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• Galloping isn’t such hard work for horses

  

  For the first time, external mechanical work in galloping racehorses has been measured using force plates as ergometers. The results of this study, conducted by Royal Veterinary College (RVC) researchers in the Structure and Motion Laboratory, have …

   20 Feb 2019

• Royal Veterinary College gives World Class insight

  

  RVC experts demonstrate the links between current research, performance and equine health management at the British Equine Federation's World Class Programme 'Fit to Compete' event

   29 Sep 2015

• Bird movement research featured in prestigious journal

  

  Royal Veterinary College research into the movement of birds on the ground is featured in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

   29 Oct 2014

• New modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals important step in the evolution of posture in the ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles

  

  Scientists from the RVC and University of Bristol used three-dimensional computer modelling to investigate the hindlimb of Euparkeria capensis–a small reptile that lived in the Triassic Period 245 million years ago

   21 Sep 2020

• Who’s top dog? French Bulldogs and Cockapoos claim top spot for the UK’s most popular puppies

  

  A new study by the Royal Veterinary College reveals that French Bulldogs and Cockapoos have now overtaken Labrador Retrievers and Jack Russell Terriers as the UK’s favourite puppy to acquire, posing serious questions about longer-term impacts of the …

   26 Jul 2023

• New research from the RVC unlocks the key to hummingbird flight

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), UCLA and the University of British Columbia has found that hummingbirds create a 3D map of their body, which may enable them to hover and make nuanced adjustments to their flight dynamics based …

   29 May 2024

• RVC at CHRISTMAS LECTURES

  

  The Royal Veterinary College and The University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Sciences will be at this year’s CHRISTMAS LECTURES hosted at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Danielle George (credit: Paul Wilkinson) The CHRISTMAS …

   09 Dec 2014

• VetCompass study featured in Your Cat magazine

  

   The October edition of Your Cat magazine is now available, and includes some important VetCompass findings on the life-spans of our feline friends.  In the regular 'Vet's View' feature of this latest issue, highly-regarded vet Dr Bradley Viner ( …

   28 Sep 2015

• RVC student blogs about his BBSRC Research Experience Placement

  Luke Grinham, one of our BioVeterinary Sciences students, was awarded a BBSRC Research Experience Placement this summer, which he undertook in our Structure and Motion Lab.  His project focused on "How do giraffes use long limbs to lengthen their …

   02 Nov 2015

  Luke Grinham, one of our BioVeterinary Sciences students, was awarded a BBSRC Research Experience …

• Helping racehorses put their best foot forward

  

  An international research team is working to understand how horseshoes affect foot skeleton stress in racehorses, in a project that is likely to benefit the racing industry and protect horses from injury. The research team, from the RVC, UQ in …

   20 Jul 2016