Eastcott Blogs

Anaesthesia’s Case of the Month: Suzie’s Story

Some patients stay with you—and this month, Suzie’s story is a beautiful example of multidisciplinary teamwork, skills, and truly ...

Beau’s Journey: Battling a Canine Skull Tumor

Beau, a 7-year-old male neutered German Shepherd, was referred to us in June 2025 for investigation and treatment of ...

From Pain to Play: Tommy’s Successful Recovery Story

Tommy is a 9 year old Labrador who was seen by our orthopaedic service for investigation of severe elbow ...

Laparoscopic Gall Bladder removal

Gall Bladder removal Gall bladder mucocele (GBM) is becoming increasingly commonly diagnosed in canine patients. The decision to remove ...

Navigating the Anaesthetic Challenges of Greyhounds

Patient: Ralph, 5-year-old male neutered Greyhound, 30 kgPresenting Complaint:Ralph was referred to Eastcott Veterinary Referrals to the dentistry and ...

Mowgli Clark – Dorsal laminectomy with discectomy for lumbosacral stenosis

Mowgli, an 8-year-old male Main coon, was visited in our Neurology service for a chronic history of weakness affecting ...

Kenji Nattress – Right cerebellar ischemic stroke

Kenji, a 14-year-old male Japanese Shiba Inu, presented to the neurology department at Eastcott following a hyperacute onset of ...

Overcoming Spinal Challenges: Lola’s Inspiring Recovery

Lola is an 11 years young and full-of-life Chihuahua who was referred to the neurology service for investigation and ...

Ziggy’s Journey: Overcoming Spinal Injury with Care

Ziggy is a lovely 11-year-old Wire-haired Vizsla who presented to us in March with a sudden onset of inability ...
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Augusta Back on Top After Eye Ulcer Threatens her Sight

Augusta is a lively French bulldog who was referred to our Ophthalmology team with her eye near to rupturing! ...
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An unusual presentation of corneal sequestrum in an American Bulldog

Obie an American Bulldog was referred to Specialist-led Ophthalmology team following a 10 day history of a dark pigmented ...
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Eye tumour op sees pug looking forward to bright future

A six-year-old Pug is fully focused on the future after successful surgery to remove a malignant tumour growing dangerously ...
Matt Gurney has been appointed clinical director at Eastcott Veterinary Referrals, in Swindon, while Francisco Torres is the new clinical director of Eastcott’s primary care clinic.

New Veterinary Leadership Team at Eastcott

Our newly-appointed leadership team has exciting plans to further expand the expert care offered to patients across the region. ...
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New MRI bringing a Hollywood image to animal hospital

It won’t deal with ‘Snakes on a Plane’ or ‘Jungle Fever’ but Eastcott Veterinary Referrals has named its new ...
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Internal medicine diplomate joins Eastcott Team

We’ve boosted our expert team with the appointment of newly-qualified Internal Medicine Diplomate Catarina Amorim. Catarina, who graduated from ...
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Owners’ Joy as Kitten Recovers from Potentially Deadly Virus

A young kitten suffering from a potentially deadly virus has cheated death and made a remarkable recovery thanks to ...
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Eastcott asks pet owners to help choose fun name for new MRI scanner

The search is on for a fun name for a new state-of-the-art £1.4 million MRI scanner Eastcott Veterinary Referrals ...
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Eastcott Team Feline Fine After Further International Recognition

We are delighted to announce that once again we have been awarded a coveted gold award by the International ...
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Our Expanded Dentistry Team

We’re delighted to announce that our expert dentistry team has grown further. The team has now celebrated resident Hannah ...
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Cardiology Service Beating Stronger Than Ever

Our cardiology service has performed minimally-invasive cardiovascular surgery on 44 dogs and one cat since its launch a year ...
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Cooper’s spinal instability surgery

Cooper, a 10-year-old male Labrador, presented to EBVS Specialist in Neurology Marcos Raposo Galvan, with a 4-week history of ...
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Nephroblastoma in Dogue de Bordeaux, Bella 

Bella, a young Dogue de Bordeaux, presented to EBVS Diplomate in Veterinary Neurology Chloe Fisher, following a 2-day history ...
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Dentistry – leading through education

As Europe’s largest dentistry team, we continue to lead the way with research and education within this discipline.  To ...
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Allie Celebrates ECVS Diplomate Status 

We’re delighted to announce that small animal surgeon Allie Matchwick has successfully passed her exams to achieve European College ...
Gus is doing well following bilateral hip replacements

Gus is doing well following bilateral hip replacements

It was great to see Gus back in the clinical last week for his x-rays 6 weeks after the ...
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Eastcott Invests £1.4m in Hi-Tech MRI Scanner

We have added to our advanced, state-of-the art facilities by investing £1.4m in a new MRI scanner. Back in ...
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Welcome to “Eddie” Our New Surgery Intern

We’d like to welcome Odyssefs ‘Eddie’ Patouchas, who has just joined us at Eastcott having completing a rotating internship ...
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Team Raise Money In Memory Of Former Colleague

Shown in the picture from left to right are Sarah McCombie, Assistant Nursing Manager and Educational lead; Niki Burton, ...
New cutting edge equipment treating eye defects at Swindon animal hospital

New cutting-edge equipment to treat eye defects

We have recently invested in a new state-of-the-art piece of equipment to treat pets with eye problems while they ...
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Husky eyes a bright future after blinding cataracts removed

The grateful owner of a diabetic Husky who had gone almost totally blind has hailed their treatment as “remarkable” ...
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Tearful puppy is now happier than ever

A much-loved Great Dane with multiple eyelid problems, one of which was causing chronic tear overflow, has had her ...
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Eddie – a minimally invasive cardiac surgery case

Eddie, a French bulldog, was diagnosed with severe pulmonary valve stenosis (PS) after investigation of episodes of fainting whenever ...
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New addition to Internal Medicine team

We’re delighted to announce that Pedro Alves has joined our Internal Medicine team Pedro’s move to Eastcott comes after ...
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Important Information

Over the last year, we have seen our costs increase significantly and we have absorbed the majority of these ...
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Eastcott Christmas Opening

Our Clinical Team are available throughout Christmas We just wanted to let you know that we will be open ...
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Pet antibiotic resistance – how can we safeguard our future?

What does antibiotic resistance mean? Antibiotics can be effective at treating bacterial infections. However, over time bacteria can evolve ...
New Anaesthesia Head of Service

New Anaesthesia Head of Service

We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Mar Del Mar Diaz Arias as our new Head of Service for ...
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Life’s Looking “Rosie” After Brain Tumour Removed

A much-loved golden retriever who had a brain tumour removed is now completely cancer free thanks to our Neurology ...
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New Head of Neurology

We are delighted to welcomed European and RCVS specialist Tom Shaw as our new Head of Neurology. Tom joins ...
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Case Study – Nasal planum swelling in a 5 year old cat

Presenting Complaint: A 5-year-old female, domestic shorthair cat presented with a three-week history of swelling of the nasal planum ...