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• The UK’s largest ever feline dental disease study identifies age and breed as biggest risk factors

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shed light on the frequency, risk factors and linked health problems associated with periodontal disease in pet cats in the UK. These findings will help veterinary practitioners and owners …

   16 Mar 2023

• RVC encourages blood donors to come forward

  

  The RVC has the busiest animal hospital blood donor programme in Europe and is encouraging more donors to come forward.

   14 Jun 2017

  Most people understand the role blood donors can have in saving human life. Unbeknown to many …

• Cavalier King Charles Spaniels playing air guitar can be sign of serious disease

  

  VetCompass study published in the Veterinary Record highlights for the first time the frequency and severity of syringomyelia seen in general practice in the UK

   20 Sep 2016

• New RVC research reveals antibiotics offer no benefit in treating dogs with diarrhoea

  

  A new VetCompass study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has revealed that veterinary prescription of antibiotics at first presentation of uncomplicated diarrhoea in dogs causes no difference in clinical resolution of these cases. The study …

   04 Oct 2023

• Animal Health Certificate

  Taking your pet to the European Union and the Animal Health Certificate

• Kennel cough

  What is kennel cough? Kennel cough is the common name given to canine infectious tracheobronchitis – a respiratory infection common in dogs. It got it’s name as it spreads easily between dogs and is often a problem in boarding and rescue kennels …
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  Prudent Antibiotic Use and Effective Infection Control

  Every year we treat patients at the RVC that are referred with multi-drug resistant infections and this poses a constant challenge to the way that we manage and care for such patients.
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  A new era for feline transfusion medicine

  The RVC has pioneered a new blood collection system for cats which minimises the risk of bacterial contamination of the blood product.
• Fact File

  Encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits

  E. cuniculi is a pathogen that primarily affects the nervous system and kidneys of rabbits

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  Cardiac Research Clinic Hits a Recruitment Milestone

  This year, researchers at the RVC’s Mitral Valve Clinic (MVC) were excited to recruit their 500th patient. Whilst there are a number of diseases that affect the canine heart, degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is by far the most common. The …