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  Intracavitary Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

  The Veterinary Oncology Service at RVC Small Animal Referrals offers treatment for dogs with mesothelioma which markedly increases life expectancy and can improve their quality of life.
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  Cat Bounces Back After Brain Surgery

  A cat that had severe neurological deficits as a result of a large 
intracranial meningioma made a full recovery after the tumour was removed by RVC surgeons.
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  Keeping One Step Ahead Through Advanced RVN Education

  The RVC recently celebrated the tenth intake of students to the Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing. Since its inception, 132 Registered Veterinary Nurses have completed this unique distance learning course. It is designed to enhance RVNs’ knowledge bases, skills and motivation.
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  Objective Gait Analysis for Poor Performance

  Andy Fiske-Jackson, Deputy Head of RVC Equine and Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery Horses are frequently presented to the RVC Equine Referral Hospital for investigation of poor performance. Following acquisition of a thorough history, the horse is …
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  Targeted Melanoma Treatment for Inoperable Areas of Horses

  In January the RVC Equine Referral Hospital began to offer a novel treatment for equine melanoma using locoregional hyperthermia combined with intratumoral chemotherapy. The treatment specifically targets tumours that cannot be surgically removed, …
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  A Promising New Therapy for Dogs with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

  RVC experts are trialling a promising new treatment for dogs with spinal cord injury
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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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  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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  Faecolith in a White Park Calf

  James Adams, Staff Clinician in Large Animal Internal Medicine The Farm Animal Clinical Centre (FACC) was referred a five-month-old White Park castrated male calf who had been dull and depressed for two weeks. The calf had initially been diagnosed …
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  Concurrent Chronic Kidney Disease and Hyperthyroidism

  The RVC’s small animal Internal Medicine Service has considerable experience managing chronic kidney disease and hyperthyroidism, including cases where they occur concurrently.