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• RVC Lecturer awarded BVA Animal Welfare Foundation research grant to study the COVID ‘Pandemic Puppy’ phenomenon in the UK

  

   Dr Rowena Packer has been awarded a research grant from the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation. These grants are available to experienced researchers for short, desk-based research projects on high priority issues in animal welfare. Rowena, Lecturer in …

   13 Aug 2020

   Dr Rowena Packer has been awarded a research grant from the BVA Animal Welfare Foundation. These …

• World’s smallest dogs prone to health problems despite rising popularity, according to latest RVC research

  

  Ownership of the Chihuahua, the world’s smallest dog breed, is rising sharply. Yet, according to the largest ever study of Chihuahuas treated in first opinion veterinary practices, the breed is particularly prone to dental disease, obesity, and …

   12 Feb 2020

• MRes - Assisted Reproductive Technology for expediting canine Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) translational research

  Details of a partially funded MRes project supervised by Dr Ali Fouladi-Nashta and Professor Richard Piercy - currently open for applications!

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• New Society for Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research Scholarship awarded to Dr Lisa Thurston

  

  Dr Lisa M Thurston has been awarded a Society of Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research Scholarship to work on the following project: Investigating the role of extracellular vesicles in gamete-oviductal cell communication in the female …

   12 Mar 2018

  Dr Lisa M Thurston has been awarded a Society of Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research …

• ABWE Students represent RVC at BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Research conference

  

   4 of our BSc and Masters students represented the RVC at the 20th BIAZA research conference at Paignton Zoo - 9th-11th July. A great opportunity to display their work on some very interesting and worthy questions:   Mitali Sharma,  gave a …

   03 Aug 2018

   4 of our BSc and Masters students represented the RVC at the 20th BIAZA research conference at …

• New research from the RVC reveals differing views on improving UK broiler (meat) chicken welfare

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found economic costs, environmental impacts, and misalignment between consumer purchasing and understanding are key reasons for the limited shift of UK chicken meat production to higher …

   28 Apr 2025

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found economic costs, environmental …

• New research explores diagnoses associated with ionised hypercalcaemia in cats and the prevalence of concurrent urolithiasis

  

  A new study from the Royal Veterinary College explores the diagnoses associated with ionised hypercalcaemia in cats and the prevalence of concurrent urolithiasis. High ionised calcium concentrations can occur for numerous reasons. Previous, often …

   09 Feb 2023

• Lifelong learning

  RVC Alumni benefits and services - discounts on CPD and postgraduate course fees, access to RVC Library services and RVC Learn

• Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education Internship (V-PACE)

  The RVC's small animal Internships are a first class, world-renowned training programme for veterinary surgeons who wish to expand their knowledge and experience in all aspects of small animal practice

• Zoo Health Management

  A first class, world-renowned training programmes for veterinary specialisation, designed for qualified veterinary graduates who wish to specialise in the health and welfare of captive wild animals or ecosystem health and wildlife population medicine