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• VetCompass promotes undergraduate research outputs at BSAVA 2024.

  

  An impressive fourteen VetCompass projects will be presented at BSAVA Congress 2024 in Manchester this week. Twelve of these projects were undertaken by undergraduate veterinary medicine students and a further two undertaken by Master of Research …

   19 Mar 2024

• International Canine Health Postgraduate Student Inspiration award

  

  Congratulations to Alice Denyer, who has won the Kennel Club's International Canine Health Postgraduate Student Inspiration award to help further her research into the genetic differences between individual dog breeds that are susceptible to …

   25 May 2018

  Congratulations to Alice Denyer, who has won the Kennel Club's International Canine Health …

• VetCompassTM study identifies top dog breeds affected with demodicosis

  

  Demodicosis is a relatively common parasitic skin disease in dogs that results when the normally harmless Demodex spp. mites in hair follicles multiply to excessive numbers. Clinical presentation can vary, but severe lesions and secondary infection …

   07 Oct 2019

• Lymphoma cancer most common in old male cats according to RVC

  

  The RVC had published the world’s largest study on lymphoma cancer in cats under general veterinary care. This new study revealed that approximately 1 in 2000 cats (48 per 100,000) under first opinion veterinary care are affected by lymphoma every …

   16 Dec 2020

• Galloping isn’t such hard work for horses

  

  For the first time, external mechanical work in galloping racehorses has been measured using force plates as ergometers. The results of this study, conducted by Royal Veterinary College (RVC) researchers in the Structure and Motion Laboratory, have …

   20 Feb 2019

• New innovative study proves racehorses use less energy to gallop than previously thought

  

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external work of galloping in racehorses. This technique, which has never been used for such large animals at high speed before, showed that horses had much …

   25 Feb 2019

  Researchers from the RVC have made use of force plate technology to accurately measure the external …

• RVC study uses computer optimization to show ostrich gait in detail never seen before

  

  Study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, focused on the mechanics and the muscles used by ostriches, the world’s fastest two-legged animal, as they walk and run

   04 May 2016

• RVC uses CT scans to diagnose musculoskeletal disease in elephants

  

  Study will help vets recognise foot disease and continue to improve elephant welfare and management

   08 Feb 2017

• Royal Veterinary College receives £5 million Government grant to drive research commercialisation

  

  A consortium led by The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is to receive £4.96 million, of a total £67 million Government investment, awarded through Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund (CCF). This funding aims to drive the commercialisation of research in universities across the UK. It acknowledges the RVC’s position as a leading institution for pioneering research and knowledge exchange.

   10 Apr 2018

  A consortium led by The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is to receive £4.96 million, of a total £67 …

• The RVC maintains strong results in third iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has continued to score highly in the third iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF3), exceeding the peer average in some categories. This reflects the institution’s strengths in its research partnerships, …

   27 Sep 2023

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has continued to score highly in the third iteration of the …