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• So, are crossbred dogs healthier than purebred dogs?

  The VetCompass Programme uses clinical information on 2 million dogs shared from over 450 UK veterinary practices to examine health and welfare issues. A current hot topic in canine health asks whether crossbred dogs are healthier than purebred dogs …

   23 Jun 2015

• Angela Holder (early career researcher) awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student

  

  Dr Angela Holder was awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student over summer 2019.  This was for an 8 week placement that was aimed at undergraduate students from universities where the numbers of students that go on to do PhDs is low.   The …

   04 Dec 2019

  Dr Angela Holder was awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student over summer 2019.  This was …

• Initiatives to control and eliminate parasitic disease are reaching targets earlier than projected

  

  Data, analysed by researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control programmes, identified that the majority of initiatives acrosssub-Saharan Africa and Yemen have reached the disease-control target by two treatment rounds or less

   24 Dec 2019

  New data, analysed by a group of leading researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control …

• New PetSavers grant awarded

  

  A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and high blood pressure are very common in …

   17 Jan 2020

  A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles …

• Bloomsbury SET grant awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell

  

  Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter Holloway (RVC) and Professor Abdel Hakim Al Husban (Yarmouk University, Jordan) has been awarded a grant by The Bloomsbury SET to work on the project ‘ …

   16 Sep 2020

  Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter …

• BVetMed Graduate joint winner of 2020 BETA Equine Thesis of the Year Award

  

  RVC BVet Med graduate Victoria O'Hara has jointly won the 2020 BETA Equine Thesis of the Year Award. The award recognises academic excellence in undergraduate study and Victoria was one of four finalists who presented their thesis to a panel of …

   29 Oct 2020

• Scientists collaborate to assess the impact of an infection with Mycobacterium bovis on different cow breeds

  Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia,), the Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (Guadalajara Jalisco, México), Public Health England ( …

   16 Dec 2020

  Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y …

• London-Liverpool alliance awarded £1.9 million to accelerate solutions to combat infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance

  

  The RVC and its partners in The Bloomsbury SET programme will bring together academic and commercial sectors to respond to One Health challenges

   22 Jul 2021

  The RVC and its partners in The Bloomsbury SET programme will bring together academic and …

• RVC researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses.

  

   In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM1), a common disorder associated with exertional rhabdomyolysis in horses. Affected animals have a mutation in a key …

   08 Sep 2016

   In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 …

• New concepts in research suggest that animals suffer boredom too

  

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal behaviour and depression. It has been little researched from a biological perspective to date and some believe boredom is unique to humans. However, …

   22 Aug 2017

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal …