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• How to prepare your small mammal/exotic pet for procedures

  Rabbits and Rodents Rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, degus, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, chipmunks and prairie dogs do not need to be starved before anaesthesia so please keep feeding your pet’s normal diet right up until you bring them in for …

• Project Knowledge Hub

  Welcome to the Project Knowledge Hub Open resources from VetCompass projects Standard bodyweights are an essential component of calculations that summarise many population-level measures in companion animals. Data were obtained from the …

• The simple truth behind sheepdog behaviour

  

  Sheepdogs use two simple "driving" and "collecting" rules to herd sheep. This knowledge could be used to design herding robots used for herding livestock, cleaning up the environment, and crowd control.

   04 Sep 2014

• Dinosaur Dissection

  

  Professor John Hutchinson, of the Structure and Motion Laboratory, is featured as a principal scientific consultant on a new documentary for the National Geographic Channel "T. rex Autopsy". The show is the first of its kind and features the 12 …

   08 Jun 2015

• VetCompass at the first international Canine Behaviour & Genetics meeting

  

  The implications of consistently producing or selecting dogs which are not appropriately 'fit for function' both mentally and physically are manifold, with detrimental effects on canine welfare, economic investments and the integrity of the human- …

   14 Jul 2015

• RVC at the UFAW Scholars conference

  

  Congratulations to the RVC recipients of Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Animal Welfare and Humane Slaughter Association student scholarships 2015 who presented their research at the UFAW Scholars conference yesterday at Writtle College …

   18 Dec 2015

  Congratulations to the RVC recipients of Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Animal Welfare …

• RVC Professor Renate Weller new BEVA Junior Vice President

  

  The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has elected Renate Weller, Professor of Comparative Imaging and Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), as Junior Vice President of the Association. Professor Renate Weller Three new …

   23 Sep 2016

• Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust for "Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach". Canine diabetes mellitus affects around 1 in 300 …

   20 Nov 2017

  Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust …

• International Canine Health Postgraduate Student Inspiration award

  

  Congratulations to Alice Denyer, who has won the Kennel Club's International Canine Health Postgraduate Student Inspiration award to help further her research into the genetic differences between individual dog breeds that are susceptible to …

   25 May 2018

  Congratulations to Alice Denyer, who has won the Kennel Club's International Canine Health …

• French Bulldogs: VetCompass™ reveals top health problems

  

  The top health issues in French Bulldogs have been revealed as a result of Britain’s largest ever study into the breed, conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and supported by the Kennel Club Charitable Trust. The study found that French …

   04 May 2018

  The top health issues in French Bulldogs have been revealed as a result of Britain’s largest ever …