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New concepts in research suggest that animals suffer boredom too
Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal behaviour and depression. It has been little researched from a biological perspective to date and some believe boredom is unique to humans. However, …Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal …
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Picking up mice after sanitising your hands can affect mouse behaviour
During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, sometimes complaining of their strong smell or the feeling left on our hands, whilst appreciating their protective effects. Even before the pandemic, …During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, …
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RVC recognised for Leadership in Openness in Animal Research
Leaders in Openness in Animal Research are organisations who commit considerable resource and energy to following best practice, embedding openness within their organisations and making the aims of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research a reality.The Royal Veterinary College is one of the first organisations to gain a Leadership in Openness …
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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 …Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …
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New VetCompass study reports on epidemiology and risk factors for mammary tumours in female cats
A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported on the frequency and risk factors for mammary tumours in female cats. Mammary tumours in cats are uncommon but can be highly aggressive when they do happen. The study aimed to report the … -
Practice-based research: Editorial in the Vet Record
In a recent editorial in the Veterinary Record, VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill outlines the continuing progress of veterinary practice-based research and describes the main UK projects currently leading the way in this relatively new field: ‘ … -
VetCompass at the first international Canine Behaviour & Genetics meeting
The implications of consistently producing or selecting dogs which are not appropriately 'fit for function' both mentally and physically are manifold, with detrimental effects on canine welfare, economic investments and the integrity of the human- … -
Bones of Contention
Why have both giant land animals and many aquatic animals of varying sizes evolved to have more solidified bones? This is something Professor John Hutchinson has been questioning for over ten years. To understand why this common evolutionary … -
New PetSavers grant awarded
A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and high blood pressure are very common in …A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles …
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A diagnostic to determine the route of infection of Toxoplasma gondii
One of the most common parasitic infections in the world is also one many people haven’t heard of. Toxoplasma gondii, a lesser-known cousin of the malaria parasite, infects all known warm blooded animals, including us, with as many as one in three …One of the most common parasitic infections in the world is also one many people haven’t heard of. …