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• Factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems

  

  Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems. Hens at a laying farm. Photo credit Kate Norman The UK’s large food retailers will stop …

   25 Nov 2019

  Kate Norman has been awarded a grant by BBSRC/Animal Welfare Research Network to study factors …

• An Open Letter from Professor Stuart Reid, RVC Principal

  

  It is with a rather heavy heart that I pen this note to a rather wider readership than I might have anticipated. The contents of this letter relate to the recent publication and promotion of a “naked calendar” produced by my final year veterinary …

   08 Nov 2019

• Veterinary institutions come together and commit to evidence-based veterinary medicine

  

  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 …

   20 Nov 2019

• New more accurate technique discovered for understanding joint behaviour in world’s most common musculoskeletal condition

  

  A new technique that can determine joint behaviour in health and in conditions such as osteoarthritis with more accuracy than ever before has been created by researchers. A broad coalition of life and physical scientists from the Royal Veterinary …

   25 Nov 2019

  A new technique that can determine joint behaviour in health and in conditions such as …

• Light up our Memory Tree this Christmas

  

  This Christmas, help us light up our Memory Tree and support the RVC hospitals that are preparing to stay open and welcome the many critically ill pets that will continue to need our vital support over the holidays.

   04 Dec 2019

  As we approach Christmas, the RVC’s hospitals are preparing to stay open and welcome the many …

• Angela Holder (early career researcher) awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student

  

  Dr Angela Holder was awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student over summer 2019.  This was for an 8 week placement that was aimed at undergraduate students from universities where the numbers of students that go on to do PhDs is low.   The …

   04 Dec 2019

  Dr Angela Holder was awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student over summer 2019.  This was …

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  Critical Care Case One Year On

  A 15-year-old German long-haired pointer that presented with septic shock and was found to have pyothorax made a good recovery and has enjoyed more than a year of life since being treated and cared for at RVC Small Animal Referrals.
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  An Update on the RVC LifeTIME Epilepsy Clinical Trial

  Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological brain disease encountered in first opinion practice for pet dogs. Diet is increasingly recognised as having an impact upon the seizure activity and behaviour in dogs with epilepsy. Our LifeTIME (Long- …
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  The RVC’s Diabetes Research Journey

  Lucy Davison, Professor of Veterinary Clinical Genetics and MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow, reflects on the contributions of RVC research to the care of diabetic pets, including several important milestones, and looks to the future. Vets, nurses …
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  Cardiac Research Clinic Hits a Recruitment Milestone

  This year, researchers at the RVC’s Mitral Valve Clinic (MVC) were excited to recruit their 500th patient. Whilst there are a number of diseases that affect the canine heart, degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is by far the most common. The …