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• International Dog Health Workshop 2019: Summary report published

  

  VetCompass researchers attended the International Partnership for Dogs (IPFD) International Dog Health Workshop (IDHW) in 2019. A report of the meeting has been published in Canine Medicine and Genetics, which included VetCompass researchers as …

   11 May 2020

• RVC Pandemic Puppies team publishes first paper

  

  The AWF-funded Pandemic Puppies survey aims to explore if and how the early lives of ‘Pandemic Puppies’ differed from those purchased before the pandemic. This research will identify vulnerabilities to the health, behaviour, and welfare of this …

   10 Sep 2021

• Owners urged to ‘stop and think’ before buying as English bulldogs are twice as likely to have a health problem

  

  New study from the Royal Veterinary College suggests urgent action is required to reduce many serious health issues of English Bulldogs associated with exaggerated features

   15 Jun 2022

• Beauty isn’t even skin deep: New study from the RVC finds that flat-faced dogs are at the highest risk of skin fold dermatitis

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that some popular flat-faced dog breeds, including the English Bulldog, French Bulldog and Pug, are at the highest risk of skin fold dermatitis – a painful skin condition. The study …

   06 Jul 2022

• Practice-based research: Editorial in the Vet Record

  

  In a recent editorial in the Veterinary Record, VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill outlines the continuing progress of veterinary practice-based research and describes the main UK projects currently leading the way in this relatively new field: ‘ …

   15 May 2015

• New VetCompass publication: Survival in dogs with DMVD

  

  The latest peer-reviewed study from the VetCompass team has just been published in the journal Preventive Veterinary Medicine: Degenerative mitral valve disease: Survival of dogs attending primary-care practice in England. Mattin MJ, Boswood A, …

   19 Jun 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

• RVC and LSHTM working together for the Future of Global Health

  

  Why One Health and veterinary epidemiology are so important to the future of global health - a debate hosted by New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

   21 Sep 2016

  In partnership with New Scientist, the RVC and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine …

• One giant leap for VetCompass™

  

  New research, based on the VetCompass™ programme at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), uses machine learning to detect false-positive disease references in veterinary clinical notes. Clinicians often include references to diseases in clinical …

   08 May 2019
• A solution right under our nose? Exploring health implications and public demand for brachycephalic ‘designer’ outcrosses (In Progress)

  

  Do brachycephalic-outcrosses exhibit improved respiratory and ‘innate’ health characteristics compared to their extreme-brachycephalic parent-breed? Do brachycephalic-outcrosses meet the aesthetic-preferences of people who desire extreme- …