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• Canine health and welfare research funding in the UK: Current status and future opportunities (Complete)

  

  This project, supported by four leading UK canine charities in partnership with the RVC, explored the levels and distribution of UK canine health research funding over the last decade, and analysed the areas of research this has included. Through …
• During the past decade, education campaigns from major animal welfare and veterinary organisations warning of the health consequences of these body shapes have not resulted in the desired reduction in popularity of these high-risk breeds, and indeed some breeds such as the French bulldog have paradoxically increased in numbers in the face of strong messaging.

  Understanding brachycephalic ownership

  It has become increasingly clear that understanding the motivations and desires of both current and prospective brachycephalic dog owners is key to devising more targeted human behaviour change interventions in the future. To date, RVC work in this area has uncovered a number of key findings.

• Diabetes mellitus and antibiotics – exploring the use of antibiotics as a risk factor for the disease (Complete)

  

  The project aims to report the incidence of canine diabetes mellitus cases diagnosed in primary care veterinary practices in the United Kingdom and to describe and explore systemic antibiotic usage prior to dogs developing diabetes mellitus.
• Feline Diabetic Diet Research Trial : Reglucat trial

  

  The RVC Diabetic Remission Clinic is recruiting for a 1-year trial examining the ability of a new prescription diet to promote weight loss and diabetic remission in overweight cats with diabetes mellitus. The trial period will last for 1 year; cats …
• Use of Systemic Antimicrobials in UK Equine Practice (Complete)

  

  The project aims to investigate the use of systemic antimicrobials in UK equine practice using anonymised veterinary electronic patient record data.
• BVetMed RP2 Research Projects (In Progress)

  

  All BVetMed veterinary undergraduates at the RVC are required to complete a formal piece of research (named Research Project 2 “RP2”) as part of their route towards gaining a veterinary degree. This project is a Level 7 body of work that is at the …
• RCVS VetCompass Equine Pandemic Project (Complete)

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious challenge for the customer-facing veterinary profession.  To ensure minimal disruption to essential veterinary services, new COVID-mitigated working protocols were quickly implemented, however, little is …
• Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed.

  Disorders of Persian cats

  Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed. The research, which was conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, revealed that haircoat disorders, dental disease, overgrown nails and eye discharge are the most common conditions diagnosed in the Persian cat.

• Investigating the epidemiology of canine heatstroke presenting to UK primary care veterinary practices

  Hot Dogs – investigating the epidemiology of canine heatstroke presenting to UK primary care veterinary practices

  The study will apply the VetCompass™ database to review the clinical records of over 900,000 dogs registered with UK primary-care veterinary practices for heatstroke events

• Due to breeding trends 12.7% of British bulldogs suffer from ear infections, 8.8% from skin infections and 8.7% from obesity

  Disorders of bulldogs

  Ownership of the iconic British bulldog has doubled but the breed is particularly prone to ear infections, skin infections and obesity, according to the largest ever study of British bulldogs treated in first opinion veterinary practices.