Dacross Services
Introduction
Dacross Services is a veterinary consultancy and education business run by Dr. David A. Crossley, an English veterinary surgeon who has undergone extensive post-graduate training in soft tissue surgery, CT imaging, endoscopy, oncology, maxillofacial surgery and dentistry.
David qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London, in 1978. He spent his first 9 years working as a small animal clinician for someone else. During this time he developed interests in and started post-graduate training in dentistry, orthopaedics and oncology. For the next 9 years, David ran his own small animal practice just north of Manchester. This gave him the freedom to undertake more intensive specialised training and in 1993 he became only the second UK veterinary surgeon to be awarded a Fellowship of the Academy of Veterinary Dentistry.
After 5 more years study, David became the first UK veterinary surgeon to pass the entrance examination of the European Veterinary Dental College in 1998, becoming a European Veterinary Specialist in Dentistry. In 2002, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons recognised David as a specialist. At that time David was researching dental disease in chinchillas, being awarded a PhD in Oral Pathology by the University of Manchester in October 2003 for his thesis on this subject.
Services offered
Clinical Veterinary Services
Case referral
David offers his services as a clinical consultant in veterinary orofacial medicine, dentistry, maxillofacial and ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgery through referral centres in Manchester and near Doncaster in the UK and in Postojna Slovenia. UK veterinary surgeons who wish to discuss or refer cases in the UK should contact him using the form on the contact page or through Animal Medical Centre Referral Service. David is an external consultant at Animal Hospital Postojna which he visits on a regular basis.
Animals requiring David's specialised skills must be referred to him by the animal's normal veterinary surgeon who needs to supply all the relevant background information on the patient. David does not accept clients on a 'first opinion' or 'self-referral' basis.
Radiology
David also provides a radiograph (x-ray) and computed tomographic(CT) interpretation service. CT sequences provide the opportunity for use of special software to obtain additional information from scans with dimensional image reconstruction being particularly useful for surgical planning. Veterinary clinicians may contact David about this service using the form on the contact page.
Further information on clinical services
Non-clinical Services
Veterinary Continuing Education
David is keen to pass on his skills and knowledge so he is a contributor to veterinary text books and he is a regular lecturer in the UK and abroad. He teaches a range of courses on veterinary dentistry and maxillofacial surgery and provides tutoring for European Veterinary Dental College trainees. David has an on-line continuing professional development web site for those veterinary students and qualified veterinary surgeons who wish to improve their dentistry and other knowledge and skills.
David offers custom "in-house" veterinary dentistry training courses for veterinary practices. These can be tailored for nursing staff undertaking the role of veterinary dental hygienists and/or veterinary surgeons involved in diagnosis, treatment planning and dental surgery. Practices interested in this service should use the form on the contact page.
Veterinary Medical Illustration
Being a keen photographer, David has a collection of photographs of patients, medical conditions and treatments which are regularly called upon to illustrate books and articles. In addition, David provides computer drawn graphical illustrations. Authors interested in this service should use the form on the contact page.
Website Development and Programming
David is webmaster and programmer of several web sites as well as his own. Amongst others these include the Animal Medical Centre Referral Services, Animal Hospital Postojna, Birch Pet Hotel Ltd., European Veterinary Dental Society and European Veterinary Dental College websites.
Like many busy people David finds it difficult to dedicate time to his own website! As a result parts may not have been updated recently. Despite this the content is reviewed regularly and where appropriate the content brought up to date. If you do spot anything that appears to need updating, please let us know.
