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• Pairing and sharing in V formation flight

  

  New publication reveals how birds can't 'cheat' in V formation flight by spending all their time at the back. Research published in Nature last year by the RVC Structure and Motion Lab showed that when birds are flying in a V formation, energy …

   03 Feb 2015

• RVC Professor Renate Weller new BEVA Junior Vice President

  

  The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has elected Renate Weller, Professor of Comparative Imaging and Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), as Junior Vice President of the Association. Professor Renate Weller Three new …

   23 Sep 2016

• RVC hits the heights for student satisfaction!

  

  The results of the NSS for 2016 give the RVC a very high ranking for the quality of teaching and student experience on offer.

   18 Aug 2016

• New NC3Rs grant: Development, validation and application of enhanced-welfare technology for wild small mammal research

  

  Wild small mammals (mice, voles and shrews) are studied in many research fields, including ecology, demography and conservation. Many studies of these animals rely on a traditional capture-mark-recapture approach, which involves repeated live- …

   18 Aug 2017

  Wild small mammals (mice, voles and shrews) are studied in many research fields, including ecology, …

• VetCompass™ Researchers update BSAVA Congress

  

  The RVC’s VetCompass™ Programme shares anonymised clinical data with over 20% of UK vet practices and is now the largest research database of veterinary clinical data in the world. The impact of the research flowing from VetCompass™ studies was …

   10 Apr 2018

  The RVC’s VetCompass™ Programme shares anonymised clinical data with over 20% of UK vet practices …

• Dissecting the genetic architecture of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats

  

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease in humans (1 in 500) and cats (1 in 7).  The disease is strikingly similar in the two species, although the feline prevalence is much higher. HCM is characterized by …

   01 Mar 2019

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease in humans (1 in 500) …

• Latest VetCompass research presented at BSAVA Congress 2016

  

  Nine VetCompass research abstracts presented at BSAVA Congress 2016, Birmingham The annual British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress is a calendar highlight for small animal veterinarians, researchers and industry …

   12 Apr 2016

• VetCompass™ at BSAVA Congress 2018

  

    VetCompass™ is now the largest research database of veterinary clinical data in the world and shares anonymised clinical data with over 20% of UK vet practices. The impact of the research flowing from VetCompass™ studies was evident at this year’s  …

   09 Apr 2018

• 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 …

• RVC Pet Epilepsy Tracker App

  

  Official launch of the RVC Pet Epilepsy Tracker App at 21st Century Management of Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy event

   02 Jul 2015