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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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  A Transdisciplinary Triumph – First Cataract Surgery on Guinea Pig at the RVC

  Close collaboration between the Ophthalmology Service and Exotics Referral Service saw a Guinea pig successfully undergo cataract surgery. This is the first recorded procedure of its kind in the UK.
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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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  Blood Donor Cat Saved by Own Donation

  Karen Humm, Associate Professor in Transfusion Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care, Charlotte Russo, Head Transfusion Medicine RVN      A cat, whose donations had previously helped numerous RVC patients, helped to save his own life when he was …
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  Pomeranian With IMTP Saved by Blood Donations

  Sarah Tayler, Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine   When three-year-old Pomeranian Nyla came into season it lasted longer than usual. She became lethargic, lost her appetite, blotches appeared on her abdomen and she had ongoing bloody vulval …
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  Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy Case

  Nadine Jones, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical Care, and Tom Greensmith, Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care Charlie, a four-year-old retired racing greyhound, was referred for management of suspected cutaneous and renal …
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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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  Eye Saved After Unusual Neurogenic dry eye Diagnosis

  Serena Maini, Lecturer in Ophthalmology Lily, whose eye was saved due to the RVC Ophthalmology Service, her local vets and her caring owners Lily, a 10-year-old Parson Russell terrier, was scheduled to undergo enucleation surgery but her eye was …
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  Cardiac surgery breakthrough – A world first at the RVC

  Open heart surgery to treat a stenotic tricuspid valve has been carried out at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). It is the first reported case of such a procedure being successfully performed on a dog.
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  Tackling Diseases of tomorrow and Antimicrobial Resistance

  Royal Veterinary College Principal Stuart Reid spoke at a debate held at our Camden campus 
in October, and urged different professions to work together to implement life-saving 
measures around the world.