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• RVC celebrates milestone with 500th stored feline blood donation

  

  This month, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) celebrated a milestone as the Blood Donor team collected its 500th stored feline blood donation. Donated by Malcolm, a nine-year-old rescued domestic shorthair cat, the day before World Blood Donor Day, this collection marked his ninth donation, which created a unit of stored feline packed red blood cells and a unit of stored feline fresh frozen plasma.

   04 Jul 2023

  This month, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) celebrated a milestone as the Blood Donor team …

• RVC breakthrough reveals the molecular mechanisms that underlie a form of ‘tying up’ in horses

  

  Breakthrough at Royal Veterinary College as researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses

   03 Nov 2016

• New study highlights impact of elastic resistance band training for horses

  

  Use of these bands on horses shown to prevent injuries as well as overcome them

   26 May 2017

• What role do horse blood donors play at the RVC?

  

  The RVC keeps four horse blood donors who perform a vital role donating blood and plasma each month

   14 Jun 2017

• Sensor technology allows experts to enhance understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

  

  Sensor technology is allowing experts from the RVC and Animal Health Trust to enhance their understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

   28 Jun 2017

• Should we redefine equine lameness in the era of quantitative gait analysis?

  

  International team of researchers have strongly advised on the need to discriminate clearly between “asymmetry” and “lameness”

   05 Sep 2017

• Weight gain more than doubles the risk of laminitis in horses and ponies

  

  Horses and ponies that gain weight are more than twice as likely to develop laminitis than if they lose or maintain their weight, new research has found.

   27 Mar 2019

• RVC hospitals shine in new Practice Standards Scheme

  

  The Royal Veterinary College’s Equine and Small Animal Referral Hospitals are among the first in the UK to be assessed under the new Practice Standards Scheme (PSS) Awards, and have been designated as ‘Outstanding’ in all categories assessed to date.

   16 Aug 2016

• New dog-fighting research: The reasons why vets under-report cases in the UK

  

  Nearly 15% of veterinary professionals suspected that they had treated at least one dog that was engaged in illegal dog fighting in 2015

   25 Oct 2018

  New pioneering research suggests that nearly 15% of veterinary professionals suspected that they …

• New study highlights perceptions of the use of NSAIDs for post-disbudding analgesia of calves

  

  Study looks at the attitudes of farmers and vets on pain perception and pain management methods for disbudding

   18 Sep 2017

  A new study examining cattle farmers’ and veterinarians’ opinions of pain-induced distress …