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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âveterinary services newsletter
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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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âteam 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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âafter 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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âteam. -
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Capacity Multiplies
The expansion of Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âSmall 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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âExotics 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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âthat 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 Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âsurgeons. -
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Gait Analysis
Ïã¸Ûͼ¿âobjective 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.