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• Economics of heifer rearing

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent British Society of Animal Science conference in Chester about a study in which she examines in detail the economics of heifer rearing.   The outcomes of …

   21 Apr 2015

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent …

• 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

• New VetCompass™ Paper: Road Traffic Accidents in Dogs

  

  A new VetCompass™ study of almost 200,000 dogs has revealed some fascinating insights into Road Traffic Accident (RTA) events in dogs in the UK. The paper, published in the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, reveals that 4 in every 1 …

   18 Mar 2018

  A new VetCompass™ study of almost 200,000 dogs has revealed some fascinating insights into Road …

• 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

• Wildlife health considerations in conservation translocations

  

  A team of researchers, including Katie Beckmann, a PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), have conducted a study into the health outcomes in wildlife reintroduction projects. Conservation translocations as they are formally termed are …

   27 Jul 2022

  A team of researchers, including Katie Beckmann, a PhD student at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) …

• Inside canine heart surgery: New studies from the RVC refine risk and recovery in canine mitral valve repair

  

  New clinical research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has provided important novel insights into the surgery risks and recovery outcomes following mitral valve repair in dogs. The two complementary studies expand the evidence base and …

   20 Apr 2026

  New clinical research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has provided important novel insights …

• New RVC study sheds light on the prognosis of aggressive canine cancer

  

  New research from the RVC VetCompass Programme has provided fresh insights into survival rates for dogs diagnosed with haemangiosarcoma, one of the most aggressive cancers in companion animals. Despite an association with extremely poor survival …

   25 Jul 2025

• The Royal Veterinary College’s Equine Locomotor Research Course expands to the USA

  

  Grad Dip Equine Locomotor Research offers professional farriers the chance to gain the skills to produce original research which could enhance equine welfare

   26 Jun 2017

• The RVC’s Equine Locomotor Research Course expands to the USA

  

  Grad Dip Equine Locomotor Research offers professional farriers the chance to gain the skills to produce original research which could enhance equine welfare

   26 Jun 2017

• New VetCompass PhD aims to find Causes rather than Associations

  

  VetCompass are excited to announce that their new “VetCompass eClinical Trials” PhD project, supported by Dogs Trust, will commence in October 2021. Although veterinarians are encouraged to apply ‘evidence based principles’, there is a paucity of …

   26 Jul 2021

  VetCompass are excited to announce that their new “VetCompass eClinical Trials” PhD project, …