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• Wellcome Image Awards

  

  The story behind the 2015 overall award winner - a project bring new perspectives to a selection of anatomy specimens at the RVC

   26 Jun 2015

• PhD student wins second prize in poster competition at the OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction

  

  Congratulations to Peter Holloway, PhD student, who won 2nd prize in a poster competition at the OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction, which recently took place in Paris.   Peter's poster focused on the current twinning initiative …

   07 Jul 2015

  Congratulations to Peter Holloway, PhD student, who won 2nd prize in a poster competition at the …

• Secretary Birds can kick a snake to death in the blink of an eye

  

  Scientists from The Royal Veterinary College and Royal Holloway, University of London, have discovered the remarkable force and speed generated by the snake-hunting Secretary Bird. The team, including Dr Monica Daley from the Structure and Motion …

   26 Jan 2016

• Do owls have superpowers?

  

  Dr Jim Usherwood features on the BBC Two wildlife series Natural World, exploring "Super Powered Owls". Dr Usherwood, a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the RVC, investigates the mechanics of terrestrial and aerial locomotion. He appears …

   13 Mar 2015

• MSci student successful at International Conference

  

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career Forum at ENDO 2017  in Florida in April (the world’s largest event for presenting and obtaining the latest in endocrine science and medicine).   This …

   06 Feb 2017

  Jacob Regan (MSci student) has been successful in applying for a place to attend the Early Career …

• VetCompass-like system captures animal health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand

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  Researchers have completed a 4-week pilot project designed to determine the feasibility of leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. A prototype surveillance system, similar to that used …

   09 Jan 2017

  Researchers have completed a 4-week pilot project designed to determine the feasibility of …

• 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

• Postgraduate Study

  Everything you need to know about joining the RVC's vibrant and growing postgraduate community

• Commendation from the Royal Society of Biology

  

  Natalie Chancellor, AWSE's Research Technician now Assistant Scientist received a glowing letter of commendation after being put forward by colleagues for the Royal Society of Biology’s HE Bioscience Technician of the Year Award.  The award 'seeks …

   20 Mar 2018

  Natalie Chancellor, AWSE's Research Technician now Assistant Scientist received a glowing letter of …

• New BBSRC grant awarded: Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle

  On any given day, lameness affects about one in three milking cows in the UK, and lameness in general is considered as one of the top 3 reasons for early replacement of cows. Lameness is therefore not only a serious direct animal welfare issue, …

   18 Dec 2018

  On any given day, lameness affects about one in three milking cows in the UK, and lameness in …