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  Improving Lives of Older Cats – Geriatric Cat Clinic

  In 1992, the RVC’s Geriatric Cat Clinic (GCC) was established with the aim of researching the common conditions of older cats and to help with the care and medical management of the cats that attend the clinic. Since then, more than 4,000 cats have come to the research clinic.

• Students at RVC take part in first ever pilot inter-professional development initiative

  

  Veterinary and veterinary nursing students at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) took part in the first ever pilot event at the Hawkshead Campus exploring emotional intelligence within interprofessional teams, known as interPOD (inter-Professional …

   17 Feb 2020
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  Rabbit Vaccination Concerns

  Nadene Stapleton, Veterinary Surgeon (Exotics) at the Royal Veterinary College's Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital discusses the problem of animals not being vaccinated, incuding pet rabbits, which are at risk of a fatal infectious disease.

• French Bulldogs predisposed to catastrophic elbow fractures, according to RVC research

  

  Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to repair and in certain dog breeds can happen with minimal trauma, often when dogs are quite young. These fractures are painful and cannot be managed …

   29 May 2020

  Fractures of the elbow joint (humeral condyle fractures – see figure 1) can be challenging to …

• The RVC calls for vets to participate in survey to help shape the future of epilepsy research

  

  The Canine Epilepsy Research team at the (RVC is calling for general practice vets to participate in a vital survey being conducted on canine epilepsy therapies

   09 Jun 2020

  The Canine Epilepsy Research team at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is calling for general …

• Flat-faced dogs such as bulldogs, French bulldogs and pugs at increased risk of heat stroke

  

  Latest VetCompass research: Breeds with flat faces (brachycephalic) are at particular risk of developing heat stroke, the largest study of its kind suggests

   12 Jun 2020
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  RVC and Friends Help in the Battle Against Covid-19

  RVC practical help during the covid 19 crisis

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  Latest brachycephalic news for the Royal Veterinary College

• French Bulldogs and Bulldogs at high risk of "old dog syndrome"

  

  Aging dogs often show signs of Vestibular disease, often colloquially called “old dog syndrome”. Affected dogs typically show sudden loss of balance, collapsing, disorientation, head tilt and flickering of the eyes (nystagmus). These signs can be …

   11 Sep 2020
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  Introducing the Oncology Team

  Over the past centuries, decades – and even years – veterinary medicine has developed dramatically. Those who came before us commonly treated a great variety of animals, from budgies to cows. Nowadays, veterinarians tend to either treat small …