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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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  VetCompass – a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence

  Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVC’s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value of the wider veterinary community in these …
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  New Home for the Blood Donor Programme

  Charlotte Russo, Head Transfusion Medicine RVN The RVC Blood Donor Programme, which was based within the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA), has grown significantly since being established, 20 years ago. This expansion has included a …
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  Malassezia Spp. is a Component of the Duodenal Mycobiota of Dogs With Chronic Enteropathy

  Ross Bond, Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, and Aarti Kathrani, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine The veterinary profession is increasingly aware of the role intestinal dysbiosis may play in a range of disorders in body systems …
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  What’s Behind the Wax?

  Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, Ross Bond discusses the assessment of the horizontal ear canal and tympanic bullae in dogs with chronic otitis. Ear disease tops the list of the most common presentations at first opinion canine practices. It is …
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  A new era for feline transfusion medicine

  The RVC has pioneered a new blood collection system for cats which minimises the risk of bacterial contamination of the blood product.
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  Cardiac Research Clinic Hits a Recruitment Milestone

  This year, researchers at the RVC’s Mitral Valve Clinic (MVC) were excited to recruit their 500th patient. Whilst there are a number of diseases that affect the canine heart, degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is by far the most common. The …
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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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  Cardiothoracic Surgery Capacity Multiplies

  The expansion of RVC Small Animal Referrals’ cardiothoracic surgery team is set to quadruple the number of canine mitral valve surgeries performed.
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  Stopping the spread of MRSP

  Over the past five years, the RVC Dermatology Service has seen an increase in dogs with skin or ear infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP). It recently established a decolonisation study aimed at reducing its spread.