The
Vet
Phone 01254 53622
The VETerinary Health Centre,
Daisy St.
Blackburn,
Lancashire, BB1 5EW
serving Blackburn, Darwen, Accrington, Rishton, Great Harwood,
Clayton-le-Moors, Oswaldtwistle, Langho, Whalley and Clitheroe
USA:
U.S. Dermatologist Lowell Ackerman has discovered
and used pictures from this website in his new book on Veterinary Dermatology
book
Australia Parts of our website are now being used for teaching vet nurses on
Gilles Plains Campus
JAPAN:
Our Firework Phobia leaflet is now in use in
Japan!! (Download
Japanese version)
Nimh, an 20mo old
white rat weighing 350gm was
presented to us with a massive growth on the underside of the neck that had
appeared very rapidly over a few weeks. He was still bright and eating but
now unable to bring his front feet up to his mouth. The tumour seemed to be
encapsulated meaning we had a reasonable chance of successful removal. Nimh
was anaesthetised, the tumour was removed without too much difficulty and he
made a great recovery - eating and happy right away.
Close up of Nimh under anaesthetic before removal of the tumour.
Post surgery, the tumour is much bigger than his head!
Three months later the tumour began to reappear and had soon regrown to the
size it was before the operation. This time we decided that it would be
unreasonable to re-operate. Nimh was put to sleep as soon as he showed signs
of difficulty getting about. Rats rarely live longer than 2 years, so
to add three happy months to his life was like adding 8 years to a human
life.
