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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 … -
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 …Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Williams, Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Dong Xia who have been …
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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 … -
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 … -
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 … -
New Petplan award to Professor Oliver Garden
Professor Oliver Garden has been awarded a £121k grant by Petplan Charitable Trust to work on immune privilege in canine B cell lymphoma (BCL). Professor Garden advises what the project will involve: "This project will determine the cellular and …Professor Oliver Garden has been awarded a £121k grant by Petplan Charitable Trust to work on …
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Difficult birth in dogs: Part 1
The paper entitled "Canine dystocia in 50 UK first-opinion emergency-care veterinary practices: prevalence and risk factors" was released in 2017. The follow up paper is released on Monday 4th February 2019, so here is a reminder of the findings of … -
Research news – VetCompass study on mast cell tumours in dogs
Mast cell tumour (MCT) appears to be a frequent tumour type in dogs, though there is little published in relation to its frequency in dogs in the UK. This week, a VetCompass study looking at the prevalence and risk factors for MCTs in dogs … -
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 …Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …