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  Case Study – Stem Cell Treatment of an Equine Tendon Injury

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics     ‘Podge’ (Moonbeg Boy), a 15-year-old Irish sports horse gelding used for eventing, had suffered an overstrain injury to his superficial digital flexor tendon in August 2018. He had developed a …
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  Exciting Development Offers New Ophthalmology Procedures

  Maria-Christine Fischer, Charlotte Dawson, Roser Tetas Pont, Christiane Kafarnik and Serena Maini A new operating microscope within the Ophthalmology Service will enable the RVC team to offer procedures that are currently only available within very …
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  Rapid Referral of Horse Caught on Fence

  A horse was treated at the RVC’s Equine Referral Hospital after becoming caught up in a fence, which left barbed wire and hedge material embedded in her wounds.
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  The Ophthalmology Service Goes from Strength to Strength

  The Ophthalmology Team   The RVC has a long-standing commitment to ophthalmology – and the clinical interventions that are offered to animals have always been informed by the latest clinical research in the field. A key figure in the evolution of …
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  Osteoarthritis In Horses – Is There a New Option?

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics The RVC Equine Referral Hospital had a world-first 20 years ago, when it cultured mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of a horse suffering from an overstrain injury of its superficial …
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  Farm Animal Post Mortems

  At the RVC, we have a long-established Farm Animal Pathology and Diagnostics (FAPD) Service and represent an expert post mortem examination provider for the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
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  Vet on the Hill and RVC Referrals

  Clinical Connections spoke to Scott Miller, who features in the TV show Vet on the Hill, about his relationship with the RVC. Born in Brisbane,
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  Lung Lobectomy and Adjuvant Treatment of Carcinoma in Dogs

  Matteo Rossanese, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery   We reviewed the medical records of 89 dogs that underwent lung lobectomy for primary lung carcinoma between 2005 and 2022 across four European veterinary institutions. The study was …
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  New Insight into the Pathogenesis of Naturally Occurring Intermittent Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate

  By Nicola Lynch, Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery, and Justin Perkins, Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery Fig. 1: Endoscopic image obtained during exercise showing dorsal displacement of the soft palate where the caudal edge of the palate is …
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  A Precious Resource: Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals

  Rosanne Jepson, Professor Small Animal Internal Medicine, and Tom Greensmith, Lecturer in Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care In November 2022 the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) participated in ‘World Antimicrobial Awareness Week’, …