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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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  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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  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 …
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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 …
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  Immune-mediated Haemolytic Anaemia Case

  Erica Tinson, Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Buddy, a six-year-old Labrador was presented to RVC Small Animal Referrals in early January for investigation of severe anaemia. He was diagnosed with immune-mediated haemolytic …
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  Life During Covid – Residents’ Experience of Joining During the Pandemic

  Clinical Connections spoke to RVC residents who started their roles amid the first wave of the pandemic. The picture of frustration at circumstances beyond anyone’s control, coupled with adaptability and creativity, will no doubt be familiar to clinicians up and down the country.
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  Research That Could Hold Key to New Treatments for Cancer and Neurodegeneration

  An RVC study has found a new interaction within cells that could lead to the development of novel therapies for cancer and neurodegeneration for veterinary and human patients.    This discovery of direct interaction between mitochondria and nuclei …
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  New State-of-the-Art Technology for the RVC Microbiology Laboratory: Time to focus on bacteria again

  Rapidly spreading viruses, such as those responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic or the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, have dominated the headlines on infectious threats in recent decades. However, bacteria, and multidrug-resistant strains in particular, remain amongst the most important challenges to human and animal health.