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• International welfare group calls for worldwide end to adverts inappropriately using dogs with extreme body shapes

  

  The International Collaborative on Extreme Conformations in Dogs (ICECDogs) has released new guidance for advertisers, heavily informed by research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), that advises on which images of dogs should be avoided in …

   12 Jul 2024

  The International Collaborative on Extreme Conformations in Dogs (ICECDogs) has released new …

• RVC joins new transdisciplinary network to address antimicrobial resistance

  

  This week, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced its participation in the newly launched Agrifood Systems Transdisciplinary (AMAST) Network – a transdisciplinary project which has been established to better understand how antimicrobial …

   23 Jul 2024

  This week, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced its participation in the newly launched …

• RVC awarded international grant to further research into equitable and sustainable livestock and food systems

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded more than USD $339,160 from the Tiny Beam’s Kindling Initiative grant to continue Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network. CRILS aims to support and advocate for just and …

   18 Dec 2024

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded more than USD $339,160 from the Tiny Beam’s …

• LBIC is awarded ‘Outstanding Contribution to Life Sciences’ at the One Nucleus Annual Awards 2025

  

  The RVC are delighted to see the London BioScience Innovation Centre (LBIC) honoured as the recipient of this years ‘Outstanding Contribution to Life Sciences’ award, received at The One Nucleus Annual Awards 2025 on Tuesday 27th March 2025. Held …

   28 Mar 2025

• Professors Dame Angela McLean and Gary England awarded RVC Honorary Degrees

  

  At the 2025 graduation ceremony, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) awarded Honorary Degrees of Veterinary Medicine to two eminent leaders in science and veterinary medicine – Professor Dame Angela McLean and Professor Gary England. Professor Dame …

   30 Jul 2025

• Welfare crisis looms for flat faced dog breeds commonly used in advertising

  

  Organisations with an interest in dog welfare have penned an open letter asking companies to stop using ‘flat faced’ (brachycephalic) dogs to sell products. The Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG), made up of the veterinary profession, national animal welfare organisations, scientists, and dog breed clubs are calling for companies to stop using flat faced dog breeds, such as Pugs, Bulldogs and French Bulldogs, to endorse and sell products. Soaring demand for these breeds, fuelled by their prominence in advertising and marketing campaigns, is creating a health and welfare crisis.

   15 Dec 2017

• Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows

  

  An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a bus (8 metres) had unique specialisations to help it move, a new study shows. The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson joined …

   17 Dec 2019

• 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 …

• New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species transmission dynamics of a major disease

  

  A pioneering new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); and the University of Gaston Berger, Senegal (UGB), has been published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

   04 Oct 2021

  A pioneering new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the …

• New RVC study first to reveal impact of vet-owner relationship on canine epilepsy management

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) explores the role of vet-owner relationships in the experience of owners of dogs with epilepsy. The study found that clearer owner expectations for treatment outcomes and the condition’s …

   15 Feb 2023

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) explores the role of vet-owner relationships …