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Professor Stephen May awarded prestigious RVC Honorary Fellowship
Professor Stephen May, Senior Vice Principal at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the RVC in recognition of his ‘inspirational’ contributions to the veterinary profession. During the annual Principal’s … -
NEAT Second Annual Meeting
NEAT Second Annual Meeting The second NEAT annual meeting took place in Wageningen, Netherlands on 14-15 October 2014 with over 80 participants from Europe and across the world. The main objectives of this meeting were to review, discuss and …NEAT Second Annual Meeting
The second NEAT annual meeting took place in Wageningen, Netherlands …
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Successful FAO Worskshop in livestock and human nutrition held in Dakar (Senegal)
RVC researchers, Pablo Alarcon and Paula Dominguez-Salas, organised and facilitated a regional training workshop for the Sahel in Dakar (Senegal), entitled "Livestock, livelihoods and human nutrition", between November 5 and 7, 2014. This workshop …RVC researchers, Pablo Alarcon and Paula Dominguez-Salas, organised and facilitated a regional …
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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 …A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent …
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Social Science
PhD student Michelle Reeve has taken to social media to discuss her current project through Biotweeps. Biotweeps is an online platform with a combined blog, Twitter and Facebook presence, and each week a different biologist takes over the account … -
Locusts in Flight
Structure and Motion researchers reveal the aerodynamic footprint of locusts in flight in a new article published for Journal of the Royal Society: Interface. The research was led by Dr Richard Bomphrey, as the RVC worked in collaboration with the … -
Professor Hutchinson joins Proceedings B
Professor John Hutchinson was recently featured on The Royal Society's publishing blog, discussing his role as an Associate Editor for Proceedings B. Proceedings B is The Royal Society's flagship biological research journal and in this interview … -
Professor Dirk Werling elected as Chair of the European Veterinary Immunology Group
Professor Dirk Werling has been elected as Chair of the European Veterinary Immunology Group for the next 3 years The European Veterinary Immunology Group (EVIG) was founded under the auspices of the European Federation of Immunologic Societies ( …Professor Dirk Werling has been elected as Chair of the European Veterinary Immunology Group for …
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New Book Chapter - the dog as a model for human longevity
As well as working to improve animal health and welfare, VetCompass is now contributing toward a greater understanding of human health. There are remarkable overlaps and similarities in health between humans and dogs. The dog is the most … -
Discovering More About Insect Flight
The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show visited the Structure and Motion Laboratory last week to film a piece about recent research into the aerodynamics of insect flight. The crew filmed the team (Richard Bomphrey, Nathan Phillips and Toshi …