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• New concepts in research suggest that non-human animals also suffer boredom

  

  Dr Charlotte Burn, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Behaviour Science at the Royal Veterinary College, has recently published work suggesting that non-human animals also suffer with boredom.

   15 Aug 2017

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

• John Fishwick becomes BVA President

  

  Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Senior Lecturer in Dairy Herd Medicine, John Fishwick, has become President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA)

   21 Sep 2017

  Royal Veterinary College (RVC) Senior Lecturer in Dairy Herd Medicine, John Fishwick, has become …

• Agreeing language in veterinary endocrinology

  

  The Royal Veterinary College has hosted a two-day symposium about endocrinology, with a focus on the terminology used by clinicians and researchers and how well this should transmit a common meaning across the field.

   19 Jul 2017

• Wellcome Image Awards

  

  The story behind the 2015 overall award winner - a project bring new perspectives to a selection of anatomy specimens at the RVC

   26 Jun 2015

• Companion dogs: a model for investigating age-related disease in people

  

   A new Open Access paper published in Pathobiology of Aging and Age-related Diseases demonstrates the value of using companion dogs as a model for human morbidity and mortality. With the human population rapidly aging, the study of age-related …

   22 Nov 2016

• Epidemiology of feline diabetes mellitus

  

  New Open Access paper available in Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine describing the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus (DM) in cats attending primary-care practice in England. By using clinical data collected via the VetCompass Programme, this …

   03 Jul 2016

• VetCompass™ reveals the secrets of the Border Terrier in England

  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively healthy and hardy breed. A new VetCompass™ has explored these beliefs using anonymised clinical data from hundreds of veterinary clinics in England. These …

   03 Jan 2018

  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively …

• VetCompass reveals the secrets of Border Terriers in England

  

  Secrets of the Border Terrier revealed  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively healthy and hardy breed.   A new VetCompass™ study has explored these beliefs using anonymised clinical data from …

   04 Dec 2017

• VetCompass-like system captures animal health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand

  

  Researchers have completed a 4-week pilot project designed to determine the feasibility of leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. A prototype surveillance system, similar to that used …

   09 Jan 2017

• RVC Pandemic Puppies team shares first newsletter detailing progress so far

  

  The AWF funded Pandemic Puppies survey aims to explore if and how the early lives of ‘pandemic puppies’ differed from those purchased the year before the pandemic. This research will identify any vulnerabilities to the health, behaviour, and welfare …

   05 Mar 2021