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This page will try to let you know about any improvements we have made at the clinic in the past few months.
One of our clients, Mrs Christina Knowlson, was Whiskas Siamese Breeder of the Year 2001. One
of her most successful cats is Drestothril Demelza shown here:
(photo by Marc Henrie)
On January 9th Ron went to an all day meeting about veterinary care of small furries. This was very informative, and certain aspects of it are already being put into practice.
March and April are busy months for the nurses. They will have been to 2 conferences and should be armed with the latest information.
Knaresborough Pet Day was slightly chilled by the weather. There are pictures at the Pet Day page.
May 2002: After attending a meeting about geriatrics, I have added a do-it-yourself 'Old Pet Health Check' to the site. It is at this link. Give it a try and let me know what you think. It will probably need some fine-tuning.
MAY 2002 Now there is a QUIZ page. This will be added to and altered periodically. I hope you find it entertaining.
July-August 2002 Ron has been setting up and writing a website for the Harrogate and District branch of Cats Protection. It has details of their activities and facilities, lost and found, gallery of cats they have helped (a selection only, of course...they help hundreds each year) together with a page inviting people to help in any way they can. It is at whispurrs.org.uk
A new blood test for suspected allergies means that we can more quickly check dogs (not cats I am afraid) to see if they are allergic to airborne material (pollen, dust-mites etc). This saves having to start with several weeks diet restriction when we are trying to decide if a dog has an allergy, and to what.
We have volunteered to take part in a nationwide survey of veterinary anaesthesia. This does not involve any experimental work, just recording all general anaesthetics given and any problems associated with them. The last survey was 12 years ago and it will be interesting to see how much the progress over that period will have reduced problems.
Ron went on two courses, one on stifle joint disease and one on ear disease. He also joined in 2 on-line seminars provided by a US veterinary network.
Ron attended a meeting of the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society in Birmingham
We've just heard about
Borrowadog.com Dog Share Scheme
We will be taking part in the PDSA PetCheck Week, More than 600 small animal veterinary practices nationwide have joined with PDSA PetAid hospitals to offer free health checks to pets during the first ever PDSA National PetCheck Week, 22-28 September 2003.
We have had a blood cell counter installed. See facilities page for details.
Go to top of pageWe have bought Electrochemotherapy equipment and have set up a co-operative arrangement with Leeds University for Photodynamic Therapy. For more details, see the PetCancerVet website
A new oncology group, VORC, has been started. Ron made a brief presentation at its May meeting.
Nurse Kate Webber ran in the 2005 London Marathon.
Ron attended the Congress of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine at Glasgow in September. This multidisciplinary event covered the latest developments in veterinary care of pets.
Ron attended a meeting of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He presented a paper of Electrochemotherapy in dogs and cats. It was useful to meet Dr Natasa Tozon of the University of Ljubljana who has also been using ECT.
In June Ron attended the meeting of the British Veterinary Oncology Study Group at which he was elected Honorary Secretary.
In August, Kate left for maternity leave. Emma has returned part-time to cover her absence. Her baby is due on 1st October.
Ron has submitted a paper to the Journal of Small Animal Practice on Electrochemotherapy
Electrochemotherapy conference, Paris, November 18th Ron helped to arrange and attended a meeting of vets, tumour biologists and engineers at the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Paris to discuss progress in electrochemotherapy. This treatment method is starting to be used in more human oncology centres since Standard Operating Procedures have been agreed. The delegates agreed that we should establish Standard Operating Procedures for veterinary use of ECT.
Siamese breeder Christina Knowlson has won Supreme Kitten trophy for the second time. 
DRESTOTHRIL DANCELOT SUPREME KITTEN 2006 is shown here in a photograph from Siamese Planet.