Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service: Specialist Services News

Prize winners announced!

23 April 2012

As a result of our popular competitions at the 2012 BSAVA World Congress, held at the NIA and ICC in Birmingham on 12-15 April, we are delighted to announce that there are seven lucky winners of a mixture of iPads and ophthalmology text books...

Willows at BSAVA/WSAVA Congress

13 April 2012

Willows has had a very successful start to BSAVA/WSAVA Congress as exhibitors at the ICC in Birmingham. Hundreds of visitors came to our stand on the first day to meet members of our staff and to take part in our competitions...

Diabetes

13 March 2012

As in humans, dogs and cats with diabetes mellitus are unable to control the level of sugar in their blood. This is due to a lack of, or inability to use, a hormone called insulin. Insulin allows the tissues of the body to absorb glucose (sugar) from the blood in order to provide energy...

Cancer Specialist at Willows

7 March 2012

We are delighted to announce that Stephen Baines, one of our team of accredited Specialist referral vets, is now an RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Oncology. Stephen is also a European and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Recognised Specialist in Small Animal Surgery...

Anaesthetics at Willows

24 February 2012

We know how worrying it can be if your pet requires a procedure involving an anaesthetic (after-all most of us are pet owners too!). At Willows Veterinary Centre & Referral Service we have a Specialist-led team of three veterinary anaesthetists who provide advanced level supervision of sedatives and anaesthetics for our patients...

British Heart Foundation benefits from Willows’ new ‘Assistance Dog’

16 January 2012

Willows spent rather more than usual on a stuffed-toy dog recently, in fact he cost in excess of £2000!. Other than vaguely resembling an Airedale Terrier, he is also a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) mannequin, an invaluable training aid for all clinical staff. The mannequin is similar to the well known ‘Resuss Annie’, used to teach life saving First Aid in humans, but with many additional features...