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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

               Welcome to the autumn edition of                             The  article includes the case of  a  bulldog,
          Clinical  Connections.  Along with  the falling                   who  had  a  fluoroscopy-aided  retrograde
          leaves  there  is  always  a  wealth  of  exciting                urethrocystogram, a scrotal urethrostomy and
          changes  this  time  of  year  in  the  veterinary                scrotal ablation.
          education habitat and the wider veterinary                          Our equine article, on page five, concerns
          world. The enthusiastic faces of new students                     a traumatic degloving case. The 11-year-old
          are always a joy to see – as is the sea of                        thoroughbred gelding spent more than three
          qualified practitioners of all ages at the London                 months at the ºÚÁÏÉç Equine Referral Hospital
          Vet Show. The ºÚÁÏÉç has been involved in the                        earlier this year due to a degloving wound
          event  since  it  started,  in  2009,  and  we  will              sustained when kicking through the side of a
          have  a  strong  presence  once  again,  in  the                  horsebox. Gannicus required two surgeries
          lecture halls and on the stand. Come and say                      during his time in hospital and also benefited
          hello!                                                            from stable-based exercise and environmental
            One extremely positive thing happening                          enrichment,  delivered  by  our  dedicated  and
          this term has been Amanda Boag returning                          hard working equine nursing team.
          to  the  ºÚÁÏÉç,  as  Vice  Principal  (Clinical                       Our centre pages article, by Rowena
          Services).  Amanda studied at Cambridge                           Packer, covers the important welfare issue
          before undertaking further  clinical training at the University of   of ‘pandemic puppies’.  The surge in demand for puppies no
          Pennsylvania and then the ºÚÁÏÉç. She achieved board certification   doubt supported human mental wellbeing during lockdowns but
          in both Internal Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care, and   often to the detriment of the dogs themselves. Rowena gives
          we were lucky enough to have her as a member of staff – as a   a comprehensive account of the related welfare problems and
          Lecturer in Emergency and Critical Care until 2008, when she left   outlines ºÚÁÏÉç research that is shedding light on these issues.
          to expand her horizons further.                       Simon Priestnall, Professor of Veterinary Anatomic Pathology,
            Amanda gained invaluable experience in the private sector, first   has recently succeeded Ken Smith as Head of the Department
          as Clinical Director of Vets Now, during which she was responsible   of Pathobiology and Population Sciences. Page eight features an
          for  clinical  innovation,  quality  and professional  development,   interview with Simon, which spans his career trajectory, his new
          and, most recently, as Chief Medical Officer at IVC Evidensia.   role and developments in diagnostic pathology at the ºÚÁÏÉç.
          In that role she led the learning development programmes, as   Page nine has a fascinating story about a five-week-old Nubian
          well as clinical leadership teams across the global business. As a   goat, who came into the ºÚÁÏÉç’s Equine Referral Hospital and
          member of the ºÚÁÏÉç’s senior team, Amanda will be helping to lead   ultimately left with a prosthetic foot. As you can imagine, this gave
          the ongoing development and, in specific areas, expansion of our   her a new lease of life and she appears extremely happy with
          clinical facilities as we look towards the horizon.  her new foot. I’d encourage you to read Melanie Perrier’s article,
            Another notable new appointment is that of Nisha Cooper, our   which covers the diagnostic process, amputation, the prosthesis
          new Practice Liaison Manager at the Queen Mother Hospital for   and the subsequent physiotherapy that was an integral part of the
          Animals. She’s here to help us to help you – and she’ll be on our   recovery process.
          stand at the London Vet Show to answer any enquiries and listen   Page ten features another fascinating case – a reindeer called
          to any feedback.                                    Snowflake – who was treated for a neoplastic lesion of the third
            You will hopefully have seen the article on the front about   eyelid. In addition to small animal cases, our Ophthalmology
          Rocco and his incredible recovery, which required the support of   Service collaborates with our equine, farm animal and exotics
          numerous colleagues across the hospital. We are all incredibly   teams  to support  a wide spectrum of ºÚÁÏÉç  patients. On this
          pleased to hear that he’s been doing so well on three legs. This   occasion it was nine-year-old Snowflake who benefited from the
          issue has a number of other extraordinary cases, as well as news   wealth of the team’s experience – and that of the anaesthetists.
          from the team and research news.                    There are very few publications detailing anaesthesia in reindeer,
            Page  four  has  an  article  about  the  benefits  (which  we  are   and the protocol used for Snowflake’s ophthalmic procedure was
          seeing  already)  of  our  new  fluoroscopy  unit.  It  has  benefits   a novel approach to maintaining a safe level of sedation.
          to referred patients, as it enables more rapid and accurate
          diagnosis, and also has benefits for both teaching and research.    Professor David Church, Deputy Principal and Acting Vice
                                                              Principal (Clinical Affairs)




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