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  Pain(T) In the Neck – Computed Tomography Myelography of the Cervical Spine

  Maty Looijen, Equine Resident Clinical problems associated with the cervical spine in horses are common. They involve a wide variety of symptoms, including neurological deficits (e.g. ataxia, dysmetria, paresis), neck pain and stiffness, and gait …
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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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  New Insight into the Pathogenesis of Naturally Occurring Intermittent Dorsal Displacement of the Soft Palate

  By Nicola Lynch, Staff Clinician in Equine Surgery, and Justin Perkins, Senior Lecturer in Equine Surgery Fig. 1: Endoscopic image obtained during exercise showing dorsal displacement of the soft palate where the caudal edge of the palate is …
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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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  Rapid Referral of Horse Caught on Fence

  A horse was treated at the RVC’s Equine Referral Hospital after becoming caught up in a fence, which left barbed wire and hedge material embedded in her wounds.
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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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  Equine CT Upgrade

  RVC Equine has a new, wider bore CT scanner, which improves the service’s diagnostic capacity for neck problems and will help generate a greater understanding of conditions affecting horses, which can help progress treatment methods.
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  Pioneering Reconstructive Surgery and Cryotherapy for Equine Eyelid Tumour

  The Ophthalmology Service is primarily based at RVC Small Animal Referrals but the team also works within RVC Equine to help patients with eye problems. One such case, treated last year, had never before been documented in scientific literature.  …
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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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  Gait Analysis

  RVC objective gait analysis system has substantial benefits. Orthopaedic examination and subsequent diagnostic work-up is a complex decision-making process reliant on observation of the horse under a variety of conditions.