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Samsung is a very sweet kitten who was taken to the RSPCA Mid Norfolk and North Suffolk Branch, along with his litter mates, when he was just one week old. At a routine health check he was found to have a high grade heart murmur and he was brought into DWR where an ultrasound examination…

Thanks so much to Julie Dyson for sending this video of Dylan. Dylan came to us in February of this year after having run on to a stick which then penetrated the front of his chest, skewering a piece of lung. This injury caused life-threatening bleeding and air leakage into the chest. DWR Surgeon, Rachel…

In these strange and challenging times, we are aware that our colleagues in first opinion practice are keen to continue with CPD activities and, to this end, we are launching a series of Webinars. The first of these have had a fantastic reception. Many thanks to all presenters. If you have missed a Webinar, an…

In September 2016, Lancashire Heeler ‘Maisie’ was referred to us by her first opinion vet because her left eye had become cloudy overnight. She was seen by Ophthalmologist Elena Fenollosa Romero who rapidly diagnosed Primary Lens Luxation. The lens lies behind the pupil and helps to focus light onto the back of the eye. In…

A recently published article in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, by Luis Correa and our Head of  Soft Tissue Surgery Jackie Demetriou, describes a study to assess surgical biopsy of abdominal lymph nodes in 51 cats. The study concludes that surgical biopsy of grossly enlarged or normal abdominal lymph nodes provides additional information…

Ant is an adorable 9-year-old domestic short-haired cat. In January, he was brought to us from Norwich, by his owners, as an emergency referral. When Ant arrived, he was very poorly indeed. He was seen straight away by our Internal Medicine Team who, following clinical examinations and diagnostic tests, discovered that there was a stone…

For those of you in first opinion equine and mixed practice, we are delighted to announce a new Webinar Recording that took place on the 14th September. The Webinar will cover the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of some of the more common ophthalmological conditions encountered in first opinion practice. If you would like to view it,…

In line with current government advice, unfortunately we are still unable to invite visitors and clients into the hospital. However, we are acutely aware that we may well encounter adverse weather conditions over the coming weeks and months and we are doing everything we can to make things as comfortable as possible for our clients…

Rudi is a Northern Inuit Dog, a breed developed from a 1980s breeding project in the UK with the objective of producing a dog breed that resembles wolves. He was diagnosed with very rare autosomal recessive inherited oculoskeletal dysplasia (OSD). Rudi has been under the care of Renata Stavinohova, one of our Ophthalmology clinicians, since…

DWR Veterinary Specialists and Cambridge Equine Hospital are delighted to announce that our joint Equine Ophthalmology referral service is now up and running and accepting referrals. Cases will be seen at Cambridge Equine Hospital by the DWR Specialist-led Ophthalmology Team (for details, see: https://www.dickwhitereferrals.com/service/ophthalmology/) We are accepting both routine and emergency referrals for all equine…