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• RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments — Why don’t the fits stop?

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why some dogs do not respond to anti-epilepsy treatments. The study found that dogs that experience more than one seizure a day and male dogs were less …

   27 Aug 2014

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why …

• The hunting kinetics of Kensa the barn owl

  

  The kinetics of two barn owl hunting phases "leap" and "strike" were investigated, providing insight into particular owl behaviours and morphologies.

   04 Sep 2014

• Wellcome Trust CVRT Vacation Award

  Student describes his experience after being awarded a CVRT Vacation award.

   24 Oct 2014

  RVC student, Luca Fortuna, BVetMed student), was awarded a Wellcome Trust CVRT vacation award this …

• The simple truth behind sheepdog behaviour

  

  Sheepdogs use two simple "driving" and "collecting" rules to herd sheep. This knowledge could be used to design herding robots used for herding livestock, cleaning up the environment, and crowd control.

   04 Sep 2014

• Prize-winning VetCompass poster

  

  Four posters produced by the VetCompass team were presented at the international EVBM conference 2014. One of the posters "Exposing Pedigree Dogs using disorder prevalence data" won second prize in the poster competition. Congratulations to Dan O' …

   28 Oct 2014

• Highlights of the 1st International Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine Conference

  

  Evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM)  in the UK took a giant step forward with the First International EBVM Network Conference on October 23-24, 2014. The meeting was organised by RCVS Knowledge and was a huge success, with 250 delegates being …

   11 Nov 2014

• RVC at the Great British Bioscience Festival - event attracts and inspires thousands

  

  A team from the Royal Veterinary College entertained, educated and inspired thousands of visitors at the Great British Bioscience Festival, a free event held in East London.

   03 Dec 2014

• RVC expertise within Veterinary Vaccinology Network

  

  The Veterinary Vaccinology Network is a multidisciplinary community made up of experts from different universities and scientific institutions. The Network consists of experts from all major fields of veterinary vaccinology. Professor Fiona Tomley, Head of Pathology and Pathogen Biology at the RVC, is a member of the Network's coordination group.

   05 Dec 2014

• RVC researchers help map big bang of bird evolution

  Knowing and understanding the evolutionary history of birds after the mass extinction of dinosaurs more than 66 million years ago is now a step closer thanks to a unique and ambitions international research project. The evolutionary relationship of …

   12 Dec 2014

  Knowing and understanding the evolutionary history of birds after the mass extinction of dinosaurs …

• New Orthopaedic Research UK Grant awarded

  Congratulations to Dr Chantal Chenu who has been awarded a grant to study "Can we improve fracture healing in the elderly by stimulating skeletal perfusion". Dr Chenu explains what the study will involve: "Osteoporotic fractures represent one of …

   12 Dec 2014

  Congratulations to Dr Chantal Chenu who has been awarded a grant to study "Can we improve fracture …