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  Guinea Pig Fracture

  Jo Hedley, Head of the RVC Exotics Service Traumatic injuries are unfortunately a fairly common problem in the small mammal. Sometimes the cause can be obvious such as a fall or predator attack, whereas in other cases the initial cause remains a …
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  Tackling Diseases of tomorrow and Antimicrobial Resistance

  Royal Veterinary College Principal Stuart Reid spoke at a debate held at our Camden campus 
in October, and urged different professions to work together to implement life-saving 
measures around the world.
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  Rabbit Partial Hemimandibulectomy at the Beaumont’s Exotics Service

  A three-year-old rabbit, was referred to the Exotics and Small Mammals Service at the RVC’s Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital for assessment of an ongoing facial abscess.
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  Cardiac surgery breakthrough – A world first at the RVC

  Open heart surgery to treat a stenotic tricuspid valve has been carried out at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). It is the first reported case of such a procedure being successfully performed on a dog.
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  Clinical Forum: Managing Patients with Portosystemic Shunts

  A number of clinical studies recently performed at the RVC have been published, but the evidence base for the management of animals with a congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS), particularly cats, remains weak (M. Tivers & Lipscomb, 2011a, 2011b; M. …
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  Medicine Nursing at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals

  The RVC team includes some of the most skilled RVNs in the UK, many of whom have advanced qualifications in their fields. They have expertise in caring for some of the most challenging cases seen in veterinary practice.
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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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  NEW COURSE: Graduate Diploma in Applied Equine Locomotor Research

  The RVC is offering a new graduate diploma course to enhance the scientific knowledge at practising farriers.
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  Contact Us: Feline Heart Screen Project

  To support an epidemiological study of asymptomatic feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), an Royal Veterinary College team is asking that colleagues in general practice pass on cases for scans.
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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.