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How did some large dinosaurs’ bodies develop?
Research using computer models of the bodies of sauropod dinosaurs to examine the evolutionary history of their body shape -
New Equine Locomotor Research Course at the Royal Veterinary College
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is launching a new Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research (Grad Dip ELR), which offers farriers the opportunity to gain skills and experience in producing original research to increase the evidence base behind farriery, and enhance equine welfare. -
Animals make light work of walking
The range of footfall patterns seen in walking amphibians, reptiles and mammals - including hippopotamus, horse and (inverted) sloth - are consistent with simple principles of mechanical work minimisation. One of the fundamental objectives of … -
Global Challenges Research Translational Award
RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or goat plague for many years and over the last 7, Prof Richard Kock, Dr Bryony Jones and Dr Camilla Benfield have been exploring the complexity of PPR …RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or …
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RVC academic joins cross-institutional team in surveillance of new avian flu outbreak
A team of academics have joined together from across the UK to monitor outbreaks of high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds and poultry in Europe and Central Asia and assess the mitigation measures required to limit the spread.A team of academics, including a Professor in One Health Evolutionary Biology at the Royal …
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Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals - New Book Available to Pre-order
Dr Rowena Packer and VetCompass' Dr Dan O'Neill edit new book about brachycephalic health and welfare Health and welfare issues of brachycephalic (flat-faced) animals are one of the most pressing problems facing companion animals right now. Dogs, … -
RVC recognised for Leadership in Openness in Animal Research
Leaders in Openness in Animal Research are organisations who commit considerable resource and energy to following best practice, embedding openness within their organisations and making the aims of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research a reality.The Royal Veterinary College is one of the first organisations to gain a Leadership in Openness …
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Bloomsbury Learning Environment to offer free Digital Skills Awareness course to HE institutions
Free Digital Skills Awareness course for higher education (HE) institutions to roll out to students before they start university. -
300 million-year-old animal reanimated as a robot
International group of scientists construct a robot, which is able to recreate how a 300 million-year old animal would have walked -
RVC’s Bioscience Programme Receives Accreditation by Royal Society of Biology
This accreditation demonstrates the high quality of the RVC’s biosciences programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
