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• New RVC study identifies cancers as health priority in Boxer dogs

  

  In the largest ever study of Boxer dogs using veterinary records, researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have identified the most common health disorders in the breed in the UK Photo Credit: Emily Stretch Research from the Royal …

   01 Jun 2023
• Fact File

  Information sheet for vets: Therapeutic plasma exchange

  Therapeutic plasma exchange are extracorporeal therapies which fall under the broader category of therapeutics called apheresis which means ‘to take away’

• Case Study

  Open heart surgery to treat a stenotic tricuspid valve

  Pioneering open heart surgery saving dogs lives

• Antimicrobial usage in farm animal practices in the UK: A mixed-methods approach

  

  A new study at the Royal Veterinary College reported the frequency and risk factors for using highest priority critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) in farm animals in the UK. This study aimed to evaluate the overall usage of antibiotics and …

   26 May 2023

• New emergency referral – Queen Mother Hospital

  What to do if your pet has been referred by your own vet to the RVC specialist referral service

• MRes - Assisted Reproductive Technology for expediting canine Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) translational research

  Details of a partially funded MRes project supervised by Dr Ali Fouladi-Nashta and Professor Richard Piercy - currently open for applications!

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• MRes - Derivation of corneal keratocytes from canine induced pluripotent stem cells

  Supervisors: Dr Christiane Kafarnik, Dr Clara de Pascale and Dr Debbie Guest  Department: Clinical Science and Services Project Details The cornea is an optically clear tissue permitting light transmission into the eye. Transparency of the …

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• MRes - Determining the involvement of novel genes in bone fracture risk in Thoroughbred horses

  Details of a partially funded MRes project supervised by Dr Debbie Guest and Dr Esther Palomino Lago - currently open for applications!

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• MRes - Does the NRAP H100Q variant affect heart development and activity?

  Supervisors: Dr Claire Russell, Dr Caroline Pellet-Many and Dr Denis Larkin Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details This project aims to investigate the developmental changes of the heart in zebrafish when the Nebulin …

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• MRes How does tuberculosis disseminate out of the lungs to cause extra-pulmonary disease?

  Supervisors: Dr Sharon Kendall (RVC) and Professor Brendan Wren (LSHTM) Department: Pathobiology and Population Sciences Project Details Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating bacterial disease that impacts both human and animal populations. …

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