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  Latest brachycephalic news for the Royal Veterinary College

• RVC Brachycephalic Research team - References

  The ethical issues surrounding brachycephalic breeds are numerous, and conflicting interests exist within and between stakeholder groups. Breeders, owners and vets alike have a moral responsibility to safeguard the health and welfare of sentient animals to the best of their ability.

• Epidemiology - VetCompass

  The currently high proportion of dogs that are brachycephalic suggests that issues around the health and population explosion associated with these breeds should be considered as a major welfare issue for dogs at a population level.

• New research by the RVC identifies markers for key health and productivity traits in sub-Saharan African chicken populations

  

  New study finds that birds from two distinct indigenous chicken populations (ecotypes) in Ethiopia share several genetic regions linked to important productivity and disease resistance traits

   14 Oct 2020

  A new study by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), University of Liverpool, the University of …

• £5 million funding awarded to transform the UK Food System to address the country’s needs for health and sustainability

  

  The Royal Veterinary College is among the world-leading research bodies which will drive the UK’s Food Systems Partnership for Sustainable Food Future – Centre for Doctoral Training

   16 Oct 2020

  A partnership of leading universities, including the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), have been …

• RVC awarded funding to contribute to the global effort on COVID-19 health research

  

  A project, led by researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which seeks to reduce COVID-19 transmission in traditional food markets in Bolivia and Peru, receives funding

   16 Oct 2020

  A project, led by researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which seeks to reduce COVID-19 …

• VetCompass™ study explores the classification, diagnosis, and clinical management of seizures in dogs

  

  Substantial differences between epilepsy classification in clinical records and those assigned by researchers based on formal guidelines support the need for greater integration of diagnostic guidelines in clinical practice

   03 Nov 2020

• Preliminary study to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease post acute kidney injury

  

  Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, has been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust, to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney …

   11 Nov 2020

  Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for …

• RVC academic joins cross-institutional team in surveillance of new avian flu outbreak

  

  A team of academics have joined together from across the UK to monitor outbreaks of high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds and poultry in Europe and Central Asia and assess the mitigation measures required to limit the spread.

   25 Nov 2020

  A team of academics, including a Professor in One Health Evolutionary Biology at the Royal …

• RVC research finds memory-boosting effects of a dietary supplement for cognitively-impaired dogs with epilepsy

  

  Changing the fat profile of the diet of dogs with hard-to-treat epilepsy can not only improve their seizure control, but also their cognitive abilities

   02 Dec 2020

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), funded by The American Kennel Club Canine …