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Beauty isn’t even skin deep: New study from the RVC finds that flat-faced dogs are at the highest risk of skin fold dermatitis
New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that some popular flat-faced dog breeds, including the English Bulldog, French Bulldog and Pug, are at the highest risk of skin fold dermatitis – a painful skin condition. The study … -
Galloping isn’t such hard work for horses
For the first time, external mechanical work in galloping racehorses has been measured using force plates as ergometers. The results of this study, conducted by Royal Veterinary College (RVC) researchers in the Structure and Motion Laboratory, have … -
RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments — Why don’t the fits stop?
New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why some dogs do not respond to anti-epilepsy treatments. The study found that dogs that experience more than one seizure a day and male dogs were less …New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why …
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Coming along in leaps and bounds – crocodiles can gallop but alligators can’t, new study finds
It’s a motion more closely associated with horses, but researchers have found that more species of crocodiles can gallop than previously thought. The study, which was led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), also discovered that by contrast … -
How the immune system is regulated by small RNAs called microRNAs to prevent self-attacks leading to autoimmunity
An article by RVC researchers has been published in Journal of Immunology. In this work, RVC researchers set about to understand microRNA regulation of helper T cells development. MicroRNAs, as their name implies, are small RNAs that provide an …An article by RVC researchers has been published in Journal of Immunology. In this work, RVC …
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Dinosaur Dissection
Professor John Hutchinson, of the Structure and Motion Laboratory, is featured as a principal scientific consultant on a new documentary for the National Geographic Channel "T. rex Autopsy". The show is the first of its kind and features the 12 … -
£1.2M Wellcome Trust Fellowship funds research into fundamental challenges of using muscles to power locomotion with legs
Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why small children and birds don’t run like adults or ostriches? A new conceptual framework being developed at The Royal Veterinary College is approaching …Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why …
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Equine Veterinary Journal article selected as "most clinically relevant" for this month
An article, involving an RVC researcher, has been selected by Equine Veterinary Journal as being one of the most clinically relevant to appear on EVJ's Early View section this month. As a result, a synopsis of the article will be circulated to …An article, involving an RVC researcher, has been selected by Equine Veterinary Journal as being …
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New RVC research highlights the considerable behavioural and psychiatric effects of a mind-altering parasite
A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the human infection burden of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a globally distributed parasitic infection, have been greatly underestimated.A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the …
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RVC Senior Clinical Training Scholars wins awards at this year's ACVIM Conference
Congratulations to Ruth Gostelow for winning the best Endocrine Poster 2014 awarded by the Society of Comparative Endocrinology at this year's ACVIM conference in Nashville USA. Her poster title was "Pasireotide (SOM230) long-acting release …Congratulations to Ruth Gostelow for winning the best Endocrine Poster 2014 awarded by the Society …