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• New technologies can more effectively track freshwater snails and prevent tropical disease schistosomiasis

  

  Google Earth, satellite images and drone photos can help identify which remote communities are most at risk of contracting one of the world’s worst tropical diseases – schistosomiasi

   28 Oct 2019

  Google Earth, satellite images and drone photos can help identify which remote communities are most …

• New Newton Institutional Links grant awarded to RVC

  

  Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant by the British Council to work on the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza in free-grazing duck populations in Vietnam. Despite …

   16 Apr 2015

  Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant  …

• Canine DMVD study enrols over 700 dogs!

  

  Latest data update from canine DMVD study VetCompass team member Maddy Mattin has now recruited over 700 dogs from 77 individual clinics across the UK top take part in a longitudinal study to better understand and monitor the clinical progression …

   01 Jun 2015

• Canine DMVD study has now enrolled 800 dogs!

  

  Latest data update from canine DMVD study VetCompass team member Maddy Mattin has now recruited 800 dogs from 78 individual clinics across the UK top take part in a longitudinal study to better understand and monitor the clinical progression of …

   17 Aug 2015

• Factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems

  

  Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems. Hens at a laying farm. Photo credit Kate Norman The UK’s large food retailers will stop …

   25 Nov 2019

  Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors …

• Excessive exercise responsible for three-quarters of heatstroke cases in dogs, study shows

  

  The most common cause of potentially-fatal heatstroke in dogs is being exercised by their owners, the largest study of its kind has found. A team at Nottingham Trent University and the Royal Veterinary College found that exertion or exercise – …

   17 Aug 2020

• RVC Research study reveals consequences of extreme demand for puppies during COVID-19 Pandemic

  

  RVC study reveals why so many people bought puppies during the pandemic and the consequences of this extreme demand

   25 Aug 2021

• That’s paw-some!

  

  The RVC celebrates World Blood Donor Day by awarding canine and feline families “Blood Donor of the Year” awards

   14 Jun 2021

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is celebrating World Blood Donor Day (14 June) by honouring the …

• RVC encourages blood donors to come forward

  

  The RVC has the busiest animal hospital blood donor programme in Europe and is encouraging more donors to come forward.

   14 Jun 2017

  Most people understand the role blood donors can have in saving human life. Unbeknown to many …

• Students championing diversity in the veterinary sector celebrate fifth anniversary of cause

  

  Animal Aspirations, a national student-led organisation dedicated to improving ethnic and socioeconomic diversity within animal-related careers, celebrated its fifth birthday this week. After reports from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) …

   05 Nov 2024