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• Understanding the socioeconomic impact of Foot and Mouth Disease control in Kenya: an RVC collaboration with The Pirbright Institute and the University of Nairobi

  Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals that causes lesions in the mouth and on the feet, alongside generalised illness. It affects cows, sheep, goats and pigs, and although they recover after a couple of weeks, it …

   11 Feb 2019

  Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals that causes lesions in the …

• Assessment and economic evaluation of small ruminant reproduction efficiency, challenges and mitigation strategies in Kajiado, Kenya study

  This study is funded by BBSRC-NRF and aims to generate the basic knowledge on the current level of the reproduction performance indicators for different sheep and goat herds, which could then be used as a reference to identify those pastoralists …

   28 Jan 2019

  This study is funded by BBSRC-NRF and aims to generate the basic knowledge on the current level of …

• RVC announced as member of the Turing University Network

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is pleased to announce that it has been confirmed as a member of the new Turing University Network. This newly established Network, launched by The Alan Turing Institute (the national institute for data science …

   16 May 2023

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is pleased to announce that it has been confirmed as a member of …

• New study maps progress of UK-Africa collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

  

  A new study, undertaken by Prospect IP on behalf of The Bloomsbury SET, has identified some of the key problems surrounding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across certain parts of Africa, highlighting the need for an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to the threat of AMR in these areas.

   13 Jan 2021

  A new study, undertaken by Prospect IP on behalf of The Bloomsbury SET, has identified some of the …

• VetCompass at Newcastle University's Animal Science Conference 2015

  

  VetCompass were pleased to participate in the Animal Science Conference 2015 at Newcastle University on Dec 9th. Organised by the final year BSc Agriculture and Animal Production Science and BSc Animal Science students, the conference addressed the …

   15 Dec 2015

• Science without borders - Jordan University of Science and Technology delegation visits RVC

  

  A delegation of academics and scientist from the Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) visited the Royal Veterinary College in London and also toured their RVC's Hawkshead Campus as part of an ongoing Educational Twinning Project between the two universities with the aim of strengthening their exchange programmes and broadening opportunities for students in both the UK and Jordan. The project, twinning veterinary education between the RVC and JUST, is sponsored by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and aims to develop the teaching expertise of faculty from both institutions through mutual visits, official communication, research projects and integration with joint specialist workshops in different areas of veterinary medicine and includes the participation of the Ministry of Agriculture for Jordan and experts from the Arab world.

   17 Feb 2017

  Last week, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) was delighted to receive a delegation from the …

• RVC collaborates with Jordanian university to tackle disease transfer from camels to humans

  

  RVC collaborates with Jordan’s University of Science and Technology to tackle disease transfer of new deadly disease from camels to humans

   20 Dec 2016

  The RVC is delighted to announce that it has secured funding from the Medical Research Council …

• 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 …

• Global Challenges Research Translational Award

  RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or goat plague for many years and over the last 7, Prof Richard Kock, Dr Bryony Jones and Dr Camilla Benfield have been exploring the complexity of PPR …

   03 Oct 2019

  RVC has been engaged on research involving a viral pathogen causing peste des petits ruminants or …

• 1st prize for PhD student

  

  Congratulations to Marie-Christine Bartens, 2nd year LiDo/Bloomsbury PhD student working in the Molecular Immunology group of Prof Dirk Werling, who has won 1st prize for the best poster presentation at the International Veterinary Vaccinology …

   29 Mar 2018

  Congratulations to Marie-Christine Bartens, 2nd year LiDo/Bloomsbury PhD student working in the …