As part of our commitment to the concordat on openness on the use of animals in research, here are some short articles explaining how and why we use animals in research at the RVC.

Cats

• Acromegaly in Cats
• Diabetic Remission Clinic
• Ragdoll cats study
• A study to establish canine and feline 95% reference intervals for the QMHA Radiometer ABL800 FLEX machines
• Oesophageal feeding tube placement study: using cats and dogs

Dogs

• Dogs and Research at the RVC
• Canine Epilepsy Research
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Nausea Research and Dogs

Guinea Pigs

• Developing a treatment for foetal growth restriction

Horses

• Gait Analysis
• Stem Cell Based Treatments
• Summary of Recent Laminitis Research at the RVC
• Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
• Immunobiology of fertility in mares

Mice

• The Regulation of Soft Tissue and Skeletal Calcification
• Muscular dystrophy research using the mdx mouse
• FSTL3: A Crucial Regulator of Sertoli Cell Proliferation
• Mechanical loading and Genetic susceptibility to Osteoarthritis

Sheep

• Sheep models for regenerative medicine

Zebrafish

• How to grow new blood vessels: the zebrafish as a model to study angiogenesis in development and regeneration
• Use of zebrafish to increase our understanding of diseases