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• BVD eradication project

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the cattle herd in Wales.   Bovine Viral Diarrhoea is an important immunosuppressive disease of cattle and is an underlying problem on many cattle farms …

   08 Aug 2017

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the …

• New Arthritis Research UK grant

  Dr Chantal Chenu, Professor Andrew Pitsillides and Professor George Bou-Gharios (University of Liverpool) have been awarded a grant by Arthritis Research UK (ARUK) to study Semaphorin 3A / new target for controlling joint pain? Around 10 million …

   09 Aug 2017

  Dr Chantal Chenu, Professor Andrew Pitsillides and Professor George Bou-Gharios (University of …

• ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK Grant to work on the following project: "ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds". Poultry …

   18 Jan 2018

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK …

• Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing". Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is a common condition of …

   24 Jan 2018

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine …

• New Society for Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research Scholarship awarded to Dr Lisa Thurston

  

  Dr Lisa M Thurston has been awarded a Society of Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research Scholarship to work on the following project: Investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in gamete-oviductal cell communication in the female …

   12 Mar 2018

  Dr Lisa M Thurston has been awarded a Society of Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research …

• Commendation from the Royal Society of Biology

  

  Natalie Chancellor, AWSE's Research Technician now Assistant Scientist received a glowing letter of commendation after being put forward by colleagues for the Royal Society of Biology’s HE Bioscience Technician of the Year Award.  The award 'seeks …

   20 Mar 2018

  Natalie Chancellor, AWSE's Research Technician now Assistant Scientist received a glowing letter of …

• Kennel Club Charitable Trust award to VetCompass™ to explore breed-specific health in dogs

  

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘Evidence-based prioritisation of disorders using epidemiological data on dog breeds from VetCompass primary-care veterinary clinical records’. The funding …

   04 Apr 2018

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘ …

• New BBSRC Newton Fund grant awarded to Professor Liam Good

  Professor Liam Good and Dr Steven Van Winden have been awarded a grant by the BBSRC Newton Fund for "Bovine Mastitis Control by Local Administration of Polyplex Nanoparticles". There are millions of cases of mastitis annually. Mastitis can linger, …

   29 Jun 2018

  Professor Liam Good and Dr Steven Van Winden have been awarded a grant by the BBSRC Newton Fund for …

• ABWE Students represent RVC at BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Research conference

  

   4 of our BSc and Masters students represented the RVC at the 20th BIAZA research conference at Paignton Zoo - 9th-11th July. A great opportunity to display their work on some very interesting and worthy questions:   Mitali Sharma,  gave a …

   03 Aug 2018

   4 of our BSc and Masters students represented the RVC at the 20th BIAZA research conference at …

• New GplusE video

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling) have been involved in an European Union FP7 funded project, entitled “GplusE”: Genotype and Environment contributing to the sustainability of dairy …

   05 Oct 2018

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling)  …