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Risk Factors for Dacryocystitis in Pet Rabbits
Joanna Hedley, Victoria Ede and Charlotte Dawson Dacryocystitis is relatively common in pet rabbits and is often present concurrently with other diseases. However, there are relatively few studies reporting the prevalence of ocular disease – and … -
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Veterinary Nurses Implementing Clinical Audits at the QMHA
Perdi Welsh, Course Director for post-registration Certificates in Advanced Veterinary Nursing Clinical governance and associated activities, such as clinical audit to ensure quality enhancement, is now enshrined within the RCVS Codes of … -
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Primary Care and Shelter Medicine Postgraduate Opportunity
The RVC has created a new course – the first of its kind in the UK – for veterinary surgeons with particular interests in primary care and shelter medicine. The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education Internship ( … -
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Ten Years of Hypophysectomy at the RVC
Joe Fenn, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery The UK’s first successful feline hypophysectomy surgery was performed at the RVC in April 2012, to treat a cat with acromegaly and diabetes mellitus. Since then, the RVC team has … -
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VetCompass – a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence
Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVC’s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value of the wider veterinary community in these … -
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Rare Vascular Malformation of the Caudal Vena Cava
A one-year-old Rottweiler was treated for an acquired traumatic kink in her caudal vena cava that was responsible for post-sinusoidal venous hypertension. The trauma was most likely caused by an altercation with a deer. Lorna had a massive … -
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Malassezia Spp. is a Component of the Duodenal Mycobiota of Dogs With Chronic Enteropathy
Ross Bond, Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, and Aarti Kathrani, Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine The veterinary profession is increasingly aware of the role intestinal dysbiosis may play in a range of disorders in body systems … -
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Corneal Cross-Linking Progress
Maria-Christine Fischer, Lecturer in Ophthalmology, and Vim Kumaratunga, former Ophthalmology Resident Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is a highly attractive treatment for infectious keratitis and melting (malacia). The RVC’s Ophthalmology Service … -
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Being an RVC Anatomic Pathology Resident
At this end of his residency and before heading back to the USA, Kevin O’Brien spoke to Clinical Connections about his experience at the RVC. What made you choose anatomic pathology as a specialty and what made you choose the RVC for your … -
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The Fountain of Youth for Our Feline Companions?
Balázs Szladovits, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology Ageing research has come a long way since the late middle age’s holy grail of procurement of the philosopher’s stone through to the 15th century quest to find the fountain of youth, to …