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  • VetCompass featured on TV

      VetCompass was featured in a TV show this week! ‘A Shoppers Guide to Saving Money - Pets and Printer Ink’ was aired on Channel 4 at 8.30pm Monday November 8th 2015. Team member, Dr Dan O’Neill talked about a recent VetCompass study  …
     10 Nov 2015
  • During the past decade, education campaigns from major animal welfare and veterinary organisations warning of the health consequences of these body shapes have not resulted in the desired reduction in popularity of these high-risk breeds, and indeed some breeds such as the French bulldog have paradoxically increased in numbers in the face of strong messaging.

    Understanding brachycephalic ownership

    It has become increasingly clear that understanding the motivations and desires of both current and prospective brachycephalic dog owners is key to devising more targeted human behaviour change interventions in the future. To date, RVC work in this area has uncovered a number of key findings.

  • 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.

  • Sir David Attenborough

    John Hutchinson and Research Fellow, Ashley Heers met and chatted with famous TV nature documentary presenter Sir David Attenborough when they brought their fossil cast of the feathered dinosaur Microraptor for Sir David to film with for a special …
     01 Jun 2014

  • Open Access data

    User Information for Application of VetCompass Open Access data

  • Do owls have superpowers?

    Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …
     13 Mar 2015

  • Dinosaur Dissection

    Professor John Hutchinson, of the Structure and Motion Laboratory, is featured as a principal scientific consultant on a new documentary for the National Geographic Channel "T. rex Autopsy". The show is the first of its kind and features the 12 …
     08 Jun 2015

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