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  Responsible Antimicrobial Use in Horses

  Bettina Dunkel, Head of RVC Equine     Many diseases in horses are associated with bacterial infection. Unfortunately, viral or fungal infection, bacterial toxins, tissue damage or neoplasia also cause systemic inflammation and clinical signs are …
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  Corneal Cross-Linking Progress

  Maria-Christine Fischer, Lecturer in Ophthalmology, and Vim Kumaratunga, former Ophthalmology Resident      Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is a highly attractive treatment for infectious keratitis and melting (malacia). The RVC’s Ophthalmology Service …
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  Targeted Melanoma Treatment for Inoperable Areas of Horses

  In January the RVC Equine Referral Hospital began to offer a novel treatment for equine melanoma using locoregional hyperthermia combined with intratumoral chemotherapy. The treatment specifically targets tumours that cannot be surgically removed, …
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  Pain(T) In the Neck – Computed Tomography Myelography of the Cervical Spine

  Maty Looijen, Equine Resident Clinical problems associated with the cervical spine in horses are common. They involve a wide variety of symptoms, including neurological deficits (e.g. ataxia, dysmetria, paresis), neck pain and stiffness, and gait …
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  Getting the Best out of Biopsies at the RVC

  The RVC anatomic pathology team provides professional expertise in post mortem examinations, histopathology and immunohistochemistry for domestic species. Farmed livestock are also examined, in a partnership arrangement with the Animal Plant and Health Agency.
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  A Precious Resource: Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals

  Rosanne Jepson, Professor Small Animal Internal Medicine, and Tom Greensmith, Lecturer in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care In November 2022 the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) participated in ‘World Antimicrobial Awareness Week’, …
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  Osteoarthritis In Horses – Is There a New Option?

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics The RVC Equine Referral Hospital had a world-first 20 years ago, when it cultured mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of a horse suffering from an overstrain injury of its superficial …
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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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  Cardiac Arrhythmias in Horses

  Equine arrhythmias result in a range of effects, from poor performance and reduced exercise capacity to sudden cardiac death – but are also present in healthy equine athletes.
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  Snowflake the Red-Eyed Reindeer

  Nine-year-old reindeer Snowflake received treatment from the RVC Ophthalmology Service for a neoplastic lesion of the third eyelid