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• VetCompass™ explores aging in males and females

  

  Given that the lives of pet dogs are so closely entwined with their owners, we can learn a lot from dogs that can help both dogs themselves and also help the human species. Humans are known to exhibit female-biased survival and multiple sex …

   08 Jun 2018

  Given that the lives of pet dogs are so closely entwined with their owners, we can learn a lot from …

• Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis

  

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis". Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect humans and most …

   03 Oct 2019

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the …

• Rabbit Health Alert

  

  Sadly we have confirmed the presence of the rabbit haemorrhage disease virus two (RHD2 virus) in London.  This is the first time we have diagnosed this fatal disease in this area. We encourage everyone who has not yet done so to bring their …

   19 Dec 2016

  Sadly we have confirmed the presence of the rabbit haemorrhage disease virus two (RHD2 virus) in …

• Congratulations to Dr Maria Diez Leon - One of the most downloaded papers

  

  Animal Welfare Science and Ethics Lecturer Dr. Maria Diez Leon, along with collaborators, have written one of Zoo Biology's most downloaded papers. Congratulations to their Team! The paper is entitled - Improving the sustainability of ex situ …

   05 May 2020

  Animal Welfare Science and Ethics Lecturer Dr. Maria Diez Leon, along with collaborators, have …

• Royal Veterinary College walking with giraffes

  

  Have you ever wondered how a giraffe’s long thin legs can support its weight and transport its bulky body as it walks for miles across the plains of sub-Saharan Africa? Researchers from The Royal Veterinary College's Structure and Motion Lab aim to …

   25 Jun 2015

• VetCompass presentation at ISVEE, Mexico

  

  Earlier this month, VetCompass was well represented at an international epidemiology conference - the 14th meeting of International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology (ISVEE 2015) in Yucatan, Mexico. Dr Dan O’Neill gave a talk on the prevalence …

   13 Nov 2015

• Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair

  

  Last week, researchers from Structure and Motion attended The Big Bang Fair at Birmingham NEC with their activity ‘Stepping Into Science’, designed by Dr Jim Usherwood and Dr Zoe Self. The Stepping Into Science project is part of Dr Usherwood’s Wellcome Trust funded research and combines public engagement with data collection.

   23 Mar 2016

• British Horse Society’s Safety Conference

  

  The equine community and safety industry experts came together at The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

   08 Oct 2015

• Royal Veterinary College publishes new dog breed health awareness survey

  

  The Royal Veterinary College want to find out what the general public's awareness is of health issues connected to specific dog breeds.

   18 Sep 2019

• MedTech SuperConnector Award

  

  Dr Ben Swift (Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Resistance) has been awarded funding by the MedTech SuperConnector to explore the use of bacteriophage technology that he has invented.  This was originally designed to diagnose mycobacterial diseases …

   29 Jul 2021

  Dr Ben Swift (Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Resistance) has been awarded funding by the MedTech …