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 I am not a keen ophthalmologist but some of this may be corrected with</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Re: Volk lens alternatives?</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/130898?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:46:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:85e4a032-341e-428c-b055-39d8ceaa4413</guid><dc:creator>Rob Loxley</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a  target='_blank'  href="http://www.sjhales.co.uk/prod1.asp?CID=1&amp;amp;PID=445"&gt;http://www.sjhales.co.uk/prod1.asp?CID=1&amp;amp;PID=445&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Volk lens alternatives?</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/130895?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:00:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:354af337-6fd2-4799-878c-72872dddf5d0</guid><dc:creator>Michael Woodhouse</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a  target='_blank'  target="_blank" href="http://oico.co.uk/gb/indirect-lenses/16-20d-double-aspheric-lens.html"&gt;http://oico.co.uk/gb/indirect-lenses/16-20d-double-aspheric-lens.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;pound;89 delivered&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We had a group buy on these at college in 4th year and they were sub &amp;pound;50. Not cheap, cheap. I have one from then and its quite scratched now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Volk lens alternatives?</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/130891?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:17:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1e5ce56e-a3e3-41f7-97e2-1a2515e12caa</guid><dc:creator>Bob Russell</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks but once VAT/import tax etc is included it goes up to around the &amp;pound;100 mark!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I did some CPD (not absolutely convinced but seem to think it was Rob Lowe doing it!) and I am sure there was a plain lens recommended that was a lot less. It was not designed for indirect ophthalmoscopy!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Volk lens alternatives?</title><link>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/130889?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:42:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:cc030eb6-bbce-46e3-b951-2a76d3edac7a</guid><dc:creator>Michael Woodhouse</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;What&amp;#39;s my commission?&lt;/p&gt;
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