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• Ten VetCompass studies to be presented at BSAVA 2021

  

  Over 125 Clinical Abstracts will be presented online as part of the BSAVA virtual Congress 2021 on 24, 25 and 26 May, via Zoom. A diverse programme of clinical abstracts has always been an integral part of BSAVA Congress, where researchers alongside …

   11 May 2021

• Research news – VetCompass study on mast cell tumours in dogs

  

  Mast cell tumour (MCT) appears to be a frequent tumour type in dogs, though there is little published in relation to its frequency in dogs in the UK. This week, a VetCompass study looking at the prevalence and risk factors for MCTs in dogs …

   29 Jan 2015

• VetCompass™ paper: most highly accessed article

  

  Canine Genetics and Epidemiology is an Open Access journal dedicated to publishing high quality papers that promote improved canine welfare. A recent VetCompass™ paper ‘Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinary care …

   23 Apr 2018

• RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments — Why don’t the fits stop?

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why some dogs do not respond to anti-epilepsy treatments. The study found that dogs that experience more than one seizure a day and male dogs were less …

   27 Aug 2014

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why …

• PDSA supports the VetCompass project

  

  We are delighted to announce participation by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) into VetCompass from November 2014. VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill speaks for us all in welcoming PDSA onboard: ‘The involvement of PDSA will be hugely …

   30 Nov 2014

• RSPCA promoting VetCompass/Medivet poster: Most common disorders in UK cats

  

  From Tuesday 22nd September the RSPCA will be promoting a visually engaging public information poster ('infographic'), co-produced by Medivet & VetCompass, showing evidence-based information on the most common disorders diagnosed in UK pet cats. …

   22 Sep 2015

• RVC Professor works with Sir David Attenborough to help uncover the biggest dinosaur in history

  

  Last night the BBC aired a docummentary called 'Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur' in which Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a giant dinosaur find in Argentina. In the film, Professor Hutchinson from the RVC Structure & Motion …

   25 Jan 2016

• RVC Success at BSAVA Congress

  The Royal Veterinary College was very successful at this year's BSAVA Congress winning the following awards: Name Awards Vanessa Woolhead Best abstract presentation at the Small Animal Medicine Society pre-BSAVA satellite meeting; …

   25 Apr 2016

  The Royal Veterinary College was very successful at this year's BSAVA Congress winning the …

• New Newton Institutional Links grant awarded to RVC

  

  Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant by the British Council to work on the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza in free-grazing duck populations in Vietnam. Despite …

   16 Apr 2015

  Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant  …

• New Wellcome Trust grant awarded to take forward BoneJ2

  

  Dr Michael Doube has been awarded a grant by the Wellcome Trust called: "BoneJ2 - Full-featured next-generation BoneJ for standardised bone image analysis" BoneJ is a free software resource for bone image analysis created by Michael Doube as an …

   22 Jul 2015

  Dr Michael Doube has been awarded a grant by the Wellcome Trust called: "BoneJ2 - Full-featured …