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Pet passports no longer valid from 1 January 2021 From 1 January, pet passports will no longer be valid for travel to and from the EU. Official Animal Health Certificates will be required for dogs, cats and ferrets. Official Veterinarians (OVs) issued EU pet passports will no longer be valid to travel to Europe. Instead,…

May is Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month, a whole month dedicated to raising awareness of the veterinary nursing profession and the vital role they play in animal care and treatment. Selina Malthouse is Theatre Supervisor at NDSR and she kindly took time out to tell us about life as a vet nurse… How long have you been a Vet…

Our vision has always been clear – a commitment to excellence. So we’re pleased to welcome five additional clinicians to NDSR expanding our surgery, medicine, oncology and anaesthesia teams… You may remember that our recent investment included a significant increase in the the size of the hospital, which was completed in 2018. Now the new…

In order to stay committed to excellence and fully support our clients, North Downs Specialist Referrals will now be subsidising the £200 fee that may be charged to our clients by the Royal Sun Alliance (RSA) as part of their preferred provider’s scheme. North Downs Specialist Referrals are still firmly committed to their views regarding…

16 November 2016 Niklas BergknutDVM PhD MRCVSClinician in Neurology and Neurosurgery We are pleased to welcome Niklas Bergknut to the neurology team at NDSR. His addition allows us to expand our neurology service and deal with the increasing demand for neurology emergency referrals. Niklas also brings unique experience of surgical treatment of pituitary masses to…

Terry Emmerson, MA VetMB CertSAS DipECVS FRCVS, co-founder and hospital director of NDSR, has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for Meritorious Contributions to Clinical Practice (MCCP). Fellowship is the highest status of membership of the RCVS and is awarded in recognition of outstanding contribution to the veterinary profession.

We are pleased to welcome Manuel Benlloch to the NDSR surgeon team. This additional surgeon increases the capacity of the service to see both routine and emergency cases. Manuel graduated from the University of Cordoba (Spain) in 2001. Afterwards he moved to France to undertake a rotating internship and a second year of surgical clinical…

We are delighted to announce that due to increasing demand for our referral services, we have now completed construction of an additional day ward consisting of 15 kennels. As with the other kennel facilities in the hospital the kennels are climate controlled, designed for optimum hygiene with a mixture of kennel types for all patient…

Recently florinef® (fludrocortisone) has become difficult to obtain. Generic products with uncertain bioavailability are currently prohibitively expensive. Coincidentally a new product, Zycortal®, has been launched by Dechra® and is the UK’s only veterinary registered treatment for hypoadrenocorticism. It is a prolonged release subcutaneous injection containing desoxycortone pivalate (DOCP). There are some differences between DOCP and fludrocortisone. Fludrocortisone…

We are pleased to welcome Laura Macfarlane and Alenka Hrovat Vernik to the NDSR internal medicine team. These additional clinicians increase the capacity of the service to see both routine and emergency cases. Laura MacfarlaneBVMS DipECVIM MRCVSEuropean Specialist in Internal Medicine Laura graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2009. She then completed a rotating…