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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 …

• £20M investment for London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Partnership to further fund students

  

  From 2020, 190 PhD studentships will be funded at partner institutions including The Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

   24 Oct 2019

  The London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Partnership, (LIDo) has been commissioned for a …

• Article recommended by F1000Prime

  We are delighted to report that an article by PhD student Ines Neves entitled "Estimating helminth burdens using sibship reconstruction, Parasites & vectors), has been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field.  F1000 …

   17 Oct 2019

  We are delighted to report that an article by PhD student Ines Neves entitled "Estimating helminth …

• IFSTAL launch and documentary film screening of "The Scottish Breed"

  

  IFSTAL is a collaboration between five higher education institutions: The University of Oxford, LCIRAH (comprising The Royal Veterinary College (RVC), The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, School of Oriental and African Studies) and …

   08 Oct 2019

  IFSTAL is a collaboration between five higher education institutions: The University of Oxford, …

• VetCompassTM study identifies top dog breeds affected with demodicosis

  

  Demodicosis is a relatively common parasitic skin disease in dogs that results when the normally harmless Demodex spp. mites in hair follicles multiply to excessive numbers. Clinical presentation can vary, but severe lesions and secondary infection …

   07 Oct 2019

• Global Challenges Research Translational Award

  RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or goat plague for many years and over the last 7, Prof Richard Kock, Dr Bryony Jones and Dr Camilla Benfield have been exploring the complexity of PPR …

   03 Oct 2019

  RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or …

• Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis

  

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis". Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect humans and most …

   03 Oct 2019

  Dr Martin Walker has been awarded a BBSRC LIDo PhD studentship to research "Modelling the …

• Diagnosis and management of Cushing's syndrome in dogs explored

  

  Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing’s syndrome) is one of the most common endocrine diseases in dogs attending primary-care practice, affecting 0.28% of UK dogs. Dogs with hyperadrenocorticism are typically diagnosed and managed within primary-care …

   02 Oct 2019

• 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

• Eight VetCompass™ projects to be presented at BSAVA congress 2019

  

  Eight VetCompass™ projects are being presented at BSAVA congress 2019 on 4th and 5th April. Both veterinary undergraduates and post graduates will be presenting their work on a range of topics. These include disorders in Boxers, West Highland White …

   01 Apr 2019