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• Flat-faced dogs; an addictive personality

  

  RVC study highlights breed loyalty for pugs, French bulldogs, and English bulldogs, despite substantial health risks

   26 Aug 2020

  According to a new study, 93% of owners of flat-faced dogs – including the Pug, French Bulldog and …

• New BBSRC grant awarded to Dr Rowena Packer

  

  Dr Rowena Packer has been awarded a BBSRC Fellowship to work on "Comorbidity and characteristics of canine neurodevelopmental disorders and their impact on animal welfare" Epilepsy is a complex brain disease, in which individuals are predisposed to …

   03 Apr 2017

  Dr Rowena Packer has been awarded a BBSRC Fellowship to work on "Comorbidity and characteristics of …

• Royal Veterinary College welcomes community for Open Farm Sunday

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) opened the gates to RVC Boltons Park Farm to the public over the weekend as part of the national LEAF Open Farm Sunday initiative. More than 1,500 visitors came to see the innovative teaching farm, consisting of …

   12 Jun 2025

• Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair

  

  Last week, researchers from Structure and Motion attended The Big Bang Fair at Birmingham NEC with their activity ‘Stepping Into Science’, designed by Dr Jim Usherwood and Dr Zoe Self. The Stepping Into Science project is part of Dr Usherwood’s Wellcome Trust funded research and combines public engagement with data collection.

   23 Mar 2016

• New Dogs Trust grant: Of mice and dogs: Comparison of the alterations in the metabolome associated with heart failure

  Congratulations to Dr David Connolly and Professor Adrian Boswood for their recent grant award from the Dogs Trust for the study "Of mice and dogs: Comparison of the alterations in the metabolome associated with heart failure" Approximately 320,000 …

   26 Jul 2017

  Congratulations to Dr David Connolly and Professor Adrian Boswood for their recent grant award from …

• New London International Development Centre grant

  

  Congratulations to Dr Martin Walker and Professor Joanne Webster who have been awarded a grant by London International Development Centre to work on "Towards improved interventions against human toxoplasmosis by identifying routes of transmission". …

   15 Mar 2018

  Congratulations to Dr Martin Walker and Professor Joanne Webster who have been awarded a grant by …

• From the geometry of a toppling table to a new ‘grazing’ gait? And perhaps why monkeys walk weirdly

  

  In a new paper published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, two Royal Veterinary College (RVC) experts exploited the geometry of a wobbly table to explain the ‘grazing’ gait in quadrupeds as well as walking in primates. Very simple …

   16 May 2018

• VetCompass™ links up to investigate Alabama Rot in dogs

  

  Alabama Rot is a newly emergent disease in dogs but a study with linked data to VetCompass™ sheds new light on this phenomenon. Alabama Rot, also known as cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), is a disease of unknown cause that is …

   06 Nov 2018

• Assessment and economic evaluation of small ruminant reproduction efficiency, challenges and mitigation strategies in Kajiado, Kenya study

  This study is funded by BBSRC-NRF and aims to generate the basic knowledge on the current level of the reproduction performance indicators for different sheep and goat herds, which could then be used as a reference to identify those pastoralists …

   28 Jan 2019

  This study is funded by BBSRC-NRF and aims to generate the basic knowledge on the current level of …

• European Horizon 2020 award

  

  Professor Chantal Chenu is part of the BonePainII network that has been awarded a European Horizon 2020 award. Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease and the major cause of fragility fractures. While much is done to treat …

   30 May 2019

  Professor Chantal Chenu is part of the BonePainII network that has been awarded a European …