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• Supporters and collaborators

  The RVC is playing a leading role in the Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG). Both Dr Dan O'Neill and also Research Fellow Dr Rowena Packer are highly active in the UK’s Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG) where they share RVC activities with a …

• 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 breakthrough in the global effort to eradicate PPR virus

  

  RVC Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in examining the spread of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), an animal disease targeted for global eradication. They found that repeated vaccination campaigns targeting production systems acting as viral reservoirs would be the most effective way of eradicating the disease.

   23 Jul 2018

  Researchers have made a significant breakthrough in examining the spread of Peste des Petits …

• RVC researchers at forefront of new zoonotic funding programme

  

  Researchers from the RVC are leading projects to tackle brucellosis in cattle in West and Central Africa, study influenza in poultry faming in Bangladesh and investigate the epidemiology and evolution of novel zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in Senegal and Niger

   14 Nov 2014

  The RVC has been awarded more than £5 million as part of a multimillion pound research programme to …

• VetCompass exceeds 4 million animals!

  

  The VetCompass programme continues to grow and, as of March 2015, now holds data on over 4 million animals!   SPECIES No. UNIQUE ANIMALS Canines 1,981,111 Felines 1,369,548 Rabbits 338,485 …

   23 Mar 2015

• £1.2M Wellcome Trust Fellowship funds research into fundamental challenges of using muscles to power locomotion with legs

  

  Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why small children and birds don’t run like adults or ostriches? A new conceptual framework being developed at The Royal Veterinary College is approaching …

   29 Sep 2016

  Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why …

• The Structure and Motion Lab is expanding

  

  Due to the recent successes in attracting new funding, a second state-of-the-art experimental facility is currently being built at the Hawkshead Campus to cater to the Structure and Motion Lab's growing research programme.  The new building will …

   16 Mar 2015

• VetCompass Christmas Newsletter 2020

  

  2020 has been a memorable year with remarkable highs and remarkable lows. But the veterinary profession has stepped up and worked tirelessly to maintain the health of the nation’s companion animals in so many ways. We thank you all for your …

   14 Dec 2020

• RVC Academic is runner up at International Bovine Research Awards

  

  Angela Damaso wins award for report on control of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in dairy farms

   15 Dec 2016

  Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is a pestivirus infection of cattle which causes a number of clinical …

• 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