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• South African student awarded international scholarship to study at world’s top vet school

  

  Student, Thalia Tollemache Dufour from Johannesburg in South Africa, has been awarded an international scholarship to study at the world-renowned Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in her pursuit of becoming a wildlife vet. This scholarship is part of …

   02 Feb 2024

• RVC researchers identify factors that will support injury prevention and welfare of racehorses

  

  Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have determined several factors that could reduce the risk of fatality in Jump racing and substantially improve racehorse welfare. The findings were drawn from new risk factor models developed by …

   13 Dec 2024

• £20M investment for London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Partnership to further fund students

  

  From 2020, 190 PhD studentships will be funded at partner institutions including The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

   24 Oct 2019

  The London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Partnership, (LIDo) has been commissioned for a …

• RVC Professor Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Animal Research

  

  Professor Dominic Wells of the Royal Veterinary College was presented with a prestigious award at the annual Openness Awards

   05 Dec 2019

  Professor Dominic Wells of the Royal Veterinary College was presented with a prestigious award at …

• Coming along in leaps and bounds – crocodiles can gallop but alligators can’t, new study finds

  

  It’s a motion more closely associated with horses, but researchers have found that more species of crocodiles can gallop than previously thought. The study, which was led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), also discovered that by contrast …

   17 Dec 2019

• Equine Atypical Myopathy toxin and biochemical tests and tree sample testing available at the RVC

  

  The RVC is testing for atypical myopathy in its work towards improved treatments and management of this disorder, and to enhance the welfare of affected horses.

   13 Feb 2017

• RVC engages public with ostrich anatomy at Norwich Science Festival

  

  Professor John Hutchinson and his team dissected an ostrich in front of a rapt audience as part of Norwich Science Festival on Monday 21st October, in order to explain the amazing anatomy of animals.

   22 Oct 2019

• New innovative study proves racehorses use less energy to gallop than previously thought

  

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external work of galloping in racehorses. This technique, which has never been used for such large animals at high speed before, showed that horses had much …

   25 Feb 2019

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external …

• Can Autophagy help in the fight against diseases?

  Leading academics met in London to discuss research that hopes to one day find the key to fighting diseases such as cancer and dementia

   20 Jun 2017

  Leading academics met in London recently to discuss research that hopes to one day unlock the key …

• RVC Skeletal Biology Group’s work showcased in the Diamond Light Source Annual Review Launch

  

  Research shows evidence for a link between abnormal growth, altered loads placed upon the joint and osteoarthritis development which could help identify those at risk of developing osteoarthritis

   06 Jul 2016

  Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility, launched its Annual Review …