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• New research from the RVC and the One Health Poultry Hub reveals speed of avian flu transmission

  

  New research from the Global Challenges Research Fund’s (GCRF) One Health Poultry Hub, including researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has, for the first time, modelled the transmission of avian influenza (‘bird flu’), revealing the …

   01 May 2024

  New research from the Global Challenges Research Fund’s (GCRF) One Health Poultry Hub, including …

• New Petplan award to Professor Oliver Garden

  Professor Oliver Garden has been awarded a £121k grant by Petplan Charitable Trust to work on immune privilege in canine B cell lymphoma (BCL). Professor Garden advises what the project will involve: "This project will determine the cellular and …

   17 Oct 2014

  Professor Oliver Garden has been awarded a £121k grant by Petplan Charitable Trust to work on …

• RVC has a new, improved JMB measuring pad!

  

  JMB measurement pad at RVC Equine vet hospital in Hertfordshire for both Full and Annual Height Certificates

   27 Jan 2017

• New VetCompass poster: Patellar luxation in dogs

  

  New findings on prevalence, risk factors and clinical management of patellar luxation in dogs attending primary-care practice in England.  A poster was presented at the recent BSAVA Congress 2016 on the findings of a VetCompass study, conducted …

   18 Apr 2016

• New BBSRC LIDo iCase studentship awarded

  Professor Dirk Werling has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo iCase studentship with Dr Jon Cuccui (LSHTM) and Boehringer Ingelheim.  PhD student, Joanna Myslinska, will be working on "Identification of carbohydrate structures expressed by Mycoplasma …

   20 Oct 2020

  Professor Dirk Werling has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo iCase studentship with Dr Jon Cuccui (LSHTM) …

• 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 grant awarded for VetCompass antimicrobial research

  

  Brodbelt, O’Neill DG, D, Mateus A, Kennedy N, Church D (2021-2023) . Improved Stewardship to Protect Veterinary Antimicrobial Usage. PetPlan Charitable Trust, Two year postdoctoral researcher. Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly reported in …

   05 Oct 2020

• Old dogs are now teaching us new tricks

  

  Research conducted by the RVC has identified that the emotional and physical connection between dogs and their owners is even more powerful than previously understood.

   06 Mar 2018

• New Book Chapter - the dog as a model for human longevity

  

  As well as working to improve animal health and welfare, VetCompass is now contributing toward a greater understanding of human health. There are remarkable overlaps and similarities in health between humans and dogs. The dog is the most …

   11 Jan 2016

• New VetCompass publication: Epidemiology of canine hyperadrenocorticism in the UK

  

  A new VetCompass paper published in Journal of Small Animal Practice describes the epidemiology of hyperadrenocorticism in dogs attending primary-care practice in the UK.    This study aimed to describe the signalment, prevalence and risk factors …

   11 Jun 2016