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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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Headshaking ·¬ÇÑapp“ 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 ·¬ÇÑapp“ 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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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Pain(T) In the Neck ·¬ÇÑapp“ 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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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Case Study ·¬ÇÑapp“ Stem Cell Treatment of an Equine Tendon Injury
Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics ·¬ÇÑapp˜Podge·¬ÇÑapp™ (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 ·¬ÇÑapp¦ -
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Rapid Referral of Horse Caught on Fence
A horse was treated at the RVC·¬ÇÑapp™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.