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The RVC Cancer Biobank
The RVC Cancer Biobank aims to improve companion animal and human health, by providing a resource of high quality biospecimens for translational research that will result in cancer therapy advancements. -
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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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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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The RVC Blood Donor Programme Reaches 20-Year Milestone
The RVC Blood Donor Programme is vital to the everyday functioning of the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. The blood products it provides allow our specialist clinical teams to help hundreds of animals every year. -
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Latest In Gait Assessment Technology with the Orthopaedic Service
Recently, thanks to the kind generosity of the Animal Care Trust (ACT), the RVC’s registered charity, a grant was awarded to upgrade the now out of date pressure mat, to allow the team to expand their lameness diagnosis and clinical monitoring through a state-of-the-art instrumented dog treadmill. -
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Headshaking – Treatment Overview
Occasional shaking of the head may be normal, however when becoming frequent, violent and when affecting riding or handling the horse, a pathological process must be considered. -
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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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RVC Team Works With ZSL to Help Critically Endangered Monkey
A critically endangered white-naped mangabey suffering from epiphora and epistaxis came to RVC Small Animal Referrals for evaluation and treatment. -
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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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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