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  RVC Dermatologists Collaborate with WAVD on Clinical Consensus Guidelines and Webinars

  Two RVC dermatologists, Dr Anette Loeffler and Professor Ross Bond, have collaborated with the World Association for Veterinary Dermatology on commissioning an open-access series of clinical consensus guidelines

• RVC Professor of Equine Orthopaedics, Roger Smith is appointed President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)

  

  Roger Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics at the Royal Veterinary College has been appointed as President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) for 2023/24.  He has taken over the role from David Rendle following the recent BEVA …

   21 Sep 2023

• New study from the RVC identifies most common findings in pre-purchase examinations of horses

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that lameness is the most common prejudicial PPE finding in prepurchase examinations (PPEs) in horses in the UK. It was also found that horses with a higher purchase price are more …

   15 Feb 2024
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  Transvenous PDA Occlusion

  Virginia Luis Fuentes and David Connolly, Professors of Veterinary Cardiology, Anne Kurosawa and Xavier Navarro Cubas, Cardiology Specialists. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most common congenital cardiac diseases in dogs. Female …
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  Stopping the spread of MRSP

  Over the past five years, the RVC Dermatology Service has seen an increase in dogs with skin or ear infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP). It recently established a decolonisation study aimed at reducing its spread.
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  Adrenalectomy for Pituitary-Dependent Cushing’s

  Professor David Church, Deputy Principal at the Royal Veterinary College discussed the evolution of treatment for hyperadrenocorticism or Cushing’s syndrome
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  A Week in the Cardiology Service

  With a recently expanded team, the RVC Cardiology Service is working harder to diagnose and treat cardiac diseases, ranging from complex congenital heart disease and acquired cardiomyopathies.
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  Alpaca Benefits from a Collaborative Approach After Trauma

  David Bolt (Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery) and Richard Meeson (Professor of Orthopaedics and Head of the Small Animal Orthopaedic Service) outline the case of an alpaca who benefited from the transdisciplinary approach of the RVC. Dexter at …
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  VetCompass – a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence

  Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVC’s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value of the wider veterinary community in these …

• Pioneering Hypophysectomy Treatment Reaches 100-Case Milestone

  

  A cat called Rusty has become the 100th patient to be treated by hypophysectomy at The Royal Veterinary College

   30 Sep 2019

  The UK’s first successful feline hypophysectomy surgery was performed at the RVC in 2012, to treat …