Blog Articles and News

Vacancy for Registered Veterinary Nurse. We are looking for an experienced RVN to join our progressive Referral Veterinary Nursing Team.

Anterior lens luxation (ALL) in dog can occur as a result of a primary inherited weakness in the attachments of the lens or as a secondary consequence of other intraocular disease (e.g. uveitis, hypermature cataract and glaucoma).

The eruption of the secondary, or permanent, dentition occurs between 12 weeks and 28 weeks in dogs. Andrew Perry explores the development and eruption of the secondary, or permanent, teeth in dogs and treatment options for fractures in juvenile teeth.

We have just begun the second ever year of our rotating internship programme. This offers interns a high level of exposure to referral level cases in internal medicine, soft tissue surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology and dental and maxillofacial surgery.

Veterinary Referral newsletter covering interesting small animal referral cases and topics of interest to general veterinary practitioners. This newsletter also contains news from the Eastcott Referrals team including details of new referral disciplines such as Dermatology.

Locking Compression Plate (LCP) and the PAX Advanced Locking systems. Understanding the correct application of these plating systems allows the successful treatment of fractures that might otherwise have proved difficult or prone to failure.

Orthopaedic Small Animal Referrals Team joined by Andy Morris. Duncan our small animal orthopaedics specialist has been joined by Andy Morris. Andy Andy has a particular interest in orthopaedic traumatology and skeletal development in young animals.

Read Vet Referrals Spring 2017 Newsletter with veterinary articles, case histories, CPD news and up to date information about Eastcott Referrals.

Under the guidance of our ophthalmologists Ida Gilbert and Mark Ames and our soft tissue surgeon Poppy Bristow, Intern Malwina Kowalska performed a retrospective study evaluation into the outcomes in over 150 phacoemulsification treatments for cataracts at Eastcott Referrals. She presented this to the BrAVO at BSAVA.

Canine lung tumours are uncommon but are usually seen in older patients typically 9-12 years of age. They are usually malignant with the vast majority (97%) being carcinomas. We do very occasionally see benign masses (e.g. pulmonary lipoma) but these are considered very rare.