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CKCS health controversy: Daily Mail interviews Dan O'Neill
In this article, published on 14 January 2015, Daily Mail journalist Neil Tweedie highlights the concerns and controversy surrounding health and welfare issues in the ever popular Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. VetCompass team member Dan O’Neill … -
Graduation day for Dr Emma Buckland
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Congratulations to Dr Emma Buckland who graduated on 15th July 2015! Emma’s PhD research was conducted in the RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics research group, and was focused on the identification of valid indicators of emotion in pet dogs, … -
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Highlights of the 1st International Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine Conference
Evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM) in the UK took a giant step forward with the First International EBVM Network Conference on October 23-24, 2014. The meeting was organised by RCVS Knowledge and was a huge success, with 250 delegates being … -
VetCompass at the 2017 UFAW International Symposium
Dr. Jen Summers was fortunate to represent VetCompass at the recent annual meeting of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), which asked “Measuring animal welfare and applying scientific advances - Why is it still so difficult?”. … -
VetCompass osteosarcoma research appears in this month's Northern Ireland Veterinary Today
Osteosarcoma is a painful and aggressive bone tumour in dogs that is known to be more common in certain breeds than others. New research has now confirmed that larger breeds, such as Rottweiler, Great Dane and Rhodesian Ridgeback, have a greater … -
Discover Dogs 2015 event!
In October 2015 the ExCel centre in London was home to another successful Discover Dogs event, organised by the UK Kennel Club. At this popular annual exhibition visitors can meet dogs from over 200 different breeds and types, and have … -
Explore VetCompass findings on UK cats!
We have just released new additions to the growing collection of interactive data displays (‘infographics’) available on the VetCompass website! These visual tools provide handy summaries of demographic information & disease prevalence estimates … -
Latest VetCompass research will be presented at BSAVA
Interested in clinical research relevant to the first-opinion practitioner? Then come and hear the latest findings from the VetCompass programme at BSAVA Congress, this April. We hope to see you there. VetCompass Clinical Research Abstracts … -
Crufts welcomes 800 vet students
The Kennel Club recently sponsored 800 veterinary students from universities across the UK to visit Crufts 2015, which ran from the 5th to the 8th of March in Birmingham. The purpose was to familiarise the students with pedigree dogs and some …