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  Advances in Sarcoid Treatment

  Andy Fiske-Jackson, Deputy Head of RVC Equine and Associate Professor in Equine Surgery RVC Equine has long been at the forefront of furthering equine oncology, with the use of novel chemotherapeutic drugs and multi-modal treatment regimes. This ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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  Headshaking ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ Treatment Overview

  Occasional shaking of the head may be normal, however when becoming frequent, violent and when affecting riding or handling the horse, a pathological process must be considered.
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  Equine Degloving Case

  Gannicus, an 11-year-old thoroughbred gelding, spent more than three months at the RVC Equine Referral Hospital earlier this year due to a degloving wound sustained by kicking through the side of a horsebox.
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  Osteoarthritis In Horses ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ Is There a New Option?

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics The RVC Equine Referral Hospital had a world-first 20 years ago, when it cultured mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of a horse suffering from an overstrain injury of its superficial ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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  Pain(T) In the Neck ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ 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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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  Case Study ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥“ Stem Cell Treatment of an Equine Tendon Injury

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics     ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥˜PodgeÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™ (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 ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥¦
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  Rapid Referral of Horse Caught on Fence

  A horse was treated at the RVCÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥™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.