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• Welcome to our new VetCompass team member, Dr Emma Buckland!

  

  We are excited to announce the expansion of our VetCompass team, with the recent addition of Dr. Emma Buckland as a UFAW-funded, Post Doctoral Research Associate.  Emma has a strong background in welfare research, and recently completed her PhD …

   19 Jun 2015

• VetCompass RVC Student Projects at BSAVA Congress 2023

  

  Five outstanding and brave veterinary undergraduate students will present their final year VetCompass projects as oral abstracts at BSAVA Congress 2023 in Manchester. These projects cover a range of important individual health conditions in dogs …

   15 Mar 2023

• Pioneering Hypophysectomy Treatment Reaches 100-Case Milestone

  

  A cat called Rusty has become the 100th patient to be treated by hypophysectomy at The Royal Veterinary College

   30 Sep 2019

  The UK’s first successful feline hypophysectomy surgery was performed at the RVC in 2012, to treat …

• RVC names “Pet Blood Donors of the Year” this World Blood Donor Day

  

  In celebration of World Blood Donor Day (14 June), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced its Pet Blood Donors of the Year 2023. These awards honour cats and dogs that participate in its vital blood donor programme to help other furry friends in need.

   14 Jun 2023

  Superhero Pets: the RVC names “Pet Blood Donors of the Year 2023” this World Blood Donor Day

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• 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

• VetCompass at the first international Canine Behaviour & Genetics meeting

  

  The implications of consistently producing or selecting dogs which are not appropriately 'fit for function' both mentally and physically are manifold, with detrimental effects on canine welfare, economic investments and the integrity of the human- …

   14 Jul 2015

• VetCompass, RSPCA & Medivet companion animal disorder & longevity posters

  

  This week the RSPCA are promoting a set of educational posters, developed in collaboration with the Medivet veterinary partnership and the VetCompass Programme. These posters summarise the findings of three important VetCompass studies, using  …

   23 Jul 2015

• RVC research finds potential in ground-breaking new dietary treatment for canine epilepsy

  

  Research shows that small changes to the diets of dogs with hard-to-treat epilepsy has the potential to reduce the number of seizures and improve the quality of life for affected dogs and their owners.

   06 May 2020

  Research conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), funded by The American Kennel Club Canine …

• Bad teeth revealed as biggest problem for pet greyhounds

  

  As well as bad teeth, the RVC research revealed that traumatic injuries, overgrown nails and osteoarthritis are also major concerns for pet greyhounds

   04 Jun 2019

• Latest VetCompass research will be presented at BSAVA

  

  Interested in clinical research relevant to the first-opinion practitioner? Then come and hear the latest findings from the VetCompass programme at BSAVA Congress, this April. We hope to see you there. VetCompass Clinical Research Abstracts …

   20 Mar 2017