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• International Summer School Students have fun learning about animal welfare

  

  This month RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics kicked off the brand new RVC International summer school for students who are considering studying Veterinary or Biological Sciences at RVC with an interactive session on animal welfare to promote …

   21 Aug 2015

  This month RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics kicked off the brand new RVC International …

• New VetCompass study - Mammary tumours in female dogs

  

  New study evaluates the risk of mammary cancer in bitches in primary care practice. Just over 1% of bitches were diagnosed with mammary tumours during 2016. Springer and cocker spaniels amongst others were identified as at increased risk breeds, …

   26 May 2023

• New VetCompass YouTube video

  We have a new VetCompass Youtube video on evidence-based veterinary medicine. The three-minute video gives a flavour of the evidence being produced by VetCompass on companion animal health and welfare in the UK. This format of video has no speakers, …

   14 Mar 2016

• Tortoise Evening - winter is coming...

  

  An evening of talks from our exotics team about tortoise care especially on the lead up to hibernation and how to avoid problems

   09 Oct 2015

  As summer ends and the nights draw in we need to start thinking about how to prepare our tortoises …

• Using clinical records to assess pain-related welfare in companion animals - a new YouTube video

  

  Happy New Year!  We kick start the New Year with a new YouTube video featuring an interview between Fergus Coutts of the University of Edinburgh and Dan O’Neill, in which they discussed the application of veterinary clinical records for research to …

   05 Jan 2016

• £1.2M Wellcome Trust Fellowship funds research into fundamental challenges of using muscles to power locomotion with legs

  

  Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why small children and birds don’t run like adults or ostriches? A new conceptual framework being developed at The Royal Veterinary College is approaching …

   29 Sep 2016

  Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why …

• Easter bunnies and dogs do not mix

  

  As Easter approaches, we should all be reminded about the possibility of chocolate poisoning in dogs. Every year Royal Veterinary College (RVC) hospitals and vet practices around the UK see poorly pets have plundered our beloved treats.

   13 Apr 2017

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• Walk This Way

  

  New research by Dr Tatjana Hubel and Dr Jim Usherwood provides fresh insight into the impact of size and speed for the way we humans walk and run. Dr Hubel, working alongside Structure and Motion Lab colleague Dr Usherwood, has been conducting …

   25 Sep 2015

• Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing". Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is a common condition of …

   24 Jan 2018

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine …