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• Research shows epileptic dogs on anti-seizure drugs more likely to experience increased appetite and become overweight or obese

  

  The findings led by the Royal Veterinary College are key in helping vets offer more information and support to pet owners when managing their dog’s epilepsy Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) working in collaboration with the …

   12 Dec 2024

  The findings led by the Royal Veterinary College are key in helping vets offer more information and …

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• Hopes to improve practise after first systematic review of the effectiveness and safety of anti-epileptic drugs in cats

  

  Researchers from Ghent University (UGhent), Austria Veterinary Medicine School (Austria VetMed) and the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have found that testing anti-epileptic drugs’ effectiveness and safety for cats has been generally subpar, worse than what was formerly reported in dogs.

   13 Mar 2018

  Researchers from Ghent University (UGhent), Austria Veterinary Medicine School (Austria VetMed) and …

• Graduation day for Dr O'Neill and Dr Summers

  

  Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Summers and Dr Dan O'Neill who graduated this week. Both PhD studies were done within the VetCompass project. Jen looked at the effectiveness of antimicrobials for the treatment of canine pyoderma, and Dan's PhD …

   25 Aug 2014

• Journal of Comparative Pathology Educational Trust and Petplan Charitable Trust Joint Research Award

  Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Williams, Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Dong Xia who have been awarded The Journal of Comparative Pathology Educational Trust and Petplan Charitable Trust Joint Research Award in Veterinary Pathology. Canine chronic …

   07 Sep 2018

  Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Williams, Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Dong Xia who have been …

• Use of zebrafish to increase our understanding of diseases

  One major use of zebrafish is to increase our understanding of diseases and provide disease models for therapeutic discovery. We focus on rare inherited diseases, which together affect about one in every 10 people, even though each disease has an …

• VetCompass™ paper: most highly accessed article

  

  Canine Genetics and Epidemiology is an Open Access journal dedicated to publishing high quality papers that promote improved canine welfare. A recent VetCompass™ paper ‘Demography and disorders of German Shepherd Dogs under primary veterinary care …

   23 Apr 2018

• Prize for VetCompass™ PhD student

  

  Congratulations to our PhD student Imogen Schofield for receiving the Dog's Trust prize after gaining the highest marks on the Master's Degree in Veterinary Epidemiology at the RVC.  As part of this degree Imogen undertook a research project with  …

   26 Jul 2018

• VetCompass research featured in this months Kennel Scope

  

  A recent VetCompass research paper has been chosen to feature in this months edition of The Kennel Scope magazine, published last week by the Kennel Club.   The Kennel Scope magazine is a free, quarterly e-newsletter aimed at keeping veterinary …

   10 Sep 2015

• Collaborative Outputs

  VetCompass collaborates widely with other research, institutional and organisational groups nationally and internationally on welfare-focused research and impact. These are some exemplars of this wider work and outputs. A mapping review of …