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• VetCompass presentation at ISVEE, Mexico

  

  Earlier this month, VetCompass was well represented at an international epidemiology conference - the 14th meeting of International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology (ISVEE 2015) in Yucatan, Mexico. Dr Dan O’Neill gave a talk on the prevalence …

   13 Nov 2015

• Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair

  

  Last week, researchers from Structure and Motion attended The Big Bang Fair at Birmingham NEC with their activity ‘Stepping Into Science’, designed by Dr Jim Usherwood and Dr Zoe Self. The Stepping Into Science project is part of Dr Usherwood’s Wellcome Trust funded research and combines public engagement with data collection.

   23 Mar 2016

• Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens

  

  RVC's Professor in Animal Welfare, Dr. Christine Nicol, has edited this new publication - Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens. The publication draws on Christine's and the contributors' extensive knowledge in …

   06 Oct 2020

  RVC's Professor in Animal Welfare, Dr. Christine Nicol, has edited this new publication - …

• MedTech SuperConnector Award

  

  Dr Ben Swift (Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Resistance) has been awarded funding by the MedTech SuperConnector to explore the use of bacteriophage technology that he has invented.  This was originally designed to diagnose mycobacterial diseases …

   29 Jul 2021

  Dr Ben Swift (Research Fellow in Antimicrobial Resistance) has been awarded funding by the MedTech …

• We welcome Camilla Pegram in to her new role within the VetCompass™ team

  

  Camilla has recently gained a Merit in her VetCompass™ Research Master's (Urinary incontinence in bitches: Associations with neutering) and we are excited to welcome her back in her new role as a Research Assistant. She will now be working on a …

   03 Oct 2018

• New concepts in research suggest that non-human animals also suffer boredom

  

  Dr Charlotte Burn, Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Behaviour Science at the Royal Veterinary College, has recently published work suggesting that non-human animals also suffer with boredom.

   15 Aug 2017

  Boredom when it is severe and prolonged is torment to humans and can cause dangerous or criminal …

• Neurology

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

• Science in sight: Sophie Regnault is Wellcome Image Award finalist

  

  Sophie Regnault, currently completing her PhD in the Structure and Motion laboratory under the supervision of Professor John Hutchinson, has been announced as a finalist for the Wellcome Image Awards 2015. Sophie's image is a micro-computed …

   09 Mar 2015

• Muscle, Power and Locomotion

  

  New research from the Structure and Motion Laboratory supports the use of single skinned muscle fibres in studies of animal locomotion.  The research, recently published in The Journal of Experimental Biology, contriubutes to Professor Alan Wilson' …

   12 Oct 2015

• New Book Chapter - the dog as a model for human longevity

  

  As well as working to improve animal health and welfare, VetCompass is now contributing toward a greater understanding of human health. There are remarkable overlaps and similarities in health between humans and dogs. The dog is the most …

   11 Jan 2016