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• Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows

  

  An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a bus (8 metres) had unique specialisations to help it move, a new study shows. The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson joined …

   17 Dec 2019

• New research unveils the extent of painful eye condition in dogs, and the breeds at most risk

  

  Latest research from the RVC has revealed the true scale of cherry eye, a condition which results in the appearance of a large pink mass in the corner of a dog’s eye. The study also identified the breeds most at risk of developing the condition, including English Bulldogs and popular crossbreeds, such as the Puggle.

   26 Jan 2022

• New research from the RVC suggests human heat-health alerts could help prevent heatstroke in dogs

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) which investigated heatstroke in UK dogs has found a strong correlation between the occurrence of these episodes in dogs and heatwaves in the UK. Researchers therefore suggest that heat-health …

   28 May 2024

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) which investigated heatstroke in UK dogs has …

• New VetCompass study reports uptake of leptospirosis vaccine in dogs in the UK

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported the uptake of leptospirosis vaccine and explored factors associated with vaccine usage. Vaccination is an important veterinary tool to protect animal health but despite this, vaccine usage is not …

   26 Sep 2022

• New Orthopaedic Research UK Grant awarded

  Congratulations to Dr Chantal Chenu who has been awarded a grant to study "Can we improve fracture healing in the elderly by stimulating skeletal perfusion". Dr Chenu explains what the study will involve: "Osteoporotic fractures represent one of …

   12 Dec 2014

  Congratulations to Dr Chantal Chenu who has been awarded a grant to study "Can we improve fracture …

• New RVC VetCompass study published highlights major breeds diagnosed with Mast Cell Tumours in dogs

  

  A recent study just published in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology highlights a relatively frequent diagnosis of Mast Cell Tumours (MCT) in practice attending dogs within the VetCompass Programme. Based on data from over 168,000 dogs attending …

   03 Feb 2015

  A recent study just published in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology highlights a relatively frequent …

• Chavaunne Thorpe - Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship

  

  Chavaunne Thorpe has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship to work on "The tendon interfascicular matrix: a mechanically unique tendon progenitor cell niche"   Tendons connect muscle to bone and so keeping them …

   02 Nov 2016

  Chavaunne Thorpe has been awarded an Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship to work on …

• New Dogs Trust grant: Of mice and dogs: Comparison of the alterations in the metabolome associated with heart failure

  Congratulations to Dr David Connolly and Professor Adrian Boswood for their recent grant award from the Dogs Trust for the study "Of mice and dogs: Comparison of the alterations in the metabolome associated with heart failure" Approximately 320,000 …

   26 Jul 2017

  Congratulations to Dr David Connolly and Professor Adrian Boswood for their recent grant award from …

• While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

  Investigating healthy conformational limits

  While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

• The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group - Autoimmune encephalitis in cats and humans

  In the past ~15 years, it is increasingly recognised that a number of neuronal cell surface proteins can be targets for pathogenic autoantibodies. These autoantibodies bind to their target in vivo and disrupt normal brain functioning, causing …