Why Has Your Pet Has Been Referred

Your doctor may sometimes need to refer you to a consultant for a specialist’s opinion and treatment. Similarly veterinary surgeons sometimes decide to send (refer) a pet to see a veterinary expert at a referral clinic like NKR Veterinary Specialists, because they know that one or more of our specialists can help with the diagnosis and treatment of your pet’s illness.

The veterinary surgeon wants to get the best possible result for their patient and knows that a clinic like NKR will work with them to achieve that result. NKR Veterinary Specialists is a referral clinic that has veterinary specialists in many subjects such as ophthalmology, orthopaedic, soft tissue surgery, cardiology, internal medicine and others.

Our veterinary specialists are highly qualified and very experienced, and are supported by our nursing team who are skilled in advanced nursing techniques. As well as receiving exceptional clinical treatment, every sick animal and their worried owner are treated with kindness, consideration and respect by all of us at NKR Veterinary Specialists.

One of the benefits to the pet and owner of being referred to NKR is that we are often able to give them an appointment with an appropriate specialist very quickly. This is really important because the pets are often critically ill or need expert treatment promptly.

At NKR we have very sophisticated equipment for advanced techniques and procedures, plus state of the art monitoring and nursing care. This means that a sick pet has the advantage of all the latest technology. Just as in human medicine we can now do procedures like keyhole surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, complicated fracture repairs and many other amazing things.