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VetCompassTM study identifies prevalence and risk factors for systemic glucocorticoid usage in dogs in the UK
Glucocorticoids are widely used in primary care veterinary practices. This new VetCompassTM study used data from primary-care clinics in the UK and has revealed that the prevalence of systemic glucocorticoid usage is 6.2%. Staffordshire Bull … -
Bloomsbury SET grant awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell
Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter Holloway (RVC) and Professor Abdel Hakim Al Husban (Yarmouk University, Jordan) has been awarded a grant by The Bloomsbury SET to work on the project ‘ …Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter …
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Preliminary study to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease post acute kidney injury
Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, has been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust, to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney …Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for …
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Scientists collaborate to assess the impact of an infection with Mycobacterium bovis on different cow breeds
Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia,), the Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (Guadalajara Jalisco, México), Public Health England ( …Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y …
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RVC researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses.
In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM1), a common disorder associated with exertional rhabdomyolysis in horses. Affected animals have a mutation in a key …In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 …
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RVC Senior Clinical Training Scholars wins awards at this year's ACVIM Conference
Congratulations to Ruth Gostelow for winning the best Endocrine Poster 2014 awarded by the Society of Comparative Endocrinology at this year's ACVIM conference in Nashville USA. Her poster title was "Pasireotide (SOM230) long-acting release …Congratulations to Ruth Gostelow for winning the best Endocrine Poster 2014 awarded by the Society …
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RVC researchers help map big bang of bird evolution
Knowing and understanding the evolutionary history of birds after the mass extinction of dinosaurs more than 66 million years ago is now a step closer thanks to a unique and ambitions international research project. The evolutionary relationship of …Knowing and understanding the evolutionary history of birds after the mass extinction of dinosaurs …
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Urban Zoo newsletter
RVC Professor, Jonathan Rushton, is featured in the latest issue of Urban Zoo Newsletter (a quarterly Newsletter on “Epidemiology, Ecology and Socio-Economics of Disease Emergence in Nairobi”). Urban Zoo is an interdisciplinary programme focused …RVC Professor, Jonathan Rushton, is featured in the latest issue of Urban Zoo Newsletter (a …
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PhD student selected to attend Burroughs Wellcome Fund Workshop
Congratulations to Wendy Beauvais, a PhD student, who has been selected to participate in the Burroughs Wellcome Fund "Becoming Faculty" workshop that will be held concurrently with the 2015 Merial-NIH Veterinary Student Scholars Symposium July 30- …Congratulations to Wendy Beauvais, a PhD student, who has been selected to participate in the …
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Where might a career in science take you?
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