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• RVC Research study reveals consequences of extreme demand for puppies during COVID-19 Pandemic

  

  RVC study reveals why so many people bought puppies during the pandemic and the consequences of this extreme demand

   25 Aug 2021

• Sensor technology allows experts to enhance understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

  

  Sensor technology is allowing experts from the RVC and Animal Health Trust to enhance their understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

   28 Jun 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

• Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals - New Book Available to Pre-order

  

  Dr Rowena Packer and VetCompass' Dr Dan O'Neill edit new book about brachycephalic health and welfare Health and welfare issues of brachycephalic (flat-faced) animals are one of the most pressing problems facing companion animals right now. Dogs, …

   21 Jan 2021

• Congratulations Holly Asquith Barnes, winner of the Spring Meeting British Veterinary Zoological Society Student Poster Prize 2016

  

  Congratulations to Holly Asquith Barnes who won the Spring Meeting British Veterinary Zoological Society Student Poster Prize 2016 for her research poster 'Use of thermal imaging and mobility assessment to detect arthritis in non-human primates' …

   19 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to Holly Asquith Barnes who won the Spring Meeting British Veterinary Zoological …

• New VetCompass study reports on epidemiology and risk factors for mammary tumours in female cats

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported on the frequency and risk factors for mammary tumours in female cats. Mammary tumours in cats are uncommon but can be highly aggressive when they do happen. The study aimed to report the …

   06 Apr 2023

• RVC revolutionise equine imaging with first specialised CT scan for horses

  

  The UK’s first specialised equine computed tomography (CT) scanner has been unveiled at the RVC

   11 Mar 2016

• First US farriers graduate from Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research at the Royal Veterinary College

  

  It is the first course of its kind offering professional farriers in both the US and the UK the chance to gain the necessary skill-set to produce original research and increase the evidence base behind farriery.

   29 May 2020

• New breakthrough in creation of feline stem cells could help develop treatments for heart disease in cats and humans

  

  In what is believed to be a world-first, researchers have identified the conditions required to generate pluripotent stem cells from domestic cats, a finding which could have significant benefits for feline and human health

   24 Sep 2019

  In what is believed to be a world-first, researchers have identified the conditions required to …

• Population of critically-endangered Saiga antelope doubles in past three years

  

  International group, which includes the RVC, dedicated to Saiga conservation shows the population now numbers over 228,000 compared to around 103,000 in 2015.

   17 Apr 2019

  The population of the critically-endangered Saiga antelope in Central Asia has doubled during 2016 …