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• British bulldog ownership has doubled but breed faces high risk of skin disease and obesity

  

  Findings show that due to breeding trends 12.7% of British bulldogs suffer from ear infections, 8.8% from skin infections and 8.7% from obesity

   16 Jul 2019

• RVC joins UK’s top scientists to combat increasing cases of bird flu

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced its involvement in a new major UK research consortium, convened to battle bird flu following unprecedented outbreaks, which have led to more than 100 cases in the UK this year alone. The group is …

   20 Jun 2022

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced its involvement in a new major UK research …

• Royal Veterinary College student wins prestigious international scholarship award

  

  Dylan Yaffy, a masters student at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), has been awarded the international Wildlife Disease Association’s (WDA) Graduate Student Scholarship Achievement Award. The WDA’s scholarship award acknowledges an individual’s …

   19 Apr 2023

• English Cocker Spaniels – a fairly typical, but potentially moody, dog

  

  A new study from the Royal Veterinary College illuminates the most common disorders in English Cocker Spaniels in the UK, aiding owners to know what to expect if they get this breed New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found …

   19 May 2023

• New research highlights high risk of ear and eye disease in English Cocker Spaniels in the UK

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) VetCompass™ programme has found that English Cockers Spaniels have an increased risk of disorders such as ear discharge, dry eye and musculoskeletal pain, but have reduced risk of allergies, …

   18 Jan 2024

• VetCompass at BSAVA Congress 2015

  

  VetCompass enjoyed a hugely successful British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress from 9th-12th April 2015, contributing a total of 7 presentations by 5 different speakers during this well-attended event. BSAVA Congress, held …

   16 Apr 2015

• RVC identifies links and similarities between Osteoarthritis in dogs and humans in Landmark Nature Review

  

  An international team of researchers, led by the RVC, have for the first time identified key similarities between osteoarthritis (OA) in dogs and in humans.

   15 Apr 2019

  An international team of researchers, led by the Royal Veterinary College, have for the first time …

• Economics of heifer rearing

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent British Society of Animal Science conference in Chester about a study in which she examines in detail the economics of heifer rearing.   The outcomes of …

   21 Apr 2015

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent …

• PhD student wins second prize in poster competition at the OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction

  

  Congratulations to Peter Holloway, PhD student, who won 2nd prize in a poster competition at the OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction, which recently took place in Paris.   Peter's poster focused on the current twinning initiative …

   07 Jul 2015

  Congratulations to Peter Holloway, PhD student, who won 2nd prize in a poster competition at the …

• Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis

  

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis". Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect humans and most …

   03 Oct 2019

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the …