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• Vets working with Medics to find solutions for the COVID-19 crisis

  

  Members of the One Health Poultry Hub, including two experts from the RVC, are helping to guide the world's recovery from this latest zoonotic disease crisis.

   22 Mar 2020

  The latest blog post from Fiona Tomley, The Director of the One Health Poultry Hub explains how …

• Rare sea turtle gets CT scan at the RVC

  

  “Turtley” terrific teamwork at the Royal Veterinary College gives promising CT scan result for Menai the Turtle

   27 Jan 2017

  Clinicians at the Royal Veterinary College in Hertfordshire played a key role in a rare turtle’s …

• New study highlights concerns over the purchasing of flat-faced dogs

  

  Owners are attracted by their large, wide-set eyes, and flat faces, even though these characteristics are linked with a variety of inherited diseases.

   24 May 2017

  The popularity of flat faced brachycephalic dogs in the UK continues to rise.

  The French Bulldog …

• New RCVS guidance on 'Under Care' and prescribing Prescription-Only Veterinary Medicines to animals

  The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) introduced new regulations on 1st September 2023 that affect how Veterinary Surgeons can prescribe ‘prescription only medications (POM-Vs)’ which will affect how RVC Equine can prescribe medications to …

   27 Sep 2023

• Video explains the unique structure of the BVetMed curriculum

  

  Professors Jill Madison and Adrian Boswood appear in a specially created new video about the curriculum of our BVetMed course. The video aims to provide a clear explanation of the spiral structure of the course and how that affects the teaching. The video also features students talking about how the curriculum works in practice and helps them to graduate ready for their professional careers.

   10 Oct 2018

• Can mosquitoes stop us going bump in the night?

  

  International, collaborative research group led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has demonstrated how the mosquito avoids obstacles in the dark by sensing changes in the airflows generated by its flapping wings.

   07 May 2020

• Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution

  

  What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes of the first placental mammal

   23 Jun 2017

  What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the chromosomes …

• New research from the RVC highlights most common disorders in UK pet guinea pigs

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has identified the most common conditions in pet guinea pigs in the UK are overgrown nails, ringworm and eye ulcers. Several of these common conditions are linked to sedentary lives in captivity …

   27 Mar 2024

• 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 …

• Picking up mice after sanitising your hands can affect mouse behaviour

  

  During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, sometimes complaining of their strong smell or the feeling left on our hands, whilst appreciating their protective effects. Even before the pandemic, …

   11 Jun 2021

  During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, …