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Dog receives life-changing spinal surgery
Milo is now fully recovered and back on all fours.

French bulldog Milo is fully recovered after the ordeal.

Specialist vets have carried out life-changing spinal surgery on a French bulldog, to enable him to walk again.

Five-year-old Milo was paralysed in all four legs, and in great pain, when he was referred to Cave Veterinary Specialists, a Somerset animal hospital, as an emergency case. 

Milo is now fully recovered and back on all fours after he received expert care from neurology specialists Simon Bertram and Tom Cardy at Cave, the Linnaeus-owned referral centre. 

Morgan Brazington, Milo's relieved owner from Appledore, North Devon, said: “Cave were amazing, superb and I’m so thankful.

“Simon was so informative and straight to the point and I couldn’t have felt more reassured when we left Milo with him. Tom managed our follow up appointments and honestly his service and Simon’s have been second to none!

“Best of all, Milo is now home again and back to his usual cheeky self. He really is a one in a million and is famous in Appledore where people recognise him over me!”

Morgan admitted that she was very worried about Milo's chances of survival, saying: “I was hideously concerned about him and thought that perhaps I would have had to put him to sleep due to the severity of his condition.

“I was very sad and worried for his ongoing life and how much he would be able to do in the future but everything has turned out so well.”

Simon Bertram, Cave's neurology specialist, led Milo's case. Revealing the full extent of Milo's problem, he said: “Milo was referred to us at Cave as an emergency and when he arrived, he was unable to walk without help, showing paralysis of all four legs and had a very painful neck.

“He immediately underwent an MRI scan which showed an intervertebral disc in his neck had slipped and that there was a marked compression of his cervical spinal cord causing the paralysis.

“After discussions with Morgan we decided to move him straight to the operating theatre to give him the best chance to make a quick, pain-free and full recovery.

“The surgery was successful with all the slipped-out material removed to relieve the compression of the spinal cord and the results were almost immediate. After the surgery the pain was gone and the next day he was walking without help again.

“Milo continued to make a speedy recovery and was able to go home a day later and now he is back out and about again without any problems.”

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Vets to run marathon for World Animal Protection

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 Two recently graduated veterinary surgeons will be running the London Marathon in April to raise money for the charity World Animal Protection.

Alex Bartlett and Maeve O'Neill plan to run the race together if they are given the same start times.

Dr O'Neill said: "You're always limited in what you can do to help animals, so it is nice to raise money for a charity that helps animals around the world."

Dr Bartlett added: "I have never run a marathon before and am excited to run my first one for such a good cause!"

Both Dr Bartlett and Dr O'Neill have fundraising pages online. 

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BSAVA releases new Guide to Procedures

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) has published a new edition of its Guide to Procedures for Small Animal Practice.

It has added four new procedures; cystostomy tube placement, endotracheal intubation, point-of-care ultrasound and wet-to-dry dressings.

BSAVA says that it is an essential step-by-step guide to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed in practice. The textbook includes new images and illustrations, as well as high-definition videos for use prior to procedures.

Nick Bexfield and Julia Riggs, editors of the new edition, said: "We have built upon the success of the previous editions by responding to the feedback received from the BSAVA readership, and hope this new guide helps to further increase the confidence and accuracy with which these procedures are performed."

Print copies are available in the BSAVA store, with a digital version in the BSAVA library.