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  Rare Vascular Malformation of the Caudal Vena Cava

  A one-year-old Rottweiler was treated for an acquired traumatic kink in her caudal vena cava that was responsible for post-sinusoidal venous hypertension. The trauma was most likely caused by an altercation with a deer.      Lorna had a massive …
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  Ten Years of Hypophysectomy at the RVC

  Joe Fenn, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery   The UK’s first successful feline hypophysectomy surgery was performed at the RVC in April 2012, to treat a cat with acromegaly and diabetes mellitus. Since then, the RVC team has …
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  Primary Care and Shelter Medicine Postgraduate Opportunity

  The RVC has created a new course – the first of its kind in the UK – for veterinary surgeons with particular interests in primary care and shelter medicine. The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education Internship ( …
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  Deaf Dog Has Grass Seed Behind Eye Removed

  A year-old cocker spaniel presented to the Emergency and Critical Care service in July for acute onset redness and swelling of the left eye, which had started two days before. Marvin had been running through tall grass and his local vet 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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  Fast Turnaround Clinical Pathology with Detailed Reporting

  The rapid turnaround of clinical pathology cases at the RVC can mean the difference between life and death for an animal, whether treated by RVC clinicians or vets in the wider community.  The bulk of the haematology, biochemical, endocrinology and …
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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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  Complex Feline Infectious Peritonitis Case

  Jodie Green, Internal Medicine Resident Millie, a six-month female neutered domestic short hair, was presented to RVC Small Animal Referrals due to poor weight gain and a one-week history of progressive lethargy and hyporexia. On presentation to …
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  Pain Clinic Feline Cancer Case

  Thaleia-Rengina Stathopoulou, Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Analgesia and Celia Figueroa Gonzalez, Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Oncology Harry was an approximately 20-year-old male neutered Bengal cat. He was diagnosed with an oral squamous …
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  Haemodialysis for Anuric Acute Kidney Injury

  Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, and Stefano Cortellini, Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care A Labrador puppy with anuric acute kidney injury (AKI) with fluid overload and hyperkalaemia secondary to …