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• Economics of heifer rearing

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent British Society of Animal Science conference in Chester about a study in which she examines in detail the economics of heifer rearing.   The outcomes of …

   21 Apr 2015

  A news article in the Cattle Site features an address that Dr Alana Boulton made at the recent …

• BSAVA support for VetCompass!

  

  We are excited to confirm full support from the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) for the VetCompass programme!   Founded in 1957, BSAVA is a professional body for veterinary surgeons treating companion animals. Membership …

   13 May 2015

• Social Science

  

  PhD student Michelle Reeve has taken to social media to discuss her current project through Biotweeps. Biotweeps is an online platform with a combined blog, Twitter and Facebook presence, and each week a different biologist takes over the account …

   10 Jun 2015

• X-ray technology reveals a new bone in a very old fish

  

  Scientists from the RVC’s Structure and Motion Lab use CT scanning to reveal new bone in fossil specimens of Eusthenopteron

   24 Aug 2015

• Welcome to our new team member Megan Conroy

  

  We are excited to welcome Megan Conroy to the VetCompass team. Megan obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 2010. She worked initially in first opinion mixed practice before moving into small …

   10 Nov 2015

• Pirbright young scientist of the year award

  

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the Pirbright young scientist of the year award, along with a student from Compton. Claire was nominated for the award by Professor Linda Dixon from the …

   07 Jan 2016

  Congratulations to Claire Guinat (PhD student registered at the RVC) who is the joint winner of the …

• Discovering More About Insect Flight

  

  The Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show visited the Structure and Motion Laboratory last week to film a piece about recent research into the aerodynamics of insect flight. The crew filmed the team (Richard Bomphrey, Nathan Phillips and Toshi …

   16 Nov 2015

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• New research into giraffe locomotion

  

  Structure and Motion Laboratory experts using drones to observe giraffe locomotion in the wild.

   30 Aug 2016

• DEFRA/VMD MRes project

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work on the " validation of a hollow fibre infection model for dynamic evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy in veterinary pathogens". The MRes project …

   27 Sep 2016

  RVC, along with a multidisciplinary team, has been awarded a MRes studentship by DEFRA/VMD to work …