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• New RVC-led research assesses success of electroacupuncture in treating equine TMHS

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found electroacupuncture has good success in treating equine trigeminal nerve-mediated headshaking (TMHS), with nearly two-thirds of horses showing improvement after treatment. TMHS is a …

   17 Mar 2025

• Wellcome Trust CVRT Vacation Award

  Student describes his experience after being awarded a CVRT Vacation award.

   24 Oct 2014

  RVC student, Luca Fortuna, BVetMed student), was awarded a Wellcome Trust CVRT vacation award this …

• RVC at the Great British Bioscience Festival - event attracts and inspires thousands

  

  A team from the Royal Veterinary College entertained, educated and inspired thousands of visitors at the Great British Bioscience Festival, a free event held in East London.

   03 Dec 2014

• Attendance Expectations and Monitoring Process

  US Federal Loan Attendance Expectations and Monitoring Process  As a US Federal Loan recipient you must maintain a minimum 50% attendance level. If you fail to do so without good reason (and approval by RVC) and/or miss an attendance monitoring …

• Hyperthyroidism and neutering; is there a link?

  

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting almost 10% of cats over 9 years, but this disease was not commonly recognised until the 1980s. The reasons for the emergence of hyperthyroidism are …

   19 Dec 2017

  Hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland) is now a very common in geriatric cats, affecting …

• Fact File

  Having a visually impaired pet

  After a period of adjustment our visually impaired pets usually cope very well

• Article

  Corneal Cross-Linking Capacity

  The RVC’s Ophthalmology Service now offers corneal cross-linking (CXL), which is a cost-effective alternative to surgical treatment and can allow the cornea to heal more naturally

• Serum from blood donations saving the vision of cats and dogs

  

  Blood donations from the superhero cats and dogs at the RVC are used for transfusions for critically ill pets. Blood products are not just used for transfusions however, they are also used in ophthalmology – treatment of eye disorders and diseases

   16 Jun 2020

  Blood donations from the superhero cats and dogs at the RVC are used for transfusions for …

• RVC receives MRC funding to generate zebrafish models of Batten Disease

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing blindness, seizures, and motor and cognitive decline, and is the most common form of dementia in children. Our recent publication(1) using the yeast …

   11 Aug 2021

  Batten disease is a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that affects children, causing …

• The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group - Autoimmune encephalitis in cats and humans

  In the past ~15 years, it is increasingly recognised that a number of neuronal cell surface proteins can be targets for pathogenic autoantibodies. These autoantibodies bind to their target in vivo and disrupt normal brain functioning, causing …