The investigation often includes radiography, ECG and echocardiography. Where appropriate, if surgery is felt to be necessary, internal referrals can be made within the Hospital to the Soft Tissue Surgery Service. The Internal Medicine Service has a residency programme, which is approved by the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. The residency programme can be downloaded in PDF format . The following trials are ongoing and referral of clinical patients for these are greatly appreciated.
Most trials have some incentives for interested owners.
Surgical implantation of a pacemaker in a patient with signs of collapse due to bradycardia. The pulse generator unit is being placed in a sub-cutaneous pouch on the lateral aspect of the neck following transvenous placement of a pacing lead into the right ventricle. Video endoscopic picture of a large leiomyoma in the descending colon of a seven year old Dalmatian with clinical signs of colitis. Diagnosis was made by biopsies taken through the working channel of the endoscope.