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  Responsible Antimicrobial Use in Horses

  Bettina Dunkel, Head of RVC Equine     Many diseases in horses are associated with bacterial infection. Unfortunately, viral or fungal infection, bacterial toxins, tissue damage or neoplasia also cause systemic inflammation and clinical signs are …
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  Osteoarthritis In Horses – Is There a New Option?

  Roger K.W. Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics The RVC Equine Referral Hospital had a world-first 20 years ago, when it cultured mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow of a horse suffering from an overstrain injury of its superficial …

• New study shows majority of injuries in thoroughbred flat racing are minor

  

  RVC study show that 70 percent of injuries recorded among thoroughbred flat racing horses on race-day were minor and not career-ending.

   25 Oct 2016

• Trot-up and Arena

  RVC Equine’s custom-built exercise area provides optimum facilities for our team of specialists to accurately assess each horse’s gait on different surfaces and at different paces, moving in a straight line and in circles.

• Mare and Foal

  RVC Equine has a dedicated area for mares and foals, with two large quiet boxes, both of which access our neonatal foal intensive care unit where critically sick foals, for example with septicaemia, receive round-the-clock continuous care.
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  The Distinctiveness of Colic in Ponies

  Ponies and miniature breeds are much more prone to development of hyperlipaemia secondary to disease and a negative energy balance. Many clinicians also feel that treatment of hyperlipaemia in ponies and miniature breeds is more difficult compared to horses, with animals not infrequently succumbing to the condition.

• Exports

  Vets are the RVC's Equine Practice are Official Veterinarians and, as such, can complete health certificates prior to equine export and are happy to advise on the processes involved.

• Diagnostic Laboratories

  The outstanding diagnostic laboratory facilities on the RVC's Hawkshead campus provide a range of world-class diagnostic pathology services ensuring best practice.

• The RVC to develop ground-breaking tool that assesses quality of life for horses and ponies with common hormone disorder

  

  The RVC to develop ground-breaking tool that assesses quality of life for horses and ponies with common hormone disorder

   24 Aug 2022

• RVC breakthrough reveals the molecular mechanisms that underlie a form of ‘tying up’ in horses

  

  Breakthrough at Royal Veterinary College as researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses

   03 Nov 2016