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• Looking for a PhD?

  

  We currently have PhD projects open for applications. Please follow the linked project title for further information

   22 Dec 2022

• Royal Veterinary College Professor stars alongside Sir David Attenborough in BBC Documentary ‘Attenborough and the Giant Elephant’

  

  John Hutchinson, Professor of Evolutionary Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College will feature alongside Sir David Attenborough in a new BBC documentary on Sunday evening. Attenborough and the Giant Elephant will air on BBC One at 9.00pm on Sunday 10th December.

   05 Dec 2017

• New RVC research explains human foot and leg proportions

  

  Novel research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) examining the human walk has been able to predict leg and foot proportions using collisional geometry. The findings suggest why modern humans have a knee halfway down their legs, short heel and …

   22 Mar 2023

• RVC research shows cavalier King Charles spaniels walk like toddlers

  

  Cavalier King Charles spaniels affected by syringomyelia and Chiari-like malformation have an irregular, “drunk-like” gait

   15 Jun 2017

  Researchers have found that cavalier King Charles spaniels affected by syringomyelia and Chiari- …

• An update on Bird Flu

  

  Anyone who keeps any type of poultry, birds, geese, ducks etc. must make sure their birds are housed or kept separate from wild birds

   08 Dec 2016

• New BBSRC grant awarded to Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Denis Larkin

  Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Denis Larkin have recently been awarded a BBSRC grant, together with Prof Kurt Drickamer and Dr Maureen Taylor (both Imperial College London). The innate immune system is the first line of defence against invading …

   05 May 2017

  Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Denis Larkin have recently been awarded a BBSRC grant, together with …

• Hyperthyroidism and neutering; is there a link?

  

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting almost 10% of cats over 9 years, but this disease was not commonly recognised until the 1980s. The reasons for the emergence of hyperthyroidism are …

   19 Dec 2017

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting …

• RVC retains its HR Excellence in Research Award

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is pleased to announce that its HR Excellence in Research Award, following its eight-year review, has been renewed. The Award provides an important mechanism for implementing the principles of the Concordat to …

   12 Jan 2021

• VetCompass at SVEPM Conference, Ghent 2015

  

  More than 200 delegates recently attended the 2015 Annual Conference of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) in Ghent, Belgium. Experts and researchers from across the world contributed to workshops, oral and …

   07 Apr 2015

• RVC PhD student awarded Linda Munson Pathology Manuscript award

  Sophie Regnault has been awarded the Linda Munson Pathology Manuscript Award for 2014 for the following paper:   Osteopathology in the feet of rhinoceroses: Lesion type and distribution. (2013)Regnault, S; Hermes, R; Hildebrandt, T; Hutchinson, J; …

   29 May 2015

  Sophie Regnault has been awarded the Linda Munson Pathology Manuscript Award for 2014 for the …