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• RVC uses CT scans to diagnose musculoskeletal disease in elephants

  

  Study will help vets recognise foot disease and continue to improve elephant welfare and management

   08 Feb 2017

• Unravelling the genetic basis for blood pressure and kidney function in the cat

  Dr Rosanne Jepson, along with Professor Jonathan Elliott, Professor Harriet Syme (all RVC) and Dr Helen Warren and Professor Patricia Munroe (Queen Mary University of London), have been awarded a grant by PetPlan Charitable Trust for £87k to " …

   17 Oct 2014

  Dr Rosanne Jepson, along with Professor Jonathan Elliott, Professor Harriet Syme (all RVC) and Dr …

• New HBLB grant awarded to RVC

  

  A new HBLB grant has been awarded to researchers at the Royal Veterinary College to work on Blood outgrowth endothelial cells: a novel non-invasive method for studying equine endothelial cell biology in health and disease

   13 Feb 2015

  A new HBLB grant has been awarded to researchers at the Royal Veterinary College to work on "Blood …

• RVC researchers invent oral vaccine platform to combat PCV2

  

  Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have developed an oral vaccine against Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) based on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PCV2 is endemic in every major pig producing country, causing PCV-associated disease (PCVAD), linked with large scale economic losses.

   27 Oct 2015

  Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have developed an oral vaccine against porcine …

• Slavery carried parasites from West Africa to the Caribbean

  

  Research confirms slave trade imported parasites carrying the bilharzia disease from West Africa to the Caribbean

   16 Feb 2016

  Pioneering genetic research involving scientists from The Royal Veterinary College (RVC), …

• Recent award from the Duchenne Children’s Trust to the Wells lab (£139,144)

  Professor Dominic Wells has recently received an award (£139,144) from the Duchenne Children’s Trust for  "Assessing Combination Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy".    Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited lethal muscle wasting …

   09 May 2016

  Professor Dominic Wells has recently received an award (£139,144) from the Duchenne Children’s …

• Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs

  

  Professor John Hutchinson has been awarded an ERC Advanced Investigator grant called "Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs". This project seeks to unify evolutionary and biomechanical research by achieving a “functional …

   13 Jun 2016

  Professor John Hutchinson has been awarded an ERC Advanced Investigator grant called "Testing the …

• International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health (ISESSAH) - Inaugural meeting - 27th and 28th March 2017

  The RVC led international consortium “Networking to enhance the use of economics in animal health education, research and policy making in Europe and beyond” (NEAT) that aimed to strengthen and enhance the use of economics in animal health in …

   31 Aug 2016

  The RVC led international consortium “Networking to enhance the use of economics in animal …

• RVC and LSHTM working together for the Future of Global Health

  

  Why One Health and veterinary epidemiology are so important to the future of global health - a debate hosted by New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

   21 Sep 2016

  In partnership with New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine …

• How cheetahs find each other in their vast home ranges in Botswana

  

  Researchers from the Structure and Motion Lab have published a paper on how cheetahs find each other in their vast home ranges in Botswana. Dr Tatjana Hubel, Prof Alan Wilson and collaborators from Cheetah Conservation Botswana tracked a coalition …

   08 Dec 2016

  Researchers from the Structure and Motion Lab have published a paper on how cheetahs find each …