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• Novel VetCompass™ research takes the concept of Man's "Best Friend" to a new level

  

  Man's "Best Friend" just got even better   Dogs have long been called Man’s Best Friend, providing both companionship and work to their human owners. But VetCompass™ is now harnessing the power of Big Data Analyses from anonymised veterinary …

   27 Feb 2018
• Man’s Best Friend: Risk Factors for Canine Cancer (Complete)

  

  This study looked at risk factors for the major canine cancers, including environmental factors which may be markers for disease in co-habiting humans.

• RVC Pandemic Puppies team shares first newsletter detailing progress so far

  

  The AWF funded Pandemic Puppies survey aims to explore if and how the early lives of ‘pandemic puppies’ differed from those purchased the year before the pandemic. This research will identify any vulnerabilities to the health, behaviour, and welfare …

   05 Mar 2021

• RVC Pandemic Puppies team publishes first paper

  

  The AWF-funded Pandemic Puppies survey aims to explore if and how the early lives of ‘Pandemic Puppies’ differed from those purchased before the pandemic. This research will identify vulnerabilities to the health, behaviour, and welfare of this …

   10 Sep 2021

• RVC invites UK dog owners who acquired a puppy since January 2019 to take part in huge national study

  

  The ‘Pandemic Puppies’ study will explore how the Covid-19 lockdown has affected puppy buying in the UK

   10 Nov 2020

• Clinical benchmarking

  VetCompass enables detailed review of clinical activities across the breadth of clinics in the UK that have provided useful clinical benchmarking data

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• RVC scientists support expansion of UFAW Genetic Welfare Problems website

  

  Over the last year, a partnership between UFAW and VetCompass scientists at the Royal Veterinary College has expanded an independent online resource to provide information on genetic health conditions affecting dogs, cats and other companion …

   18 Mar 2016

• Vet students visit Crufts 2016

  

  Crufts is the world's largest dog show, celebrating its 125th year in 2016. Over 22,000 dogs competed to be crowned Best In Show. In the end, this title went to a West Highland White Terrier called Geordie Girl, the first time this breed has won …

   22 Mar 2016

• DBRG supported by VetCompass™ wins Ceva ‘Charitable Team of the Year’ Award

  

  The Dog Breeding Reform Group (DBRG) is a group of like-minded individuals and organisations who work together to improve the welfare of breeding dogs and their puppies in the UK. DBRG has been supported for several years by VetCompass™ and by Dr …

   10 Apr 2018