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Pioneering RVC research identifies a key reason for equine pregnancy loss
Research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has demonstrated that a chromosomal defect is the reason why a significant proportion of horse pregnancies fail within the first two months of development. This will pave the way for new diagnostic … -
RVC graduate announced as finalist for the 2021 BETA Equine Thesis of the Year Award
Recent BVetMed graduate, Sophie Avery from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been shortlisted as one of four finalists for the BETA Equine Thesis of the Year Award. -
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Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
A cervical nerve transplantation technique developed by Justin Perkins, Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the RVC, has shown promising results as a method of reinnervation of the larynx for horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy -
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Keeping One Step Ahead Through Advanced RVN Education
The RVC recently celebrated the tenth intake of students to the Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing. Since its inception, 132 Registered Veterinary Nurses have completed this unique distance learning course. It is designed to enhance RVNs’ knowledge bases, skills and motivation. -
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Canine Pericardial Effusion Biobank for Diagnostic Advancements
The RVC is compiling a biobank of fluids removed from around the heart, enabling pioneering research aimed at developing new diagnostic tests to help dogs at the RVC and beyond. It appears to be the first such biobank of pericardial effusion (PE) … -
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3D Printed Calf Head Model to Assess Dispersal of Intranasal Vaccine
Intranasal vaccination is an increasingly used practice in humans, as well as farmed species. Pioneering research at the RVC studied the dispersal of intranasal vaccine in calves. -
Veterinary Cardiology
The RVC veterinary cardiology service handles specialist clinical cardiac referrals in dogs, cats and other small animals with congenital and acquired cardiac conditions -
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World-First Surgery Combination Saves Puppy
The RVC’s cardiothoracic surgery team has carried out tricuspid valve repair surgery along with repair of the common atrium of an 11-month-old Labrador puppy. It is the first time these procedures have been carried out on a dog in the same operation. … -
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A European first at the RVC
A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) team is the first in Europe to save a dog with the life-threatening condition tricuspid valve dysplasia with open heart valve repair surgery. -
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Farm Animal Post Mortems
At the RVC, we have a long-established Farm Animal Pathology and Diagnostics (FAPD) Service and represent an expert post mortem examination provider for the government’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).