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  Success in the Practice Standards Scheme

  The Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) has been assessed as ‘Outstanding’ by the Practice Standards Scheme (PSS), a quality assurance system designed to promote the highest standards of veterinary care.
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  Developments in Forensic Pathology

  Seven years ago the RVC appointed Henny Martineau as Head of Forensic Pathology, to lead the discipline at the RVC. The team has worked on a number of prominent cases in recent years. The so-called ‘Croydon cat killer’ was one such case. The RVC …
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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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  Latest In Gait Assessment Technology with the Orthopaedic Service

  Recently, thanks to the kind generosity of the Animal Care Trust (ACT), the RVC’s registered charity, a grant was awarded to upgrade the now out of date pressure mat, to allow the team to expand their lameness diagnosis and clinical monitoring through a state-of-the-art instrumented dog treadmill.
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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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  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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  A Week in the Cardiology Service

  With a recently expanded team, the RVC Cardiology Service is working harder to diagnose and treat cardiac diseases, ranging from complex congenital heart disease and acquired cardiomyopathies.
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  Advances in Sarcoid Treatment

  Andy Fiske-Jackson, Deputy Head of RVC Equine and Associate Professor in Equine Surgery RVC Equine has long been at the forefront of furthering equine oncology, with the use of novel chemotherapeutic drugs and multi-modal treatment regimes. This …
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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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  Helping Referred Patients with a New Fluoroscopy Unit

  RVC Small Animal Referrals has upgraded its fluoroscopy unit, which offers benefits for referred patients and their owners, research and veterinary education. Fluoroscopy is a specialist diagnostic imaging modality, enabling capture of real-time moving pictures of inside of the body.