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TV presenter Liz Bonnin amongst list of honorary degrees awarded by the Royal Veterinary College
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has awarded honorary degrees to three outstanding individuals; TV presenter and alumnus Liz Bonnin, Professor Alan McNeilly and Bruce Vivash Jones. -
Royal Veterinary College Council announces new Chairman
The RVC has announced that Baroness Young of Old Scone has been appointed as its new Chairman of Council, taking over from Lord Curry of Kirkharle, who stands down at the end of July 2019. -
Royal Veterinary College-led bid to promote scientific collaboration secures Government funding
The successful bid, prepared on behalf of London’s Knowledge Quarter, is to conduct an audit of science and innovation strengths in the geographical area which includes the RVC’s Camden Campus and the RVC’s business incubator, the London BioScience Innovation Centre. -
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Blood Donor Cat Saved by Own Donation
Karen Humm, Associate Professor in Transfusion Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care, Charlotte Russo, Head Transfusion Medicine RVN A cat, whose donations had previously helped numerous RVC patients, helped to save his own life when he was … -
Royal Veterinary College announces new Chair
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has announced that the Rt. Hon. Professor the Lord Kakkar KG, KBE, PC has been appointed as the new Chair of its Council, to succeed the current Chair Baroness Young of Old Scone who will stand down from her role … -
New NERC grant: Saiga antelope mortality in Kazakhstan 2015: emergency investigation of disease outbreak to improve knowledge of drivers
Professor Richard Kock has received a grant from Natural Environment Research Council for the following study: "Saiga antelope mortality in Kazakhstan 2015: emergency investigation of disease outbreak to improve knowledge of drivers" Between 10th …Professor Richard Kock has received a grant from Natural Environment Research Council for the …
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Welfare crisis looms for flat faced dog breeds commonly used in advertising
Organisations with an interest in dog welfare have penned an open letter asking companies to stop using ‘flat faced’ (brachycephalic) dogs to sell products. The Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG), made up of the veterinary profession, national animal welfare organisations, scientists, and dog breed clubs are calling for companies to stop using flat faced dog breeds, such as Pugs, Bulldogs and French Bulldogs, to endorse and sell products. Soaring demand for these breeds, fuelled by their prominence in advertising and marketing campaigns, is creating a health and welfare crisis. -
Veterinary institutions come together and commit to evidence-based veterinary medicine
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In a first for the profession, 15 of the major UK member organisations, vet schools and policy-making bodies – including the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) – have today come together to affirm their commitment to veterinary medicine based on sound … -
Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows
An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a bus (8 metres) had unique specialisations to help it move, a new study shows. The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson joined … -
Initiatives to control and eliminate parasitic disease are reaching targets earlier than projected
Data, analysed by researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control programmes, identified that the majority of initiatives acrosssub-Saharan Africa and Yemen have reached the disease-control target by two treatment rounds or lessNew data, analysed by a group of leading researchers, from nine national schistosomiasis control …