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• The Lab Report: just how healthy is the UK’s most popular dog breed?

  

  A new study from the RVC has revealed an overall picture on the healthiness of Labrador Retrievers in the UK, showing that arthritis is a particular concern for the breed

   14 Jul 2021

• New RVC research gets to the root of dental disease in dogs

  

  Dental disease is one of the most common health problems experienced by dogs but often remains unrecognised by owners as a major welfare issue. The latest research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) reveals just how common dental disease is in …

   10 Aug 2021

• RVC receives MRC funding to generate zebrafish models of Batten Disease

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing blindness, seizures, and motor and cognitive decline, and is the most common form of dementia in children. Our recent publication(1) using the yeast …

   11 Aug 2021

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …

• New research identifies possible control strategies for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

  

  Potential strategies for the control of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been identified among the virus’ natural host reservoir, dromedary camels.

   31 Aug 2021

  Potential strategies for the control of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) …

• The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group - Autoimmune encephalitis in cats and humans

  In the past ~15 years, it is increasingly recognised that a number of neuronal cell surface proteins can be targets for pathogenic autoantibodies. These autoantibodies bind to their target in vivo and disrupt normal brain functioning, causing …

• Now listen ear: New RVC research reveals the dog breeds most affected by ear infections

  

  Largest study into why dogs get ear infections included anonymised data from more than 22,000 dogs across the UK to help owners spot the signs

   07 Sep 2021

• New RVC-Sanger research examines the impact of mass drug administration on the genome of a major parasitic disease

  

  A new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Imperial College and the Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Disease Control Division of the Ministry of Health, Uganda, has been published in Nature Communications.

   18 Aug 2021

  A new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the Wellcome …

• New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species transmission dynamics of a major disease

  

  A pioneering new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); and the University of Gaston Berger, Senegal (UGB), has been published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

   04 Oct 2021

  A pioneering new study, produced in partnership between the Royal Veterinary College (RVC); the …

• New RVC research reveals dog breeds with folded ears more likely to suffer from blood blisters of the ear

  

  Aural haematoma, also known as a ‘blood blister of the ear’, is a distressing condition for dogs where the ear flaps fill with bloody fluid.

   09 Nov 2021

• Pioneering RVC research study reveals impacts of horse shoe and ground surfaces on horses and riders

  

  RVC equine research reveals associations between hoof-ground interactions and upper body movements of horses and their riders

   06 Dec 2021

  Pioneering RVC study reveals associations between hoof-ground interactions and upper body movements …