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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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VetCompass ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence
Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVCÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ and the value of the wider veterinary community in these ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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Being an RVC Anatomic Pathology Resident
At this end of his residency and before heading back to the USA, Kevin OÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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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 RVCÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s Ophthalmology Service ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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Primary Care and Shelter Medicine Postgraduate Opportunity
The RVC has created a new course ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ the first of its kind in the UK ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ for veterinary surgeons with particular interests in primary care and shelter medicine. The Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education Internship ( ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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Ten Years of Hypophysectomy at the RVC
Joe Fenn, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery The UKÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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Targeted Melanoma Treatment for Inoperable Areas of Horses
In January the RVC Equine Referral Hospital began to offer a novel treatment for equine melanoma using locoregional hyperthermia combined with intratumoral chemotherapy. The treatment specifically targets tumours that cannot be surgically removed, ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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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 ageÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s holy grail of procurement of the philosopherÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™s stone through to the 15th century quest to find the fountain of youth, to ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦ -
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Successful Feline Infectious Peritonitis Treatment with Remdesivir
Merlin, a 24-week-old male neutered Bengal cat, was referred to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals (QMHA) with a one-week history of lethargy, hyporexia and a 24-hour history of tachypnoea. He was the first of more than a dozen cats with ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦