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• Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows

  

  An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a bus (8 metres) had unique specialisations to help it move, a new study shows. The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson joined …

   17 Dec 2019

• Coming along in leaps and bounds – crocodiles can gallop but alligators can’t, new study finds

  

  It’s a motion more closely associated with horses, but researchers have found that more species of crocodiles can gallop than previously thought. The study, which was led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), also discovered that by contrast …

   17 Dec 2019

• Initiatives to control and eliminate parasitic disease are reaching targets earlier than projected

  

  Data, analysed by researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control programmes, identified that the majority of initiatives acrosssub-Saharan Africa and Yemen have reached the disease-control target by two treatment rounds or less

   24 Dec 2019

  New data, analysed by a group of leading researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control …

• While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

  Investigating healthy conformational limits

  While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

• During the past decade, education campaigns from major animal welfare and veterinary organisations warning of the health consequences of these body shapes have not resulted in the desired reduction in popularity of these high-risk breeds, and indeed some breeds such as the French bulldog have paradoxically increased in numbers in the face of strong messaging.

  Understanding brachycephalic ownership

  It has become increasingly clear that understanding the motivations and desires of both current and prospective brachycephalic dog owners is key to devising more targeted human behaviour change interventions in the future. To date, RVC work in this area has uncovered a number of key findings.

• Dermatology

  The Dermatology Service at the RVC treats a wide range of skin and ear problems in dogs of all breeds referred to RVC Small Animal Referrals.

• Emergency and Critical Care

  The Emergency and Critical Care service at the RVC manages both emergency referrals and patients requiring critical care in our intensive care unit. We see many brachycephalic dogs. The reasons for presentation of a brachycephalic breed to the …

• Neurology

  Small brachycephalic dog breeds, such as the pug and French bulldog, are prone to develop specific neurological conditions and spinal disorders in particular.

• Ophthalmology

  Brachycephalic breeds currently represent about 25% of all canine patients seen at the Ophthalmology Service at the RVC

• New PetSavers grant awarded

  

  A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and high blood pressure are very common in …

   17 Jan 2020

  A new PetSavers grant has been awarded to Dr Jack Lawson to work on Urinary extracellular vesicles …