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• New Royal Veterinary College study finds low-cost thermal image devices could be as effective as expensive alternatives in detecting lameness in dairy cattle

  

  The research reveals that the low-cost devices could be as effective as diagnostics that are up to 50 times more expensive Left - Thermogram from the low cost device, Right - Thermogram from the high cost device A new study, led by the Royal …

   21 Sep 2022

  The research reveals that the low-cost devices could be as effective as diagnostics that are up to 5 …

• RVC PhD student co-authors research briefing for parliament

  

  Fourth year student Alana Dowling has co-authored a research briefing for Parliamentarians as part of her three month science policy internship at the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology

   21 Mar 2019

  Fourth year PhD student Alana Dowling has co-authored a research briefing for Parliamentarians as …

• Animal health experts call for Welsh Government to fund sheep scab programme

  

  New report created by Welsh farming unions and sheep industry representatives and veterinary experts, including the RVC

   09 Nov 2018

  An innovative new report advocating the need for a more co-ordinated effort from sheep scab …

• Can Autophagy help in the fight against diseases?

  Leading academics met in London to discuss research that hopes to one day find the key to fighting diseases such as cancer and dementia

   20 Jun 2017

  Leading academics met in London recently to discuss research that hopes to one day unlock the key …

• Science without borders - Jordan University of Science and Technology delegation visits RVC

  

  A delegation of academics and scientist from the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) visited the Royal Veterinary College in London and also toured their RVC's Hawkshead Campus as part of an ongoing Educational Twinning Project between the two universities with the aim of strengthening their exchange programmes and broadening opportunities for students in both the UK and Jordan. The project, twinning veterinary education between the RVC and JUST, is sponsored by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and aims to develop the teaching expertise of faculty from both institutions through mutual visits, official communication, research projects and integration with joint specialist workshops in different areas of veterinary medicine and includes the participation of the Ministry of Agriculture for Jordan and experts from the Arab world.

   17 Feb 2017

  Last week, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) was delighted to receive a delegation from the …

• Successful FAO Worskshop in livestock and human nutrition held in Dakar (Senegal)

  RVC researchers, Pablo Alarcon and Paula Dominguez-Salas, organised and facilitated a regional training workshop for the Sahel in Dakar (Senegal), entitled "Livestock, livelihoods and human nutrition",  between November 5 and 7, 2014. This workshop …

   27 Nov 2014

  RVC researchers, Pablo Alarcon and Paula Dominguez-Salas, organised and facilitated a regional …

• Welcome to our new VetCompass team member, Dr Emma Buckland!

  

  We are excited to announce the expansion of our VetCompass team, with the recent addition of Dr. Emma Buckland as a UFAW-funded, Post Doctoral Research Associate.  Emma has a strong background in welfare research, and recently completed her PhD …

   19 Jun 2015

• 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 …

• A multi-stakeholder approach towards operationalising antibiotic stewardship in India's pluralistic rural health system

  This study funded by the Medical Research Council, will aim at co-designing and piloting an intervention that generates an antibiotic (AB) stewardship programme to promote responsible use of ABs in West Bengal, India. This project will engage …

   30 Jan 2019

  This study funded by the Medical Research Council, will aim at co-designing and piloting an …

• Lobsters, octopuses and crabs recognised as sentient beings in UK Law

  

  The UK government has declared that lobsters, crabs, octopuses and related species will be included under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill. This paves the way for legal protection from practices like being boiled alive and having the tendons of …

   25 Nov 2021

  The UK government has declared that lobsters, crabs, octopuses and related species will be included …