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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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  Complex Immuno-Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia Case

  Clara Mattavelli, Emergency and Critical Care Resident        Following a stick ingestion, Daphne, a four-month-old whippet puppy, had a gastrotomy at her local vets. A few hours later she was referred to RVC Small Animal Referrals due suspected …
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  Responsible Antimicrobial Use in Horses

  Bettina Dunkel, Head of RVC Equine     Many diseases in horses are associated with bacterial infection. Unfortunately, viral or fungal infection, bacterial toxins, tissue damage or neoplasia also cause systemic inflammation and clinical signs are …
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  RVC offers new treatment for congenital vertebral malformations

  The explosive increase in popularity of screw-tailed brachycephalic dogs, such as the pug and French bulldog, has been associated with welfare concerns.
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  Update on Gastrointestinal Diseases in Horses

  Bettina Dunkel, Associate Professor in Equine Medicine The most commonly described intestinal disease in horses is probably gastric ulcers and colic but other diseases such as colitis and inflammatory bowel disease also play an important role. The …
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  Laser Lithotripsy in Small Animal Veterinary Medicine

  RVC small animal referrals is the only veterinary service in the UK offering laser lithotripsy treatment for urolithiasis.
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  Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy

  A cervical nerve transplantation technique developed by Justin Perkins, Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the RVC, has shown promising results as a method of reinnervation of the larynx for horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy
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  Team’s Tetanus Treatment Triumph

  A dog with tetanus was hospitalised at RVC Small Animal Referrals, where he spent 22 days in the Intensive Care Unit.
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  Listeriosis Goat

  A pygmy goat was admitted the RVC after five days history of being depressed. He was treated for an upper respiratory tract infection by the referring vet but developed multiple cranial nerve deficits and became anorexic.
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  Farm Diagnostic Imaging by Transdisciplinary Team

  The ability of the RVC’s Farm Animal Clinical Centre (FACC) to undertake an increasing amount of diagnostic imaging on farms and in the referral clinical centre has greatly enhanced the service that can be offered to referring vets and clients.