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• Conference Posters

  Conference posters based on VetCompass data

• 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 …
• Article

  The RVC’s Diabetes Research Journey

  Lucy Davison, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Genetics and MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, reflects on the contributions of RVC research to the care of diabetic pets, including several important milestones, and looks to the future. Vets, nurses …

• Published papers

  Research in relation to brachycephalic health issues from the RVC's interdisciplinary research team

• Highlights of the 1st International Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine Conference

  

  Evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM)  in the UK took a giant step forward with the First International EBVM Network Conference on October 23-24, 2014. The meeting was organised by RCVS Knowledge and was a huge success, with 250 delegates being …

   11 Nov 2014

• Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers at last week's Veterinary Research Club meeting for her abstract presentation that focussed on the permeation of canine …

   28 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to Sian-Marie Clark who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial …

• VetCompass at the 2017 UFAW International Symposium

  

  Dr. Jen Summers was fortunate to represent VetCompass at the recent annual meeting of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), which asked “Measuring animal welfare and applying scientific advances - Why is it still so difficult?”.   …

   12 Jul 2017

• Published papers - orthopaedics

  Specifically in relation to brachycephalic health, previous work within VetCompass at the RVC has investigated demographic and disease patterns

• VetCompass osteosarcoma research appears in this month's Northern Ireland Veterinary Today

  

  Osteosarcoma is a painful and aggressive bone tumour in dogs that is known to be more common in certain breeds than others. New research has now confirmed that larger breeds, such as Rottweiler, Great Dane and Rhodesian Ridgeback, have a greater …

   01 Apr 2021