Posts by Jan

Nobody wants to receive the news that their dog has cancer, but it is encouraging that the array of available treatments is increasing. At DWR Veterinary Specialists, we have just administered a new form of personalised immunotherapy to a dog for the first time. Immmunotherapy is the treatment of disease either by activating or suppressing…

We are very pleased to welcome Kathleen Tennant BVetMed CertSAM CertVC FRCPath MRCVS to our Diagnostic Pathology Team. Kathleen qualified from the University of London in 1996 and stayed at the Royal Veterinary College to complete an Internship before undertaking a Residency in Medicine and Clinical Pathology at Cambridge. Following a year in first opinion…

Lily is a gorgeous Giant Schnauzer. She was admitted by us in May 2018, aged 3 years, because she was lame and her primary care vet suspected that she had a bone tumour based on x-rays of the leg. Our Diagnostic imaging Specialists performed a CT scan which confirmed that Lily had a lesion causing…

Three years after opening the doors to its first student nurses, the Dick White Academy has attained exam results that are well above the National Average. The Academy was established by DWR Veterinary Specialists in 2016, in response to the widespread shortage of qualified veterinary nurses and nursing assistants. It is approved as a Training…

Benson, a 6-year-old, cross breed, was referred to us for because he was suffering from keratoconjunctivitis sicca, otherwise known as ‘dry eye’. He was completely unable to produce tears and this was causing him constant pain. He was also starting to go blind. Despite trying numerous medications, the condition did not respond to treatment and therefore…

As those of you who have visited DWR will have noticed, our teams wear colour coded uniforms. This is a very practical option in an organisation with over 300 staff – it means that we can instantly recognise the area in which each of our colleagues works. However, the vets and nurses that work in…

Since the Emergency and Critical Care Department was established by Lindsay Kellett-Gregory last year, the case load has grown rapidly and an additional Specialist has just been recruited. The establishment of ECC as a separate discipline was considered necessary in 2018 as the number of emergency referrals, requiring sophisticated facilities and expertise, had grown considerably.…

Jasper is an energetic 3-year-old Deerhound and when he is charging around the garden, nothing much can stop him. Unfortunately, the exception to that rule was a rotary clothes dryer which literally stopped him in his tracks. Poor Jasper, yelped and fell to the ground following the impact but his owners checked his limbs carefully…

The Cardiology Department at DWR Veterinary Specialists has recently welcomed European Cardiology Specialist Hayley McDonald, a New Zealand graduate who has gained clinical and academic experience as a cardiologist in the UK and Australia. Hayley is a 2009 Massey University graduate who worked in first opinion and emergency care practice in Australia until 2014 when…