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One of our priorities here at DWR is the exchange of knowledge and experience among our veterinary colleagues, For this reason, many members of our team will be attending BSAVA 2019 and contributing oral and poster presentations. These include clinicians from our Neurology/Neurosurgery, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology and Soft Tissue Surgery departments. Among the highlights are presentations…

Following the popularity of previous one-day seminars by our Ophthalmology Team, a further event was held at the British Racing School in Newmarket on 2ndApril. Once again, the day was fully booked the audience enjoyed an informative day’s CPD with talks on The Ophthalmic Examination, Ocular Therapeutics in General Practice and Ocular Emergencies through the…

Physiotherapist Fiona Smee has nominated ‘Dolly’ as her Star of the Week’. This cheeky little dachshund is 5 years old and has had 2 spinal surgeries carried out at DWR in the past year. Fiona is really impressed with her courage and determination. She has made a huge improvement recently, doing lots of trotting in…

Hydrotherapy is used regularly for the rehabilitation of dogs following injury and/or surgery. In theory, it should be equally useful for cats. The problem is, they are far less compliant and willing to please than dogs and so, generally, this hasn’t been an option. Titch, however, a laid back 8-year-old Maine Coon x Norwegian Forest…

No owner wants to hear that their dog has been diagnosed with cancer but at least Oakley’s owner was given the option of life-saving surgery for his much loved pet. Oakley is an 11-year-old labradoodle referred to DWR at the beginning of April. Unfortunately, a CT scan showed that he had bone cancer, specifically a…

Corneal injuries and opacities are eye problems that are very often diagnosed in animals as well as people, and they can lead to scarring or cloudiness of the cornea, which decreases vision and may progress to blindness. As in human ophthalmology, by using advanced corneal surgeries vets are able to save animals’ sight and increase…

We all love to see puppies having fun with their playmates, but 8-week-old Husky, Tatiana, was obviously being a little too annoying and, as a result, was bitten on the head by her canine friend. Her owners took her straight to their first opinion veterinary surgeons who decided to refer Tatiana to Rob Quinn at…

Already one of Europe’s largest veterinary referral centres for small animals, DWR in Cambridgeshire, has recently completed construction of a 30,000 sq ft extension will more than double our existing size. On Wednesday 25th April the first turfs were cut and, just over a year later, the building works have been completed and we are…

The Dick White Academy has become the first  UK training centre to be approved to offer the new VetSkill Level 3 Diploma in Veterinary Nursing (Companion Animal). This qualification has been designed to train Veterinary Nurses to have a holistic approach to their work, a passion for making a difference to the lives of animals,…

Over the past few weeks we have observed a marked increase in the incidence of Mycobacterial infections in cats from samples submitted to the laboratory from vets across the country. We have detected these in cytology specimens by observing non-staining rods on routine staining, which subsequently stain with ZN. The clinical presentations included the presence of…