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Understanding Blood Smears

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The Power of the Blood Smear: A Simple Tool That Tells Big Stories If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my residency in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, it’s this: never underestimate the humble blood smear. While automated analysers can crunch numbers and spit out results quickly, they can’t capture the whole story. That’s where a smear…
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Recording: Top Tips for Handling Potential Poisoning Cases

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Watch the recording of our live webinar ‘Top Tips for Handling Potential Poisoning Cases’ presented by Katie Barker (Laboratory Director at the Veterinary Pathology Group) and Dr Nicola Robinson (VPIS Head of Service). The webinar discusses the steps that should taken when dealing with suspected poisoning, provides information on toxicology testing and dives into interesting…
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VPG Joins Fitzpatrick Referrals in STS Study

The Veterinary Pathology Group (VPG), today announced that it is partnering with Fitzpatrick Referrals to conduct a canine soft tissue sarcoma (STS) study. The study, which is being led by Tom Cave, the team of pathologists at VPG Histology and Jonathan Bray from Fitzpatrick Referrals, will be the largest piece of research into these tumours…
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A Residency in Retrospect with VPG

Hi, I’m Annie… I’m lucky enough to introduce myself as the newest resident at the Veterinary Pathology Group in the Hitchin laboratory. During vet school, I was that weird girl who actually liked microscopes. When I graduated, I became the weird vet who actually liked microscopes. So, I sought out my own kind and am…
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VPG Contributes to New Osteosarcoma Study

Yesterday (March 10th 2021) Canine Medicine and Genetics published research, led by the University of Bristol, which showed that a dog’s body size and shape could indicate a greater risk of osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a painful and aggressive bone tumour in dogs that is known to be more common in certain breeds than others. Sam…
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