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• RVC backs first-ever UK Parrot Awareness Week

  

  Parrot Awareness Week (PAW) has been launched in 2023 to promote improving welfare for pet parrots and parrot-like birds. Running from 2nd- 8th July it aims to highlight important welfare themes for parrots in captivity to support owners to provide …

   29 Jun 2023

• 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 …

• Humble fruit fly demonstrates that wing shape is crucial for peak performance

  

  Using genetic methods to alter wing shape of fruit flies changes their flight performance and even improved their agility

   01 Mar 2016

• Latest publications from the VEEPH group

  

  Read on to find out more about some of the work we have published over the last couple of months...

   09 Jan 2019

  Read on to find out more about some of the work we have published over the last couple of months... …

• Royal Veterinary College Professor stars alongside Sir David Attenborough in BBC Documentary ‘Attenborough and the Giant Elephant’

  

  John Hutchinson, Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College will feature alongside Sir David Attenborough in a new BBC documentary on Sunday evening. Attenborough and the Giant Elephant will air on BBC One at 9.00pm on Sunday 10th December.

   05 Dec 2017

• Difficult birth in dogs: Part 1

  

  The paper entitled "Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors" was released in 2017. The follow up paper is released on Monday 4th February 2019, so here is a reminder of the findings of …

   01 Feb 2019

• New VetCompass study reports uptake of leptospirosis vaccine in dogs in the UK

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported the uptake of leptospirosis vaccine and explored factors associated with vaccine usage. Vaccination is an important veterinary tool to protect animal health but despite this, vaccine usage is not …

   26 Sep 2022

• One Health Ecohealth 2016 Congress

  The upcoming One Health Ecohealth 2016 Congress will be taking place in Melbourne on 3-7 December 2016.  The aim of this conference is to bring together the global One Health and EcoHealth communities to create more integrated approaches to research …

   24 Oct 2016

  The upcoming One Health Ecohealth 2016 Congress will be taking place in Melbourne on 3-7 December 20 …

• RVC retains ranking as number one veterinary school outside of the USA

  

  RVC ranked as the top veterinary school in the UK and Europe, and the world’s number two vet school in the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2020.

   04 Mar 2020

• New research suggests genetic diversity is key to the sustainability of local chicken farming in Africa

  

  Study suggests that a more localised and flexible approach could boost the productivity of small-scale chicken farms in Africa

   15 Oct 2018

  The results of a collaborative new study suggest that a more localised and flexible approach could …