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• Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK

  

  New VetCompass study published which describes the demography and disorders of German Shepherds under primary veterinary care in the UK. The German Shepherd Dog (GSD) is one of the most popular dog breeds worldwide.  However, concerns for the …

   11 Aug 2017

• Dog Breeding Reform Group, supported by the RVC, wins Ceva ‘Charitable Team of the Year’ Award

  

  The Dog Breeding Reform Group (DBRG) is a group of like-minded individuals and organisations who work together to improve the welfare of breeding dogs and their puppies in the UK. DBRG has been supported for several years by Dr Dan O’Neill and Dr …

   10 Apr 2018

  The Dog Breeding Reform Group (DBRG) is a group of like-minded individuals and organisations who …

• New BBSRC Newton Fund grant awarded to Professor Liam Good

  Professor Liam Good and Dr Steven Van Winden have been awarded a grant by the BBSRC Newton Fund for "Bovine Mastitis Control by Local Administration of Polyplex Nanoparticles". There are millions of cases of mastitis annually. Mastitis can linger, …

   29 Jun 2018

  Professor Liam Good and Dr Steven Van Winden have been awarded a grant by the BBSRC Newton Fund for …

• New GplusE video

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling) have been involved in an European Union FP7 funded project, entitled “GplusE”: Genotype and Environment contributing to the sustainability of dairy …

   05 Oct 2018

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling)  …

• RVC VetCompass™ Programme now also benefitting US dog welfare

  

  The RVC VetCompass Programme shares anonymised veterinary clinical data covering millions of dogs in the UK. These data have been extensively researched leading to 48 peer-reviewed publications to date that are fundamentally changing how …

   07 Feb 2019

• VetCompass-like system captures animal health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand

  

  Researchers have completed a 4-week pilot project designed to determine the feasibility of leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. A prototype surveillance system, similar to that used …

   09 Jan 2017

• PhD success for VetCompass researcher Dr Maddy Mattin

  

  Congratulations to Maddy Mattin who recently completed her PhD on canine degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD), the most common heart disease in dogs. This PetPlan funded work aimed to document the prevalence of DMVD, evaluate survival …

   29 Oct 2017

• DBRG supported by VetCompass™ wins Ceva ‘Charitable Team of the Year’ Award

  

  The Dog Breeding Reform Group (DBRG) is a group of like-minded individuals and organisations who work together to improve the welfare of breeding dogs and their puppies in the UK. DBRG has been supported for several years by VetCompass™ and by Dr …

   10 Apr 2018

• VetCompass™ awarded at BSAVA 2019

  

  The Blaine Award (sponsored by Royal Canin) awarded to Dr Dan O'Neill for the contribution of VetCompass™ to the advancement of small animal science in its widest context. Dr Dan O’Neill MVB BSc(hons) GPCert(SAP) GPCert(FelP) GPCert(Derm) GPCert(B& …

   23 Apr 2019

• Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy study

  

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats with a prevalence of 1/500 and 1/7 respectively. HCM occurs spontaneously in cats and can cause heart failure, cardioembolic complications or sudden …

   31 Oct 2019

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats …