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• 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 …

• Difficult birth in dogs: Part 1

  

  The paper entitled "Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors" was released in 2017. The follow up paper is released on Monday 4th February 2019, so here is a reminder of the findings of …

   01 Feb 2019

• Research news – VetCompass study on mast cell tumours in dogs

  

  Mast cell tumour (MCT) appears to be a frequent tumour type in dogs, though there is little published in relation to its frequency in dogs in the UK. This week, a VetCompass study looking at the prevalence and risk factors for MCTs in dogs …

   29 Jan 2015

• RVC receives MRC funding to generate zebrafish models of Batten Disease

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing blindness, seizures, and motor and cognitive decline, and is the most common form of dementia in children. Our recent publication(1) using the yeast …

   11 Aug 2021

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …

• Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust for "Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach". Canine diabetes mellitus affects around 1 in 300 …

   20 Nov 2017

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust …

• VetCompass research in The Kennel Scope

  

  VetCompass research output features strongly in this months edition of The Kennel Scope magazine, published last week by the Kennel Club. The Kennel Scope magazine is a free, quarterly e-newsletter aimed at keeping  veterinary professionals …

   19 Jun 2015

• Launch of DogWellNet website

  

  A new, comprehensive online resource for canine health information, known as DogWellNet, has been launched by the International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD). The IPFD aims to enhance the health, wellbeing and welfare of dogs worldwide, pedigreed or …

   27 Feb 2015

• Welcome to New VetCompass Researcher, Imogen Schofield

  

  We are excited to welcome Imogen Schofield to the VetCompass team. Imogen obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Bristol in 2013. She worked initially in first opinion small animal practice before obtaining her MSc in …

   06 Feb 2018

• CKCS health controversy: Daily Mail interviews Dan O'Neill

  

  In this article, published on 14 January 2015, Daily Mail journalist Neil Tweedie highlights the concerns and controversy surrounding health and welfare issues in the ever popular Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill …

   16 Jan 2015

• Graduation day for Dr Emma Buckland

  

   Congratulations to Dr Emma Buckland who graduated on 15th July 2015!   Emma’s PhD research was conducted in the RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics research group, and was focused on the identification of valid indicators of emotion in pet dogs, …

   28 Jul 2015