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Headshaking Treated by PENS
Equine headshaking was successfully treated with a new treatment called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) at the RVC -
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The Most Common Cases Referred to Internal Medicine
We are focusing, over a number of articles, on the most common cases referred to the RVC team and the capacities that enable us to offer effective treatments to patients and a good service to referrers. -
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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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The Value of Hypophysectomy
The RVC’s hypophysectomy clinic recently operated on the 50th pet - an acromegalic diabetic cat called Nala. The owners of the domestic short-haired cat flew her in from Germany to seek the expertise of our RVC team. -
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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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Tortoise Shell Injury from Dog Attack
Jo Hedley, Head of the Exotics and Small Mammals Service Mr T, a Sulcata tortoise, was referred to the RVC Exotics Service for assessment and treatment of a severe shell injury following a dog attack. The chelonian shell is a sturdy structure … -
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Multimodal Approach to Pain Management
A Newfoundland suffering from recurrent neck pain, due to nerve root compression, was helped by a multimodal approach involving the RVC’s Anaesthesia and Analgesia Service, Diagnostic imaging, Neurology and Neurosurgery and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation services. -
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Prudent Antibiotic Use and Effective Infection Control
Every year we treat patients at the RVC that are referred with multi-drug resistant infections and this poses a constant challenge to the way that we manage and care for such patients. -
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Plasmapheresis: When the Drugs Don’t Work
Molly, a three-year old springer spaniel with a severe form of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia (IMHA) was successfully treated by the RVC's Small Animal Emergency Referrals Service with plasmapheresis -
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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.