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• Antimicrobial usage in farm animal practices in the UK: A mixed-methods approach

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported the frequency and risk factors for using highest priority critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) in farm animals in the UK. This study aimed to evaluate the overall usage of antibiotics and …

   26 May 2023

• New collaboration between the RVC and UCB seeks to better understand diseases of excessive bone formation

  

  Research, led by the RVC, will explore disease causing mechanisms of two severe bone diseases characterised by bone overgrowth. A new multi-year research project, led by the RVC, and in partnership with biopharmaceutical company UCB, will …

   20 Jan 2022

  Research, led by the RVC, will explore disease causing mechanisms of two severe bone diseases …

• Early neutering of bitches increases incontinence risk, study finds

  

  The link between urinary incontinence and neutering in bitches has previously been suspected, but this new study now provides real evidence on the extent of this relationship

   07 Oct 2019

• Postgraduate Research Day

  

  Royal Veterinary College students contribute to ‘One Health’ approach to tackling disease

   01 Aug 2016

  The annual Postgraduate Research Day is a flagship event in the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) …

• First ever systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse effect of antiepileptic drugs in canine epilepsy

  

  Researchers found that much of the evidence for the medical treatment of canine epilepsy was based on subpar reporting of adverse effect and in studies that were below the expected standard.

   24 May 2016

  How safe are antiepieleptic drugs? RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments.

  Researchers …

• New paper on canine brachycephaly and upper respiratory disease!

  

  A new VetCompass paper published this week in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology (CGE) explores upper respiratory tract disease and brachycephalic associations in dogs: Epidemiological associations between brachycephaly and upper respiratory tract …

   15 Jul 2015
• 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

• Welfare problems of flat-faced dogs - can we ever solve them?

  

  APDAWG Meeting on Feb 23 2021 The popularity of brachycephalic (flat-faced) dogs is at an all-time high. These breeds are the darlings of the popular press, social media & advertisers. The public have fallen in love with these breeds & are choosing …

   02 Mar 2021

• Use of zebrafish to increase our understanding of diseases

  One major use of zebrafish is to increase our understanding of diseases and provide disease models for therapeutic discovery. We focus on rare inherited diseases, which together affect about one in every 10 people, even though each disease has an …

• Owners urged to ‘stop and think’ before buying as English bulldogs are twice as likely to have a health problem

  

  New study from the Royal Veterinary College suggests urgent action is required to reduce many serious health issues of English Bulldogs associated with exaggerated features

   15 Jun 2022