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• New research confirms extreme welfare issues in Shar Pei, the sandpaper skin dog breed

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that in-turned eyelids and ear disorders are the most common health conditions in Shar Pei dogs in the UK; both resulting from the breed’s characteristic loose, thickened and folded skin. …

   14 Dec 2023

• Undergraduate research leads to highlighted article in August’s Journal of Dairy Science

  Two student RP2 projects have resulted in a paper being chosen as the highlighted article of the month in the Journal of Dairy Science . The team, led by Dr Geoff Pollott, Dr Charlotte Lawson and Dr Rob Fowkes, have been taking a novel approach to …

   28 Jul 2014

  Two student RP2 projects have resulted in a paper being chosen as the highlighted article of the …

• Why the waddle?

  

  Professor John Hutchinson's recent visit to Penguin Beach at London Zoo has gathered international attention from BBC News to The New Yorker.  Professor Hutchinson is collaborating with visiting PhD student James Proffitt, from the University of …

   19 Mar 2015

• Social Science

  

  PhD student Michelle Reeve has taken to social media to discuss her current project through Biotweeps. Biotweeps is an online platform with a combined blog, Twitter and Facebook presence, and each week a different biologist takes over the account …

   10 Jun 2015

• Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers at last week's Veterinary Research Club meeting for her abstract presentation that focussed on the permeation of canine …

   28 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial …

• DEFRA/VMD MRes project

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work on the " validation of a hollow fibre infection model for dynamic evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy in veterinary pathogens". The MRes project …

   27 Sep 2016

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work …

• Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing". Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is a common condition of …

   24 Jan 2018

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine …

• Hot Dogs – VetCompass study of heatstroke in dogs funded by Dogs Trust

  

  Heatstroke is a potentially fatal, yet often preventable, condition for dogs that can be caused by confinement in hot conditions (environmental heatstroke) or from exercise (exertional heatstroke). Despite attempts to educate owners about these …

   06 Mar 2019

  Heatstroke is a potentially fatal, yet often preventable, condition for dogs that can be caused by …

• Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy study

  

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats with a prevalence of 1/500 and 1/7 respectively. HCM occurs spontaneously in cats and can cause heart failure, cardioembolic complications or sudden …

   31 Oct 2019

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats …

• The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

  

  The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

   08 Nov 2019

  Increasing global demand for poultry and the expansion of poultry farming has resulted in an …