidence of lamb predation throughout the UK, identify risk factors involved, and find out more about possible species contributing to these losses. -
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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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Limb Salvage at the RVC Embraces 3D Printing Technology
Animals referred to RVC Small Animal Referrals are benefiting from 3D printing technology, which has enabled dogs seen by orthopaedic specialists to have their limbs salvaged.