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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the ºÚÁÏÉç veterinary services newsletter
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Equine CT Upgrade
ºÚÁÏÉç Equine has a new, wider bore CT scanner, which improves the service’s diagnostic capacity for neck problems and will help generate a greater understanding of conditions affecting horses, which can help progress treatment methods. -
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Pioneering Reconstructive Surgery and Cryotherapy for Equine Eyelid Tumour
The Ophthalmology Service is primarily based at ºÚÁÏÉç Small Animal Referrals but the team also works within ºÚÁÏÉç Equine to help patients with eye problems. One such case, treated last year, had never before been documented in scientific literature. … -
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Headshaking Treated by PENS
Equine headshaking was successfully treated with a new treatment called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) at the ºÚÁÏÉç -
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Gait Analysis
ºÚÁÏÉç objective 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. -
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New Sarcoid Treatments
ºÚÁÏÉç Equine was the first veterinary centre in the UK to offer electrochemotherapy (ECT) to treat sarcoids. -
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Canine and Equine Stem Cell Treatment
The ºÚÁÏÉç is a registered equine stem cell centre authorised by Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) for the production and processing of equine stem cells for autologous treatment of horses -
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Are We Close to an Ataxia Detector?
Ataxia is incoordination and can originate from the vestibular system, the cerebellum or the proprioceptive system, the latter primarily consisting of muscle-nerve stretch and feedback to the spinal cord and the brainstem. By far the most common … -
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The Distinctiveness of Colic in Ponies
Ponies and miniature breeds are much more prone to development of hyperlipaemia secondary to disease and a negative energy balance. Many clinicians also feel that treatment of hyperlipaemia in ponies and miniature breeds is more difficult compared to horses, with animals not infrequently succumbing to the condition. -
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Turning the Table – Computed Tomography of the Cervical Spine and Stifles in Horses
The ºÚÁÏÉç Equine CT scanner is 10 cm wider than a standard CT, allowing us to image the entire cervical spine, often up to the level of the thoracic vertebrae and the limb up to and including the stifle. -
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Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
A cervical nerve transplantation technique developed by Justin Perkins, Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the ºÚÁÏÉç, has shown promising results as a method of reinnervation of the larynx for horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy