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• RVC staff win major awards at the Society for Reproduction and Fertility Annual Conference

  The following members of RVC staff won major awards at the Society for Reproduction and Fertility (SRF) annual conference held this week: Professor Claire Wathes was the recipient of the 2015 Marshall Medal, the most prestigious award given out …

   23 Jul 2015

  The following members of RVC staff won major awards at the Society for Reproduction and Fertility ( …

• The launch of Equine VetCompass

  

  We are excited to announce the launch of an exciting new project - Equine VetCompass.  So far, since the start of VetCompass in 2009, our research has been primarily focused on small animal health and welfare, with data collected from small animal …

   18 Dec 2015
• Use of Systemic Antimicrobials in UK Equine Practice (Complete)

  

  The project aims to investigate the use of systemic antimicrobials in UK equine practice using anonymised veterinary electronic patient record data.

• New Horse Trust Equine PhD studentship

  

  Professor Christine Nicol has been awarded a new Equine PhD studentship by the Horse Trust entitled "A formal analysis of behavioural structure as a tool to assess the impact of chronic equine disease".   Many chronic health conditions experienced …

   26 Oct 2017

  Professor Christine Nicol has been awarded a new Equine PhD studentship by the Horse Trust entitled  …

• RCVS VetCompass Equine Pandemic Project (Complete)

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious challenge for the customer-facing veterinary profession.  To ensure minimal disruption to essential veterinary services, new COVID-mitigated working protocols were quickly implemented, however, little is …

• Equine Veterinary Journal article selected as "most clinically relevant" for this month

  An article, involving an RVC researcher, has been selected by Equine Veterinary Journal as being one of the most clinically relevant to appear on EVJ's Early View section this month.  As a result, a synopsis of the article will be circulated to …

   19 Mar 2015

  An article, involving an RVC researcher, has been selected by Equine Veterinary Journal as being …

• Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing". Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) is a common condition of …

   24 Jan 2018

  Mr Edd Knowles (PhD student) has been awarded a Petplan Charitable Trust to work on "Equine …

• PhD studentship awarded to study the role of adiponectin in equine endocrinopathic laminitis

  

  Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow has been awarded a grant by WALTHAM/Mars Petcare UK to study ‘The role of adiponectin in equine endocrinopathic laminitis’. This project will form the basis of a PhD studentship co-supervised by Dr Menzies-Gow, Professor …

   19 May 2020

  Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow has been awarded a grant by WALTHAM/Mars Petcare UK to study ‘The role of …

• First published study from the RVC’s Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research explores the impact of farriery interventions on horses’ symmetry

  

  A peer-reviewed study, by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), which examines the effect of farriery interventions, in this case road nails, and demonstrates the impact on horses movement symmetry including weight bearing and propulsion has been published.

   27 Apr 2020

• Integrating genetics with functional genomics to dissect the aetiopathogenesis of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis

  

  A Warmblood, one of the types of horse predisposed to ER Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a syndrome involving painful, exercise induced episodes of muscle stiffness and acute myonecrosis which can result in renal failure and in severe …

   12 Apr 2023

  A Warmblood, one of the types of horse predisposed to ER

  Equine exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is …