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• 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 …

• Kennel Club Charitable Trust award to VetCompass™ to explore breed-specific health in dogs

  

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘Evidence-based prioritisation of disorders using epidemiological data on dog breeds from VetCompass primary-care veterinary clinical records’. The funding …

   04 Apr 2018

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘ …

• New BBSRC grant awarded: Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle

  On any given day, lameness affects about one in three milking cows in the UK, and lameness in general is considered as one of the top 3 reasons for early replacement of cows. Lameness is therefore not only a serious direct animal welfare issue, …

   18 Dec 2018

  On any given day, lameness affects about one in three milking cows in the UK, and lameness in …

• Vet students visit Crufts 2016

  

  Crufts is the world's largest dog show, celebrating its 125th year in 2016. Over 22,000 dogs competed to be crowned Best In Show. In the end, this title went to a West Highland White Terrier called Geordie Girl, the first time this breed has won …

   22 Mar 2016

• Providing evidence to future vets on flat-faced dogs at Crufts 2018

  

  The health and welfare of flat-faced (brachycephalic) dogs is currently under scrutiny like never before. Crufts is the largest dog show in the world and therefore is a key event to ensure progress towards improving brachycephalic health. A national …

   19 Mar 2018

• 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

• VetCompass™ awarded at BSAVA 2019

  

  The Blaine Award (sponsored by Royal Canin) awarded to Dr Dan O'Neill for the contribution of VetCompass™ to the advancement of small animal science in its widest context. Dr Dan O’Neill MVB BSc(hons) GPCert(SAP) GPCert(FelP) GPCert(Derm) GPCert(B& …

   23 Apr 2019

• Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy study

  

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats with a prevalence of 1/500 and 1/7 respectively. HCM occurs spontaneously in cats and can cause heart failure, cardioembolic complications or sudden …

   31 Oct 2019

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heritable cardiac disease in humans and cats …

• ‘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

• MRes opportunity using VetCompass rabbit data

  

  Supervisor:   Charlotte Burn, Dan O’Neill, David Brodbelt, Joanna Hedley Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences   Project Details There is early evidence that rabbits may experience compromised welfare because of artificial selection …

   26 Jan 2021