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• Cats in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London needed for feline diabetes diet research trial

  

  Cat owners in Hertfordshire are being asked to take part in ground-breaking research on cats with diabetes.

   24 Jan 2022

  Cat owners in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London are being asked to take part …

• RVC BVetMed student awarded a Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Student Scholars award

  George Smith, BVetMed4 student, has successfully applied to the Veterinary Student Scholars Program with the Morris Animal Foundation.  He will be supervised by Professor Holger Volk, Professor Joanne Webster and Miss Kate English. The Morris …

   06 Mar 2015

  George Smith, BVetMed4 student, has successfully applied to the Veterinary Student Scholars Program …

• RVC study reveals extent of dog obesity crisis in the UK

  

  Study from the RVC reveals scale of the overweight epidemic in dogs in the UK, with 1 in 14 dogs recorded by their vets as overweight each year

   23 Mar 2021

• RVC research reveals important insights into the diagnosis of strangles in UK horses

  

  Royal Veterinary College research study of diagnoses of strangles across the UK for an improved understanding of the spread and control of this devastating equine disease.

   15 Oct 2021

• COVID-19 travel restrictions came too late, shows study, as scientists call for coordinated pandemic preparedness efforts

  

  Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for tracking COVID-19 Alpha and Delta variant transmission across the UK have published their genomic tracing of the Omicron variant concluding that: …

   21 Jul 2023

  Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for …

• RVC study reveals multitude of indicators of equine insulin dysregulation and therefore laminitis risk

  

  A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has determined new factors that can indicate insulin dysregulation (ID) in ponies. The study findings confirm that physical observation (i.e., looking at the external characteristics of the …

   28 Sep 2023

• VetCompass research featured in this months Kennel Scope

  

  A recent VetCompass research paper has been chosen to feature in this months edition of The Kennel Scope magazine, published last week by the Kennel Club.   The Kennel Scope magazine is a free, quarterly e-newsletter aimed at keeping veterinary …

   10 Sep 2015

• RVC VetCompass Programme contributes to human aging research

  

  There are remarkable commonalities in health and lifestyle between dogs and humans that lead to shared risks for disease and aging between the species. In addition, the companion dog is the most phenotypically diverse species on the planet, with …

   08 Jan 2016

  There are remarkable commonalities in health and lifestyle between dogs and humans that lead to …

• New VetCompass YouTube video

  We have a new VetCompass Youtube video on evidence-based veterinary medicine. The three-minute video gives a flavour of the evidence being produced by VetCompass on companion animal health and welfare in the UK. This format of video has no speakers, …

   14 Mar 2016

• Congratulations to Dr Steven McCulloch!

  

  Many congratulations to Steven McCulloch on successfully defending his PhD thesis entitled "The British animal health and welfare policy process: accounting for the interests of sentient species". He was supervised by Prof. Christopher Wathes, Prof. …

   15 Sep 2015

  Many congratulations to Steven McCulloch on successfully defending his PhD thesis entitled "The …