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  Bringing Brachycephalic Research Together to Help Pets and Vets

  The RVC has established an interdisciplinary team to co-ordinate research expertise on brachycephalic companion animals and enhance dissemination of key findings to share insights with the veterinary community and wider world.
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  Being an RVC Production Animal Resident

  Steph Prior, one of the RVC’s Senior Clinical Training Scholars (Residents), is based at Torch Vets, which spans Devon and Cornwall. The residencies are practice-based as much as possible to offer maximum exposure to a wide range of cases in areas …
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  Trial Offers Hope to Overweight Diabetic Cats

  Many owners find their pets a welcome source of comfort and support during the current pandemic. Lockdowns, social distancing, and home-working mean pets have enjoyed increased company and attention from their doting owners. While this increased …
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  The RVC’s Diabetes Research Journey

  Lucy Davison, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Genetics and MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, reflects on the contributions of RVC research to the care of diabetic pets, including several important milestones, and looks to the future. Vets, nurses …
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  VetCompass – a New Direction in Veterinary Evidence

  Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the RVC’s VetCompass programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value of the wider veterinary community in these …
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  Laying the Foundations of Groundbreaking Treatments

  Royal Veterinary College Professor of Molecular Immunology Dirk Werling explains how the evolution of fascilities at the RVC will lay the foundations of research that will help animals globally.
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  Using Flow Cytometry for Companion Animal Cancer Research

  Dirk Werling, Professor of Molecular Immunology Over the last two years, RVC’s research facilities have been revamped to stay at the cutting edge of changes in veterinary medicine. One of these changes is the greater impact of basic research and …
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  Developments in Forensic Pathology

  Seven years ago the RVC appointed Henny Martineau as Head of Forensic Pathology, to lead the discipline at the RVC. The team has worked on a number of prominent cases in recent years. The so-called ‘Croydon cat killer’ was one such case. The RVC …
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  RVC’s Pandemic Puppies Team: Shining a light on contemporary challenges in canine welfare

  Dr Rowena Packer, Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science, reflects on the contributions of RVC research to understanding the dynamic world of dog welfare during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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  Clinical Forum: Managing Patients with Portosystemic Shunts

  A number of clinical studies recently performed at the RVC have been published, but the evidence base for the management of animals with a congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS), particularly cats, remains weak (M. Tivers & Lipscomb, 2011a, 2011b; M. …