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• 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 …

• Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed.

  Disorders of Persian cats

  Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed. The research, which was conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, revealed that haircoat disorders, dental disease, overgrown nails and eye discharge are the most common conditions diagnosed in the Persian cat.

• RVC advanced medical imaging centre set to strengthen Hertfordshire’s life sciences capability

  

  The RVC has been awarded a £2.13 million Getting Building Fund grant from Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to create a Cardiovascular Imaging Centre of Excellence (C-ICE) in the county

   15 Dec 2020

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded a £2.13 million Getting Building Fund grant …

• RVC partners with BG Research Ltd and The Pirbright Institute in an Innovate UK Award to develop a portable molecular diagnostic to combat goat plague

  

  Dr Camilla Benfield, Lecturer in Virology in PPS, is a partner on a £665,000 Innovate UK-funded grant which aims to develop an in-field molecular diagnostic platform capable of differentiating Peste des petits ruminants virus from foot and mouth …

   18 Dec 2018

  Dr Camilla Benfield, Lecturer in Virology in PPS, is a partner on a £665,000 Innovate UK-funded …

• World Tortoise and Turtle Day: Research from the Royal Veterinary College reveals risk factors to tortoises during brumation in UK

  

  Marking World Tortoise and Turtle Day, new research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has revealed the factors contributing to sickness and mortality in captive tortoises in the United Kingdom during and post brumation. Tortoise brumation …

   23 May 2022

  Marking World Tortoise and Turtle Day, new research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has …

• Vets working with Medics to find solutions for the COVID-19 crisis

  

  Members of the One Health Poultry Hub, including two experts from the RVC, are helping to guide the world's recovery from this latest zoonotic disease crisis.

   22 Mar 2020

  The latest blog post from Fiona Tomley, The Director of the One Health Poultry Hub explains how …

• RVC Initiative Reveals Antimicrobial Usage Patterns

  

  An understanding of levels of antimicrobial usage in small animal practices is critical to address multi-drug resistance in companion animals

   31 Aug 2016

• RVC academic joins cross-institutional team in surveillance of new avian flu outbreak

  

  A team of academics have joined together from across the UK to monitor outbreaks of high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild birds and poultry in Europe and Central Asia and assess the mitigation measures required to limit the spread.

   25 Nov 2020

  A team of academics, including a Professor in One Health Evolutionary Biology at the Royal …

• The RVC partners with the University of Oxford's Pandemic Sciences Institute to bolster research into infectious disease

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Oxford's Pandemic Sciences Institute (PSI) to become a partner institute. The partnership aims to facilitate collaborative research into …

   16 Feb 2023

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the …

• RVC recognised for Leadership in Openness in Animal Research

  

  Leaders in Openness in Animal Research are organisations who commit considerable resource and energy to following best practice, embedding openness within their organisations and making the aims of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research a reality.

   21 May 2019

  The Royal Veterinary College is one of the first organisations to gain a Leadership in Openness …