Free online resources for companion animal mycobacterial disease

Clinicians from the Hospital for Small Animals have developed free resources for referring vets to use in diagnosing and treating mycobacteria cases in companion animals. This online resource, the first in the world of its type, complements the Hospital’s existing mycobacteria clinical advice service.

Expert knowledge

We are very proud that our Hospital offers the only dedicated clinical advice service for companion animal mycobacterial diseases in the world. The service allows vets to access specific guidance and advice on both tuberculosis and non-tuberculous infections in cats and dogs and other companion animals.

The service, which launched in 2018, is led by Professor of Feline Medicine, Danièlle Gunn-Moore and Dr Conor O’Halloran, who collectively have over 40 years of clinical experience and research activity in this field.

The clinical advice service has been incredibly successful since its launch and currently helps several hundred animals a year. The wealth of experience and case numbers this service generates has also allowed us to dramatically improve clinical outcomes, with survival rates of around 80% now possible. 

Free resources 

To allow clinicians rapid access to the information they may need, we have created a dedicated online resource that contains essential information on the background of mycobacterial infections, the clinical signs, diagnostic options, treatment guidelines, prognostic data andmuch more.

The resource has been developed to allow clinicians to access everything they need to confidently manage mycobacterial cases in their own practice. 

Our veterinary experts are still able to offer advice to veterinary surgeons on challenging or complex cases, but this advice now incurs a small fee to allow us to fund continued research and clinical improvements in this field. A referral advice form can be downloaded from the mycobacterial resource webpage.

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Mycobacterial resources

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