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Wildlife trade bans not the only option to reduce pandemic risk
Researchers at the RVC, Griffith University and TRAFFIC, suggests existing systems for food safety, rather than broad, untargeted bans on wildlife trade, are key to preventing the next pandemicA new study from a team of researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, Griffith University and …
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Article awarded Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prize for 2014
The RVC's Structure and Motion Lab has received the Journal of Anatomy's Runner Up Best Paper Prize 2014 for the following paper: ‘Comparative architectural properties of limb muscles in Crocodylidae and Alligatoridae and their relevance to …The RVC's Structure and Motion Lab has received the Journal of Anatomy's Runner Up Best Paper Prize …
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Picking up mice after sanitising your hands can affect mouse behaviour
During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, sometimes complaining of their strong smell or the feeling left on our hands, whilst appreciating their protective effects. Even before the pandemic, …During the Covid 19 pandemic, most of us have become all too familiar with hand sanitisers, …
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Bio-inspired sensor technology to be used to help rotorcraft drones to operate more safely in built up environments
New work in the Structure and Motion Laboratory will help rotorcraft drones operate more safely in built up environments by using bio-inspired sensor technology. As part of a wider programme of work investigating insect and bird flight control, …New work in the Structure and Motion Laboratory will help rotorcraft drones operate more safely in …
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RVC researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses.
In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM1), a common disorder associated with exertional rhabdomyolysis in horses. Affected animals have a mutation in a key …In 2008, researchers at the University of Minnesota revealed the genetic cause of type 1 …
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Early Jurassic dinosaur shifted from four legs to two legs as it grew up
Scientists have discovered that an early species of dinosaur, Mussaurus patagonicus, could only move on four limbs once born but switched to two legs as it grew up, just as humans do. -
Ask a grown-up
Steven Portugal responds in The Guardian to 6 year old's question about why birds fly in a V formation. -
VetCompass™ links up to investigate Alabama Rot in dogs
Alabama Rot is a newly emergent disease in dogs but a study with linked data to VetCompass™ sheds new light on this phenomenon. Alabama Rot, also known as cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV), is a disease of unknown cause that is … -
Do long limbs really provide a leg up?
Musculoskeletal models reveal the impact of giraffe’s long limbs on its mobility. -
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 farmsBovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is a pestivirus infection of cattle which causes a number of clinical …