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New RVC research highlights the considerable behavioural and psychiatric effects of a mind-altering parasite
A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the human infection burden of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a globally distributed parasitic infection, have been greatly underestimated.A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) study, published in Trends in Parasitology, suggests that the …
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New RVC research identifies changing epidemiology of harmful foetal disease
A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) highlights the changing epidemiology of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT), a foetal disease which affects approximately 190,000 pregnancies around the world each year, and the need for more extensive …A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) highlights the changing epidemiology of …
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RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments — Why don’t the fits stop?
New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why some dogs do not respond to anti-epilepsy treatments. The study found that dogs that experience more than one seizure a day and male dogs were less …New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) canine epilepsy clinic has shed light on why …
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PDSA supports the VetCompass project
We are delighted to announce participation by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) into VetCompass from November 2014. VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill speaks for us all in welcoming PDSA onboard: ‘The involvement of PDSA will be hugely … -
RSPCA promoting VetCompass/Medivet poster: Most common disorders in UK cats
From Tuesday 22nd September the RSPCA will be promoting a visually engaging public information poster ('infographic'), co-produced by Medivet & VetCompass, showing evidence-based information on the most common disorders diagnosed in UK pet cats. … -
RVC Professor works with Sir David Attenborough to help uncover the biggest dinosaur in history
Last night the BBC aired a docummentary called 'Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur' in which Sir David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a giant dinosaur find in Argentina. In the film, Professor Hutchinson from the RVC Structure & Motion … -
RVC Success at BSAVA Congress
The Royal Veterinary College was very successful at this year's BSAVA Congress winning the following awards: Name Awards Vanessa Woolhead Best abstract presentation at the Small Animal Medicine Society pre-BSAVA satellite meeting; …The Royal Veterinary College was very successful at this year's BSAVA Congress winning the …
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New Newton Institutional Links grant awarded to RVC
Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant by the British Council to work on the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza in free-grazing duck populations in Vietnam. Despite …Professor Dirk Pfeiffer and Dr Timothée Vergne have been awarded a Newton Institutional Links grant …
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New Wellcome Trust grant awarded to take forward BoneJ2
Dr Michael Doube has been awarded a grant by the Wellcome Trust called: "BoneJ2 - Full-featured next-generation BoneJ for standardised bone image analysis" BoneJ is a free software resource for bone image analysis created by Michael Doube as an …Dr Michael Doube has been awarded a grant by the Wellcome Trust called: "BoneJ2 - Full-featured …
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Factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems
Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems. Hens at a laying farm. Photo credit Kate Norman The UK’s large food retailers will stop …Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors …