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• New RVC research highlights the considerable behavioural and psychiatric effects of a mind-altering parasite

  

  A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the human infection burden of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a globally distributed parasitic infection, have been greatly underestimated.

   01 Oct 2020

  A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the …

• Octopuses don't get their arms in a twist

  Explanation of the mechanisms used by octopuses to prevent leg tangling.

   01 Sep 2014

• RVC researcher awarded British Veterinary Association's Trevor Blackburn Award

  

  Congratulations to Bryony Jones who has been awarded the British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) Trevor Blackburn Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to animal health and welfare in Africa and the impact of her work in animal disease …

   01 Oct 2015

  Congratulations to Bryony Jones who has been awarded the British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) …

• Bryony Jones awarded British Veterinary Association's Trevor Blackburn Award

  

  Bryony Jones has been awarded the British Veterinary Association's Trevor Blackburn Award for outstanding contribution to animal health and welfare in Africa.

   20 Oct 2015

  Bryony Jones, a researcher in the VEEPH Group, has been awarded the British Veterinary Association' …

• Discover the top health problems for dogs in this poem from The Kennel Club

  

  Take a look at this new poem, written by The Kennel Club, featuring the work of VetCompass researcher Dan O'Neil.  We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. #doghealth Twitter: @KCLovesDogs    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Kclovesdogs/

   03 Nov 2016

• Gorilla Project wins WAB research prize!

  

  Congratulations to Siobhan Abeyesinghe and her MSc project student Rebecca Lewis who won the WAB research prize for their work on “The Effect of Visitors on the Behaviour and Welfare of Zoo-housed Western Lowland Gorillas”.

   10 Oct 2016

  Congratulations to Siobhan Abeyesinghe and her MSc project student Rebecca Lewis who won the WAB …

• Young Bioenergeticist Award

  

  Congratulations to Dr Marthe Ludtmann who has received the Young Bioenergeticist Award from the Biophysical Society at the annual meeting in San Francisco. Marthe received this award in recognition of her work over the last 5 years in the field of …

   26 Feb 2018

  Congratulations to Dr Marthe Ludtmann who has received the Young Bioenergeticist Award from the …

• New innovative study proves racehorses use less energy to gallop than previously thought

  

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external work of galloping in racehorses. This technique, which has never been used for such large animals at high speed before, showed that horses had much …

   25 Feb 2019

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external …

• RVC Brachycephalic Research Team

  

  The RVC is a world-leader among research centres that investigate brachycephalic health and welfare. The RVC sees the brachycephalic issue as a highly complex system and therefore takes a holistic approach to brachycephalic research that covers …

   25 Mar 2020

• Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers at last week's Veterinary Research Club meeting for her abstract presentation that focussed on the permeation of canine …

   28 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial …