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• 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

• Students at RVC take part in first ever pilot inter-professional development initiative

  

  Veterinary and veterinary nursing students at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) took part in the first ever pilot event at the Hawkshead Campus exploring emotional intelligence within interprofessional teams, known as interPOD (inter-Professional …

   17 Feb 2020

• RVC’s Senior Vice Principal recognised for professional achievement by The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges

  

  The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) awarded several individuals, including Professor Stephen May, Senior Vice Principal at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), with the AAVMC Presidential Awards for Meritorious Services at its March 2020 Annual Conference.

   16 Mar 2020

• Innovative animal tracking system developed by the RVC wins ERC Proof of Concept Grant

  

  This dynamically augmented navigation system (DYANS) system was developed to track fast-moving animals in the wild in order to better understand their locomotion, hunting and ranging behaviour

   04 May 2020

• New research by the RVC could hold the key to treatments for tendon disease and other musculoskeletal disorders

  

  Examining protein turnover rates in the tendons of rats, has found that tendons are a dynamic tissue with varying turnover rates of proteins

   12 May 2020

  A new study, by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which examined protein turnover rates in the …

• French Bulldogs predisposed to catastrophic elbow fractures, according to RVC research

  

  Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to repair and in certain dog breeds can happen with minimal trauma, often when dogs are quite young. These fractures are painful and cannot be managed …

   29 May 2020

  Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to …

• Royal Veterinary College professor wins prestigious research award

  

  Professor Harriet Syme of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been announced as the winner of the Petplan Charitable Trust Scientific Research Award 2020. The award is made for outstanding contributions to veterinary research and reflects …

   02 Jun 2020

  Professor Harriet Syme of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been announced as the winner of …

• Flat-faced dogs such as bulldogs, French bulldogs and pugs at increased risk of heat stroke

  

  Latest VetCompass research: Breeds with flat faces (brachycephalic) are at particular risk of developing heat stroke, the largest study of its kind suggests

   12 Jun 2020

• RVC researchers win grant for vital project on coronavirus infections in companion animals

  

  The study, named MASCOT could pave the way to a greater understanding of why certain people are more susceptible to COVID-19, as well as helping to identify new treatment targets.

   27 Jul 2020

  Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have been awarded a grant worth almost £200,000 …