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• RVC PhD student awarded first place for oral presentation at the ECVIM Congress

  

  RVC PhD student, Hannah Sargent, was awarded first place for her recent oral presentation at the ECVIM congress in Malta.  Hannah is supervised by Dr Rosanne Jepson, Professor Jonathan Elliott and Dr Yu-Mei Chang The title of her abstract was  …

   22 Sep 2017

  RVC PhD student, Hannah Sargent, was awarded first place for her recent oral presentation at the  …

• RVC graduate receives prestigious BVA award

  

  Ruth Layton, a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) graduate, has received the British Veterinary Association’s prestigious Chiron Award

   21 Sep 2017

  Ruth Layton, a Royal Veterinary College (RVC) graduate, has received the British Veterinary …

• ACVP Pathology Exam Success

  This year the Pathology Group has a bumper crop of new ACVP Diplomates. Anatomic pathology trainees Alex Civello (APHA-funded), Tom Eley (BPEX-funded), Clare Muir (part-time trainee at RVC and Bridge Pathology Ltd) and Ellie Ross (part-time trainee …

   19 Sep 2017

• Incontinence in bitches: huge breed predispositions shown in VetCompass study

   A VetCompass RVC epidemiological study involving over 100,000 bitches from veterinary clinics across England has highlighted certain breeds that are hugely predisposed to urinary incontinence.   Urinary incontinence describes involuntary leaking …

   15 Sep 2017

   A VetCompass RVC epidemiological study involving over 100,000 bitches from veterinary clinics …

• RVC team publish work on oestrus suppression in the mare

  Dr Madeleine Campbell, Dr Mandi de Mestre, Professor Ken Smith, Daniel Hampshire, Dr Belinda Rose and Lauren Hamstead have recently published the results of their HBLB funded work on the development of a welfare-friendly, ethical method of oestrus …

   08 Sep 2017

  Dr Madeleine Campbell, Dr Mandi de Mestre, Professor Ken Smith, Daniel Hampshire, Dr Belinda Rose  …

• The impulsiveness of youth applies to cats also

  

  A new VetCompass paper published in JSAP explores mortality due to trauma in cats in England, with special focus on deaths from road traffic accidents (RTA). VetCompass at the RVC shares anonymised clinical data from general veterinary practices. …

   29 Aug 2017

  A new VetCompass paper published in JSAP explores mortality due to trauma in cats in England, with …

• BBSRC LIDo iCASE PhD studentship

  Dr Isabel Orriss, Dr Gill Holdsworth (UCB Pharma) and Prof Tim Arnett (UCL) have been awarded an industrial CASE PhD studentship by the BBSRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Doctoral (LIDo) Programme.  This collaboration between academia and …

   25 Aug 2017

  Dr Isabel Orriss, Dr Gill Holdsworth (UCB Pharma) and Prof Tim Arnett (UCL) have been awarded an …

• Dr. Maria Diez Leon: AWSE's new lecturer!

  

  RVC AWSE are very excited to have Maria as our new team member, we hope she settles in well and we look forward to the work we will be doing together. Please see this link to Maria's page for more info.

   22 Aug 2017

  RVC AWSE are very excited to have Maria as our new team member, we hope she settles in well and we …

• New concepts in research suggest that animals suffer boredom too

  

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal behaviour and depression. It has been little researched from a biological perspective to date and some believe boredom is unique to humans. However, …

   22 Aug 2017

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal …

• Mortality due to trauma in cats

  

  Mortality due to trauma in cats attending veterinary practices in central and south-east England A newly published VetCompass study provides evidence as to the important demographic and spatial factors associated with the risk of mortality …

   21 Aug 2017