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• Vet students visit Crufts 2016

  

  Crufts is the world's largest dog show, celebrating its 125th year in 2016. Over 22,000 dogs competed to be crowned Best In Show. In the end, this title went to a West Highland White Terrier called Geordie Girl, the first time this breed has won …

   22 Mar 2016

• PhD success for VetCompass researcher Dr Maddy Mattin

  

  Congratulations to Maddy Mattin who recently completed her PhD on canine degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD), the most common heart disease in dogs. This PetPlan funded work aimed to document the prevalence of DMVD, evaluate survival …

   29 Oct 2017

• Tortoise Evening - winter is coming...

  

  An evening of talks from our exotics team about tortoise care especially on the lead up to hibernation and how to avoid problems

   09 Oct 2015

  As summer ends and the nights draw in we need to start thinking about how to prepare our tortoises …

• Welcome to Nicola Blackie - Lecturer in Production Animal Science

  AWSE is very excited to belatedly welcome our new lecturer in Production Animal Science. Nicola joined the RVC in Dec 2017 and has already submersed herself into the RVC world, not least by bringing a very welcome cheery face to the ice cold 1st …

   20 Mar 2018

  AWSE is very excited to belatedly welcome our new lecturer in Production Animal Science. Nicola …

• Wellcome Trust CVRT Vacation Award

  Student describes his experience after being awarded a CVRT Vacation award.

   24 Oct 2014

  RVC student, Luca Fortuna, BVetMed student), was awarded a Wellcome Trust CVRT vacation award this …

• RVC experts involved in research on giraffe locomotion as part of valuable conservation work for this species

  

  Three RVC academics and experts, Professor John Hutchinson, Dr. Chris Basu and Professor Alan Wilson are are collaborating with Dr Francois Deacon, lecturer in wildlife sciences at the University of the Free State in South Africa on project using drones to research the secrets of giraffe locomotion.

   26 Aug 2016

• AUA Awards Mark of Excellence to The Royal Veterinary College

  

  The RVC is delighted to have been awarded the Association of University Administrators’ Mark of Excellence at full institutional level

   12 May 2020

• World’s smallest dogs prone to health problems despite rising popularity, according to latest RVC research

  

  Ownership of the Chihuahua, the world’s smallest dog breed, is rising sharply. Yet, according to the largest ever study of Chihuahuas treated in first opinion veterinary practices, the breed is particularly prone to dental disease, obesity, and …

   12 Feb 2020

• £5 million funding awarded to transform the UK Food System to address the country’s needs for health and sustainability

  

  The Royal Veterinary College is among the world-leading research bodies which will drive the UK’s Food Systems Partnership for Sustainable Food Future – Centre for Doctoral Training

   16 Oct 2020

  A partnership of leading universities, including the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), have been …

• The Royal Veterinary College and Penn Vet New Bolton Center Launch new MARS EQUESTRIAN™ Veterinary Scholarship Programme for Equine Research

  

  The Royal Veterinary College and Penn Vet New Bolton Center Launch new MARS EQUESTRIAN™ Veterinary Scholarship Programme for Equine Research

   24 Jun 2021