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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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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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Kid Gets New Lease of Life with Prosthesis
Thistle, a five-week-old kid (Nubian goat) was first referred to the RVC’s Equine Referral Hospital for evaluation of a suspected open fracture of her right front digits. She was born with what was initially believed to be an angular/flexural deformity and was treated with splints for a few weeks. -
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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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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 -
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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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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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Being an RVC Production Animal Resident
Steph Prior, one of the RVC’s Senior Clinical Training Scholars (Residents), is based at Torch Vets, which spans Devon and Cornwall. The residencies are practice-based as much as possible to offer maximum exposure to a wide range of cases in areas … -
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Developments in Forensic Pathology
Seven years ago the RVC appointed Henny Martineau as Head of Forensic Pathology, to lead the discipline at the RVC. The team has worked on a number of prominent cases in recent years. The so-called ‘Croydon cat killer’ was one such case. The RVC … -
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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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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 …