Teaching
NVH teaches students how to diagnose and treat companion animals. Teaching takes place at NVH's clinic for horses, surgical small animal clinic and medical small animal clinic. Teaching at the clinics is for the most part conducted in small student groups, in order to give students close contact with as many patients as possible during their education.
Students participate in the examination of animals brought into the clinics, and are assisted by their teachers throughout. In addtion to the teaching in general veterinary medicine, students aquire knowledge in the possibilities for more specialized diagnostics and advanced treatment. Through their practise in the clinics students aquire basic diagnostic and practical skills.
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Photo: Inger Catrinius
Examination of a dog | Photo: Inger Catrinius
Medical treatment of a swan |
Research
Activity in the field of companion animals is to a large extent based on observations of patients at the clinics. The aim of the research is to increase our knowledge of disease mechanisms, and to better treatment possibilities.
Research to increase our knowledge of animal disease mechanisms is of interest for human medicine as animals and humans to a large extent have the same specter of diseases. This is of special relevance in cancer research.
In the field of compnion animal medicine NVH has research collaboration with the Norwegian Kennel Club, “Det Norske Travselskap” and “Gjensidige Nor Forsikring”.
Services
NVH receives animals for examination and treatment. Most patients are examined and treated with the owner present and leave the clinic the same day. Seriously ill animals can be transferred to the medical clinic for observation and further treatment, and/or the surgical clinic for operation. These patients often stay at the clinics a few days.
The clinics are well equipped, and have a staff with specialised competence. In addition to traditional treatment, NVH's clinics also offer acupuncture treatment for chronic pains, cancer treatment, physioteraphy and rehabilitation treatment.
Diagnostic investigations are conducted with the aid of traditional x-ray and contrast investigations, and with ultrasound with the possiblity for colour flow and colour doppler and all animals, including fish. From 2004 NVH will also utilize computed tomography and scintigraphy. The staff are highly qualified in the various modalities used in diagnostic imaging.
Some of NVH's employees have specialized competence in nutrion. They offer advice on special diets in connection with illness and overweight. Outside normal working hours there is always a veterinarian (surgeon) and a veterinary nurse on duty for horses and small animals.