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• BVD eradication project

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the cattle herd in Wales.   Bovine Viral Diarrhoea is an important immunosuppressive disease of cattle and is an underlying problem on many cattle farms …

   08 Aug 2017

  The RVC will be providing technical direction to an industry lead project to eradicate BVD from the …

• Mathematical Modelling of Novel Macrofilaricidal Drugs for River Blindness: from Patients to Populations

  

  Dr Martin Walker is involved in a collaborative project involving the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Royal Veterinary College and Imperial College London.   Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a disabling neglected tropical disease …

   18 Dec 2017

  Dr Martin Walker is involved in a collaborative project involving the Drugs for Neglected Diseases …

• VetCompass™ reveals the secrets of the Border Terrier in England

  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively healthy and hardy breed. A new VetCompass™ has explored these beliefs using anonymised clinical data from hundreds of veterinary clinics in England. These …

   03 Jan 2018

  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively …

• VetCompass reveals the secrets of Border Terriers in England

  

  Secrets of the Border Terrier revealed  The Border Terrier is a working terrier type that is generally considered to be a relatively healthy and hardy breed.   A new VetCompass™ study has explored these beliefs using anonymised clinical data from …

   04 Dec 2017

• ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK Grant to work on the following project: "ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds". Poultry …

   18 Jan 2018

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK …

• PhD student awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers

  

  Congratulations to Stefano Catalano who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers at last week's Veterinary Research Club meeting for his abstract presentation that focussed on the role of rodents in the …

   30 Apr 2018

  Congratulations to Stefano Catalano who has been awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial …

• New GplusE video

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling) have been involved in an European Union FP7 funded project, entitled “GplusE”: Genotype and Environment contributing to the sustainability of dairy …

   05 Oct 2018

  For the past three years, researchers at the RVC (led by Prof Claire Wathes, and Prof Dirk Werling)  …

• RVC VetCompass™ Programme now also benefitting US dog welfare

  

  The RVC VetCompass Programme shares anonymised veterinary clinical data covering millions of dogs in the UK. These data have been extensively researched leading to 48 peer-reviewed publications to date that are fundamentally changing how …

   07 Feb 2019

• VetCompass study examines the association between neutering and idiopathic epilepsy in Labradors and Border collies

  

  There is sparse published scientific data on the associations between neutering and the severity and survival of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy. This study used VetCompass™ data on 117 Labrador retrievers and 57 Border collies, diagnosed with …

   19 Aug 2019

• The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

  

  The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens

   08 Nov 2019

  Increasing global demand for poultry and the expansion of poultry farming has resulted in an …