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• Putting racehorse respiratory disease research back on track

  A new Horserace Betting Levy Board  grant has been awarded to the Royal Veterinary College.  The grant entitled "Putting racehorse respiratory disease research back on track" has been awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell, Dr Carrie Roder, Dr Martin Whiting  …

   23 Feb 2016

  A new Horserace Betting Levy Board  grant has been awarded to the Royal Veterinary College.  The …

• MSci student successful at International Conference

  

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career Forum at ENDO 2017  in Florida in April (the world’s largest event for presenting and obtaining the latest in endocrine science and medicine).   This …

   06 Feb 2017

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career …

• VetCompass at Veterinary Evidence Today 2016

  

  At the start of November, RCVS Knowledge hosted the second international evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) network conference, Veterinary Evidence Today 2016, in Edinburgh. The programme featured an array of informative EBVM-themed lectures …

   22 Nov 2016

• VetCompass™ at SVEPM Conference in Estonia

  

  This year's annual conference and general meeting for the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (SVEPM) was held in Tallinn, Estonia on 21-23 March. The VetCompass™ team engaged with the European epidemiology community to …

   24 Mar 2018

• The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

  

  The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

   08 Nov 2019

  Increasing global demand for poultry and the expansion of poultry farming has resulted in an …

• ‘Hypertension in the Dog and Cat’ – new book by RVC Professors published

  

  A new book, co-edited by the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor Jonathan Elliott, Professor Harriet M. Syme and Dr Rosanne Jepson has just been published by Springer. This book aims to provide an in-depth review on the current state of …

   18 Feb 2020

• Your pets and Covid-19

  

  We are aware of a press release from the Hong Kong Government that states that the dog held in quarantine following a weak positive result for COVID-19 (following diagnosis of the infection in the dog’s owner) has now shown repeated weak positive …

   06 Mar 2020

• International Dog Health Workshop 2019: Summary report published

  

  VetCompass researchers attended the International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD) International Dog Health Workshop (IDHW) in 2019. A report of the meeting has been published in Canine Medicine and Genetics, which included VetCompass researchers as …

   11 May 2020

• Prospective observational study of the use of omeprazole and maropitant citrate in veterinary specialist care

  In a new study that has been recently published, RVC researchers found that the drugs omeprazole and maropitant, which are used to treat stomach ulcers or vomiting/nausea respectively, are prescribed very frequently in dogs being treated in a …

   29 Sep 2020

  In a new study that has been recently published, RVC researchers found that the drugs omeprazole …

• VetCompass osteosarcoma research appears in this month's Northern Ireland Veterinary Today

  

  Osteosarcoma is a painful and aggressive bone tumour in dogs that is known to be more common in certain breeds than others. New research has now confirmed that larger breeds, such as Rottweiler, Great Dane and Rhodesian Ridgeback, have a greater …

   01 Apr 2021