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• Media reactions of National Food Strategy overlooked need for greater government action for reform, say researchers

  

  New research suggests that more emphasis on individual responsibility to tackle issues relating to food, instead of systemic change was pushed within media, in response to the National Food Strategy (NFS). Researchers from the Royal Veterinary …

   12 Mar 2024

  New research suggests that more emphasis on individual responsibility to tackle issues relating to …

• New research from the RVC predicts the future life expectancy for companion cats

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), in collaboration with researchers from the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in Taiwan, has produced the first-ever ‘life tables’ for the UK companion cat population. This represents a major …

   01 May 2024

• Wellcome Trust CVRT Vacation Award

  Student describes his experience after being awarded a CVRT Vacation award.

   24 Oct 2014

  RVC student, Luca Fortuna, BVetMed student), was awarded a Wellcome Trust CVRT vacation award this …

• RVC at the Great British Bioscience Festival - event attracts and inspires thousands

  

  A team from the Royal Veterinary College entertained, educated and inspired thousands of visitors at the Great British Bioscience Festival, a free event held in East London.

   03 Dec 2014

• Hyperthyroidism and neutering; is there a link?

  

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting almost 10% of cats over 9 years, but this disease was not commonly recognised until the 1980s. The reasons for the emergence of hyperthyroidism are …

   19 Dec 2017

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting …

• RVC receives MRC funding to generate zebrafish models of Batten Disease

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing blindness, seizures, and motor and cognitive decline, and is the most common form of dementia in children. Our recent publication(1) using the yeast …

   11 Aug 2021

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …

• The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group - Autoimmune encephalitis in cats and humans

  In the past ~15 years, it is increasingly recognised that a number of neuronal cell surface proteins can be targets for pathogenic autoantibodies. These autoantibodies bind to their target in vivo and disrupt normal brain functioning, causing …

• Antimicrobial usage in farm animal practices in the UK: A mixed-methods approach

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported the frequency and risk factors for using highest priority critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) in farm animals in the UK. This study aimed to evaluate the overall usage of antibiotics and …

   26 May 2023

• FibroScHot - Impact of increased praziquantel frequency on childhood fibrosis in persistent schistosomiasis morbidity hotspots

  

  A new EU H2020 EDCTP grant has been awarded to Cambridge University (Project Lead: Dr Shona Wilson) and the RVC (Co-Principle Investigators: Professor Joanne P. Webster and Dr Martin Walker, Senior Scientist: Dr Elsa Leger, Student Mentor: Dr James …

   21 Dec 2018

  A new EU H2020 EDCTP grant has been awarded to Cambridge University (Project Lead: Dr Shona Wilson) …

• New research traces origins of zoonotic disease to the Neolithic period

  

  Study provides evidence for hypotheses about the effects of farming on human and animal health and wellbeing

   18 Feb 2017

  New research has investigated the possible origins of the common zoonotic disease brucellosis in …