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• Focus
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    • Viraemic pigs entering the food chain are the most likely source of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in pork meat: Modelling the fate of HEV during slaughtering of pigs
    • The risk of introducing SARS-CoV-2 to the UK via international travel in August 2020
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    • Wild boar in a human-dominated landscape: implications for disease transmission
    • 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiologists and Economists (ISVEE16)
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    • Applying machine learning to animal health
    • World Organisation for Animal Health: New insights into disease control published by the RVC’s and APHA’s Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis and Modelling
    • Highlights of the Collaborating Centre’s 2022 activities
    • Training workshop on Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Management and Simulation Exercises in Abu Dhabi
    • New research published on eradication methods for Peste des petits ruminants virus
    • Kappa-Flu: a collaborative project to characterise avian influenza viruses in wild birds
    • Sharing knowledge on risk analysis, modelling and epidemiology at the SVEPM 2024 conference
    • What are the disease risks in wildlife trade?
    • WOAH Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis & Modelling visits the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale with the Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • New Insight: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Animal Health Risk Assessment
    • A small animal health notification system launched in Great Britain
    • Quantitative risk assessment for infectious disease introduction in animal populations: a comprehensive review
• The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group
  • The International Feline Encephalitis Study Group - The seizuring cat
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• Animals in Research
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    • Use of zebrafish to increase our understanding of diseases
    • A study to establish canine and feline 95% reference intervals for the QMHA Radiometer ABL800 FLEX machines
    • Oesophageal feeding tube placement study
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    • Canine Epilepsy Research
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    • Developing a treatment for foetal growth restriction
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    • Stem cell based treatments
    • Summary of Recent Laminitis Research at the RVC
    • Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
    • Immunobiology of fertility in mares
    • 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 models for regenerative medicine
    • How to grow new blood vessels: the zebrafish as a model to study angiogenesis in development and regeneration
    • Acromegaly in cats
    • Use of Chickens for Research in Coccidiosis Control
    • Collaborative womb transplant research
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    • News
      • Bryony Jones awarded British Veterinary Association's Trevor Blackburn Award
      • RVC research into spread of bird flu makes top global impact list
      • Peter Holloway features in Vet Record
      • IFSTAL project launch
      • VEEPH PhD student named as Pirbright young scientist of the year!
      • VEEPH at ISVEE
      • Further success for VEEPH Group at ISVEE!
      • RVC at SVEPM 2016
      • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy awarded to Prof Dirk Pfeiffer
      • RVC postgraduates attend inaugural food systems event
      • VEEPH at APHA
      • RVC collaborates with Jordanian university to tackle disease transfer from camels to humans
      • New review on antimicrobial resistance in livestock highlights knowledge gaps which threaten global health
      • New research traces origins of zoonotic disease to the Neolithic period
      • VetCompass rocks the joint in dogs
      • French Bulldogs: Latest VetCompass™ breed explored
      • Latest VetCompass™ research explores seizure occurrence in dogs
      • Creating and connecting a community of food systems thinkers
      • Latest VetCompass™ research shows chocolate labradors have shorter lifespan than rest of breed
      • One Health research programme awards first £1m to fight infectious diseases
      • An international collaborative network publishes new guidance handbook to enhance the evaluation of One Health
      • Latest publications from the VEEPH group
      • PhD opportunities in VEEPH
      • RVC and The Animal and Plant Health Agency awarded OIE Collaborating Centre
      • IFSTAL launch and documentary film screening of "The Scottish Breed"
      • RVC and LSHTM publish joint study evaluating the Government’s Anti-Microbial Resistance Strategy
      • RVC awarded funding to contribute to the global effort on COVID-19 health research
      • £5 million funding awarded to transform the UK Food System to address the country’s needs for health and sustainability
      • RVC appoints new Honorary Professor
      • New research identifies possible control strategies for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
      • 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiologists and Economists held in Halifax, Canada
      • Research by the RVC explores link between parasitic infection and stunted growth in children
      • RVC students take part in FAO Global Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Livestock Transformation
      • New research from the RVC and the One Health Poultry Hub reveals speed of avian flu transmission
      • New study by the RVC reveals scale of UK canine health and welfare research funding
      • New research from the RVC suggests human heat-health alerts could help prevent heatstroke in dogs
      • Kissing and petting young camels found to be key transmitter of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
      • New study reveals need for greater One Health understanding in antimicrobial resistance management
      • New research from the RVC reveals reasons for antibiotic usage in Indian chicken farming
      • The RVC awarded funding to advance mollusc aquaculture sustainability in southeast Asia
      • New research from the RVC on India’s antibiotic regulation identifies framework for policy development in livestock
      • Global expert report provides new comprehensive recommendations for One Health
  • Clinical Investigation Centre
    • Projects
      • Feline Diabetic Diet Research Trial : Reglucat trial
    • News
      • RVC research sheds light on epilepsy treatments — Why don’t the fits stop?
      • A seizure or not a seizure, that is the question?
      • Research shows why vets are often missing the cause of feline diabetes
      • First ever systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse effect of antiepileptic drugs in canine epilepsy
      • Nutrition breakthrough to help manage dogs with epilepsy
  • Structure And Motion
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      • Cane Toads don't need woolly jumpers
      • Spider Inspired Robot?
      • Ask a grown-up
      • The simple truth behind sheepdog behaviour
      • Octopuses don't get their arms in a twist
      • The hunting kinetics of Kensa the barn owl
      • RVC join forces with BBC for Cat Watch 2014
      • Bird movement research featured in prestigious journal
      • RVC experts at Great British Bioscience Festival
      • RVC at the Great British Bioscience Festival - event attracts and inspires thousands
      • RVC visits the British Racing School
      • Why do Crocodiles gallop?
      • These (human) feet are made for walking...
      • Structure and Motion research presented at SICB annual conference
      • Pairing and sharing in V formation flight
      • Science in sight: Sophie Regnault is Wellcome Image Award finalist
      • Do owls have superpowers?
      • The Structure and Motion Lab is expanding
      • Why the waddle?
      • Where might a career in science take you?
      • There's an elephant in the camp!
      • Visit the Structure and Motion team
      • RVC Open Day 2015
      • Structure and Motion for Schools
      • Dinosaur Dissection
      • Social Science
      • Locusts in Flight
      • Professor Hutchinson joins Proceedings B
      • Royal Veterinary College walking with giraffes
      • Lab members represent Structure and Motion at SEB Prague
      • Professor R. McNeill Alexander receives honorary degree
      • Summer School in Session
      • X-ray technology reveals a new bone in a very old fish
      • Are you kidding me?
      • Animal Flight Insight
      • Walk This Way
      • Muscle, Power and Locomotion
      • Bones of Contention
      • Flapping-wing flight
      • Backbone of modern day crocodiles holds key to their evolutionary history
      • Discovering More About Insect Flight
      • RVC leading the way in aircraft development
      • How do birds react to disturbances when airborne?
      • New blog from Professor John Hutchinson's Team - Anatomy For You
      • Prehistoric cousin of modern-day giraffe brought digitally back to life
      • RVC Professor works with Sir David Attenborough to help uncover the biggest dinosaur in history
      • Secretary Birds can kick a snake to death in the blink of an eye
      • The Weird Thing About Cat Legs
      • How we solved the 'bumblebee paradox' - Dr Richard Bomphrey is a STEM Career Hero of the Month
      • Humble fruit fly demonstrates that wing shape is crucial for peak performance
      • Structure and Motion researchers get children Stepping Into Science at The Big Bang Fair
      • New study reveals hunting strategy of remaining populations of endangered African wild dogs
      • How did some large dinosaurs’ bodies develop?
      • How do muscles scale in cat species?
      • RVC study uses computer optimization to show ostrich gait in detail never seen before
      • Exploding myths about seed dispersal
      • Professor John Hutchinson performs dissection on big cat at Science Festival
      • Helping racehorses put their best foot forward
      • New research into giraffe locomotion
      • Wild Cats Uncovered
      • A high speed investigation into bird flight
      • Open source bone biology software benefits industry and academia
      • RVC uses CT scans to diagnose musculoskeletal disease in elephants
      • Ground-breaking fossilised tissue reveals the gradual evolution of crouched legs in birds
      • Reasons behind mosquitoes’ unusual flight behaviour identified in new study
      • Birds of Prey visit Royal Veterinary College
      • New research reveals frogs’ impressive ability to jump at an extreme range of take-off angles
      • Dawn of the Dinosaurs
      • Dinosaur Art and Science Blended in RVC and City of London Academy Collaboration
      • RVC research team is one step closer to objective detection of horses with ataxia
      • Leading veterinarian awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship
      • Animals make light work of walking
      • Professor Alan Wilson and SML research featured on BBC One: Big Cats
      • RVC research sheds light on predator/prey movement
      • New research shows that human modification of landscapes reduces mammals’ range
      • CONGRATULATIONS!!!
      • Butterfly documentary filmed at SML
      • From the geometry of a toppling table to a new ‘grazing’ gait? And perhaps why monkeys walk weirdly
      • SML research featured on BBC4 documentary 'Can Science Make Me Perfect?'
      • Made for the long jump: RVC study reveals how frogs use their unique skeletal anatomy to improve their jumping capabilities
      • Wildebeest muscles almost three times more efficient than a car engine
      • 300 million-year-old animal reanimated as a robot
      • Galloping isn’t such hard work for horses
      • New study explains how fish got their fingers
      • Early Jurassic dinosaur shifted from four legs to two legs as it grew up
      • Dr Zoe Davies brings biomechanics of walking to North London community
      • RVC engages public with ostrich anatomy at Norwich Science Festival
      • Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows
      • Coming along in leaps and bounds – crocodiles can gallop but alligators can’t, new study finds
      • Birds in flight share lessons for future aircraft designs
      • First published study from the RVC’s Graduate Diploma in Equine Locomotor Research explores the impact of farriery interventions on horses’ symmetry
      • Flying high: Professor at the Royal Veterinary College elected as Fellow of prestigious Royal Society
      • Innovative animal tracking system developed by the RVC wins ERC Proof of Concept Grant
      • Can mosquitoes stop us going bump in the night?
      • New modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals important step in the evolution of posture in the ancestors of dinosaurs and crocodiles
      • RVC researcher joins collaborative international project investigating pre-historic fossil footprints
      • Lily the barn owl reveals how birds fly in gusty winds
      • Biomechanical models unlock muscle-bound secrets of the evolution of dinosaur locomotion
      • It’s a bird, it’s a plane!
      • Computer simulations reveal dinosaurs wagged their tails when running
      • RVC researcher receives grant for a project analysing shape change in horse’s backs during walking and trotting
      • How gliding barn owls could be the key to improved flight of small aircraft
      • New research from the RVC furthers understanding of the role of muscles and tendons
      • Do long limbs really provide a leg up?
      • 3D modelling reveals extinct shark with teeth bigger than your mobile phone would eat prey the size of killer whales
      • RVC professor chairs the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
      • New RVC research explains human foot and leg proportions
      • RVC’s Professor John Hutchinson elected Fellow of prestigious Royal Society
      • Leading biomechanics researcher from the RVC shares insights at United Nations’ AI for Good event
      • New research from the RVC unlocks the key to hummingbird flight
      • RVC research discovers hippos' ability to become airborne
      • RVC Professor named chair of The Royal Society’s judging panel for the 2024 Trivedi Science Book Prize
      • New research from the RVC explores the functions of leg muscles and structures in running
      • Hop to it: New research explores the muscle anatomy of frogs in relation to their movement
      • How changing limb posture helped ancient reptiles grow
      • New innovative study proves racehorses use less energy to gallop than previously thought
  • Rvc Animal Welfare Science And Ethics
    • News
      • Canine experts prioritise pet dog welfare issues in Great Britain
      • RVC researchers win Marjorie (Sandiford) Whittingham Prize
      • Animal Mosaic Interview
      • Animals Behaving 'Badly' Conference Day - June 17th 2015
      • International Summer School Students have fun learning about animal welfare
      • Effect of neck cut position on time to collapse in halal slaughtered cattle without stunning
      • Congratulations to Dr Steven McCulloch!
      • UFAW Animal Welfare Student Scholarship awarded to final year BVetMed student
      • Animal Behaviour and Welfare Walks and Talks event a success!
      • Impact of facial conformation on canine health: Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome
      • Evaluation of a novel rodenticide: methaemoglobin-inducing agent
      • Humane Slaughter Association Grants and Awards
      • RVC at the UFAW Scholars conference
      • 'Problems from head to tail'
      • Congratulations Holly Asquith Barnes, winner of the Spring Meeting British Veterinary Zoological Society Student Poster Prize 2016
      • Congratulations Dr. Whiting!
      • Animal Welfare Conference
      • Outstanding Achievements
      • Gorilla Project wins WAB research prize!
      • New study highlights concerns over the purchasing of flat-faced dogs
      • New concepts in research suggest that animals suffer boredom too
      • Dr. Maria Diez Leon: AWSE's new lecturer!
      • New study highlights perceptions of the use of NSAIDs for post-disbudding analgesia of calves
      • RVC graduate receives prestigious BVA award
      • MRes Success
      • Wellbeing and Boredom @ Night at the Vet college
      • Welcome to Madeline Campbell - Lecturer in human-animal interactions and ethics
      • Commendation from the Royal Society of Biology
      • Welcome to Nicola Blackie - Lecturer in Production Animal Science
      • Huge Congratulations to Liane Preshaw on her MPhil
      • Congratulations to RVC's first Biological Sciences (Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics) graduates
      • ABWE Students represent RVC at BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) Research conference
      • New dog-fighting research: The reasons why vets under-report cases in the UK
      • PhD Success! Congratulations to Noelia Lopez-Salesansky
      • Dr. Madeleine Campbell's New Book: 'Animals, Ethics and Us' Out now
      • Lop-eared rabbits more likely to suffer from ear and dental problems, study confirms for first time
      • Love is blind? Many owners of short-muzzled dogs are strongly bonded to their pets but unaware of health problems
      • Congratulations to Dr. María Díez-Leon - Outstanding Project Supervisor!
      • UFAW 'Ruth Harrison Student Scholarship' for RVC BVetMed Student
      • No social distancing for rabbits: Why two bunnies are better than one
      • Congratulations to Dr Maria Diez Leon - One of the most downloaded papers
      • Flat-faced dogs; an addictive personality
      • Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens
      • Behaviour and health outcomes in conventional and slow-growing breeds of broiler chicken
      • Identical mice: which is the kindest way to mark them?
      • Picking up mice after sanitising your hands can affect mouse behaviour
      • RVC student's review of the Dangerous Dogs Act in Vet Record.
      • Summer students investigate horse behaviour and welfare
      • Best Poster - International Society for Equitation Science
      • Lobsters, octopuses and crabs recognised as sentient beings in UK Law
      • New RVC research sheds light on best toys and housing to improve ferret welfare as well as those that pose serious risk
      • RVC's Prof Christine Nicol wins medal for poultry welfare science
  • Animal Welfare Science And Ethics
    • News
      • Dr. Charlotte Burn and RVC student Ria Popat - Winners of the Animal Technology and Welfare 2021 Journal prize
      • Visitor effect on Gorillas - Top 20 most downloaded paper
• Research Centres
  • Structure and Motion
    • Structure and Motion - People
      • PhD Alumni
      • Alumni
    • Structure and Motion - Projects
    • Structure and Motion - News
  • Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health (VEEPH)
    • Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health - People
    • Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health - News
      • RVC researchers identify gaps in actual disease burden highlighted by Monkeypox outbreak
    • Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics & Public Health - Projects
  • Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED)
    • Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases - People
    • Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases - Projects
  • Tuberculosis at the RVC
    • Tuberculosis at the RVC - People
    • Tuberculosis at the RVC - Projects
  • Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory
    • Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory - People
    • Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory - Research
    • Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory - Diagnostic Services
    • Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory - Contact
    • Selected Recent Publications
  • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory
    • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory - People
    • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory - News
    • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory - Current Research Projects
    • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory - Previous Research Projects
    • Equine Pregnancy Laboratory - Selected Publications
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  • Animal Welfare Science and Ethics Group
    • RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics - People
    • RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics - News
      • Animal Cognition and Welfare Workshop
      • FAWSE success at Post graduate research day
      • New RVC research reveals how pet ferret owners’ awareness of animal boredom can impact their pet’s welfare
      • RVC researcher instrumental in introduction of new elephant care standards
      • New RVC study first to reveal impact of vet-owner relationship on canine epilepsy management
      • Study reveals the welfare impact of ear conditions in pet rabbits
      • New research from the RVC highlights need for industry standard of alpaca care
      • The pawfect storm: study finds high levels of problem behaviours and use of aversive training methods in pandemic puppies
      • International welfare group calls for worldwide end to adverts inappropriately using dogs with extreme body shapes
      • Research shows epileptic dogs on anti-seizure drugs more likely to experience increased appetite and become overweight or obese
      • New research reveals biggest risk factors for puppies developing separation-related behaviours
      • New research from the RVC identifies impact of owner perceptions on brachycephalic dog welfare reforms
      • Research from the RVC provides recommendations to improve UK canine health and welfare research
      • New research from the RVC finds no strong link between rabbit ear type or head shape and dental problems
      • Shelling out the facts: New RVC study reveals most common health disorders of tortoises in the UK
      • New research from the RVC reveals differing views on improving UK broiler (meat) chicken welfare
      • The RVC and Mayhew join forces to advance animal welfare in shelter medicine
      • Beauty versus the Beast: Less extreme body shapes in flat-faced dogs are the UK’s favourite
      • Avoid hot dogs: New legal analysis highlights owners’ duty to protect dogs from over-heating
      • New research from the RVC reveals how boredom can manifest in animals
      • International experts warn noisy breathing could signal suffering in popular flat-faced dogs
      • RVC studies identify lack of public awareness surrounding puppy importation
      • Puppy love or puppy pressure? One in three families find raising a puppy harder than expected
      • New research from the RVC finds using sedation when disbudding calves affects growth rate
      • From cuddles to chaos: RVC launches national survey to explore the reality of Living with Dogs
    • News 2
      • Lifting laboratory rats: who uses which methods?
    • RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics - About
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  • Molecular Immunology Group - Werling Lab
    • Molecular Immunology Group - Werling Lab - People
    • Molecular Immunology Group - Werling Lab - Current Research
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    • Molecular Immunology Group - Werling Lab - Poster Presentations
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    • Molecular Immunology Group - Werling Lab - Collaborators and Links
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    • Werling Lab - Molecular Immunology Group - People
  • Veterinary Clinical Genomics Group
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    • Veterinary Clinical Genomics Group - Press Releases
  • RVC LIVE: Leadership, Innovation, Veterinary Practice, Education
    • RVC LIVE - Meet the Team
  • Clinical Investigation Centre
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  • Imaging Suite Facility
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    • Flow Cytometry Core Facility - User Guidelines
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    • Equipment
      • Flow Cytometry Core Facility - BD LSRFortessa X-20™
      • Flow Cytometry Core Facility - BD AriaFusion™
      • Flow Cytometry Core Facility - Nikon Eclipse Ti2
  • MicroCT
  • RVC Quantitative Biology Resource
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  • TRACI ( Hawkshead Centre for Translational Research and Clinical Imaging)
  • Centre for Vaccinology and Regenerative Medicine (CVRM)
    • Centre for Vaccinology and Regenerative Medicine - Projects
  • UK Food Systems - Centre for Doctoral Training
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• Comparative Physiology and Clinical Sciences (CPCS)
  • Musculoskeletal Biology
    • Skeletal Biology Group
      • Bone and Joint Mechanobiology
        • Selected Publications
      • Bone Metabolism and Repair
      • Bone Biology, Biomineralisation and Purinergic Signalling
      • Bone Imaging and Modelling
      • Tendon Mechanobiology
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    • Bone, Tendon and Joint Laboratory
    • Neuromuscular biology
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• Research News
  • General
    • Undergraduate research leads to highlighted article in August’s Journal of Dairy Science
    • RVC Senior Clinical Training Scholars wins awards at this year's ACVIM Conference
    • RVC part of £125 million bioscience research funding boost
    • Dirk Pfeiffer appointed Adjunct Professor at the China Animal Health and Epidemiology Centre
    • New Petplan award to Professor Oliver Garden
    • Unravelling the genetic basis for blood pressure and kidney function in the cat
    • Wellcome Trust CVRT Vacation Award
    • ACT Summer Studentship - undertaken Summer 2014
    • Researchers from Royal Veterinary College (RVC) have found that the effectiveness of testing anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) for canine epilepsy is far below the expected standard.  
    • A One Health Framework for the Evaluation of Rabies Control Programmes
    • NEAT Second Annual Meeting
    • New study shows resistance to most clinically relevant antimicrobials is increasing in major canine skin pathogen
    • RVC researchers help map big bang of bird evolution
    • New Orthopaedic Research UK Grant awarded
    • New bacterial proteins identified in bacteria tempering with the immune response
    • RVC maintains its position as the leading HEFCE funded veterinary focused research institution
    • Urban Zoo newsletter
    • RVC article selected by Equine Veterinary Journal as the most clinically relevant to appear on EVJ's early view section this month
    • New Leverhulme Grant awarded to Dr Michael Doube
    • PhD student wins prize for best student presentation at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting
    • RVC Research Fellow profiled in Audubon
    • New RVC VetCompass study published highlights major breeds diagnosed with Mast Cell Tumours in dogs
    • New Public Engagement activities – Results of Public Engagement £2K Competition for Contract Researchers
    • RVC conduct rapid integrated assessment of food safety and nutrition in the tilapia value chain in Egypt
    • New EU Horizon 2020 grant for an European Training Network on Bone Pain awarded
    • RVC BVetMed student awarded a Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Student Scholars award
    • Presentation at Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference featured on Animal Pharm
    • How the penguin got its waddle
    • Equine Veterinary Journal article selected as "most clinically relevant" for this month
    • New RVC study investigates the role of inflammasome in canine chronic enteropathy
    • New EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Fellowship relating to Limb Networks awarded
    • Strengthening Animal Production and Health Through the Immune Response - new EU grant
    • New Newton Institutional Links grant awarded to RVC
    • New British Heart Foundation grant
    • Economics of heifer rearing
    • BSAS award
    • Synthetic version of broccoli compound is potential treatment for osteoarthritis
    • Antibodies to evaluate glycosylation
    • Article awarded Journal of Anatomy Runner-Up Best Paper Prize for 2014
    • RVC PhD student awarded Linda Munson Pathology Manuscript award
    • Genetic history of Welsh sheep shows migration of ancient Brits
    • New Mars Petcare UK grant awarded to the RVC
    • New ARUK grant awarded
    • PhD student selected to attend Burroughs Wellcome Fund Workshop
    • PhD student wins second prize in poster competition at the OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction
    • African swine fever in the Russian Federation: who infects whom?
    • RVC staff win major awards at the Society for Reproduction and Fertility Annual Conference
    • New Wellcome Trust grant awarded to take forward BoneJ2
    • LinkTADs workshop on animal health surveillance in China
    • Prof Peter Lees awarded EAVPT Lifetime Achievement Award
    • London Myology Forum
    • Professor Dirk Werling elected as Chair of the European Veterinary Immunology Group
    • PhD student wins prize for best short communication at ESVD/ECVD/ISVD Congress
    • BVNA Congress poster prizes
    • RVC student blogs about his BBSRC Research Experience Placement
    • RVC Research into Muscular Dystrophy featured in the Observer
    • Mechanism of Sulf1 and Sulf2 function in cardiovascular development and myocardial repair
    • Pirbright young scientist of the year award
    • ERADbTB grant awarded to Dr Sharon Kendall and Professor Dirk Werling
    • New Petplan award to Dr David Connolly, Professor Brian Catchpole, Dr Jay Dudhia (RVC) and Hannah Hodgkiss-Geere (Liverpool Vet School)
    • RVC VetCompass Programme contributes to human aging research
    • Neutralization of Apx toxicity as an alternative to antibiotics for control of contagious porcine pleuropneumonia
    • 2016 ELBI Fellow
    • ISVEE 14 Yucatan success
    • New Petplan award
    • How the immune system is regulated by small RNAs called microRNAs to prevent self-attacks leading to autoimmunity
    • NEOH - Network for Evaluation of One Health - Workshop and Management Committee meeting, 18-19 January 2016
    • EU Horizon 2020 award to RVC
    • Putting racehorse respiratory disease research back on track
    • Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Student Scholars program
    • RVC pharmacologist's Biophysical Society role
    • RVC Success at BSAVA Congress
    • Collaborative RVC article features on front cover of this week's Veterinary Record
    • Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize
    • Recent award from the Duchenne Children’s Trust to the Wells lab (£139,144)
    • Professor David Lloyd awarded the Hugh Schindelka Award
    • BBSRC Excellence with Impact Award
    • American Kennel Club award to Professor Holger Volk
    • Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs
    • Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship Award
    • New Dogs Trust PhD studentship awarded
    • Award to RVC PhD Student
    • RVC Skeletal Biology Group’s work showcased in the Diamond Light Source Annual Review Launch
    • New Investigator award to Dr Jessal Patel
    • Bloomsbury Research Symposium
    • Postgraduate Research Day
    • New BBSRC grant: FSTL3: A Crucial Regulator of Sertoli Cell Proliferation
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • How bats fly
    • New EU H2020 grant: CarBon: Controlling Cartilage to Bone Transitions for Improved Treatment of Bone Defects and Osteoarthritis
    • International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health (ISESSAH) - Inaugural meeting - 27th and 28th March 2017
    • New BBSRC grant: Development of a novel yeast-based oral subunit vaccine against Eimeria spp. in chickens
    • RVC researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses.
    • RVC researchers involved in identifying potential malignant ovine theileriosis vaccine antigens
    • RVC and LSHTM working together for the Future of Global Health
    • DEFRA/VMD MRes project
    • £1.2M Wellcome Trust Fellowship funds research into fundamental challenges of using muscles to power locomotion with legs
    • EPIC breakthrough at the RVC
    • Leading global health scientists call for new strategy to tackle the diseases of tomorrow
    • New BBSRC grant: Investigating the relationship between epilepsy, drug-resistance and affective disorders in the domestic dog
    • Bioactive targets of mitochondrial quality control and function
    • RVC statement on the involvement of veterinary schools in research
    • Chavaunne Thorpe - Arthritis Research UK Career Development Fellowship
    • Dr Richard Bomphrey - Finalist for the 2017 Society for Experimental Biology President's Medal competition for the Animal Biology Section
    • How cheetahs find each other in their vast home ranges in Botswana
    • RVC study explains the weakness in the most common muscle disorder of Labrador Retriever dogs
    • Is Cross Matching Beneficial Prior to the First Blood Transfusion in Cats?
    • MSci student successful at International Conference
    • Science without borders - Jordan University of Science and Technology delegation visits RVC
    • New BBSRC grant awarded to Dr Michael Doube
    • Recognition awarded to Danilo Faccenda
    • New Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board grant
    • New Alborada Trust grant
    • New BBSRC grant awarded to Dr Rowena Packer
    • Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize Lecture 2016
    • New BBSRC grant awarded to Professor Dirk Werling and Dr Denis Larkin
    • Comparative Physiology and Medicine Symposium - to commemorate the work of Professor A R (Bob) Michell
    • Emi Takahashi awarded best presentation prize at the British Federation of Women Graduates Research Presentation Day
    • RVC research shows cavalier King Charles spaniels walk like toddlers
    • Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution
    • New Dogs Trust grant: Of mice and dogs: Comparison of the alterations in the metabolome associated with heart failure
    • BVD eradication project
    • New Arthritis Research UK grant
    • New concepts in research suggest that non-human animals also suffer boredom
    • The role of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in the regulation of innate immunity in the domestic chicken - new BBSRC grant
    • New NC3Rs grant: Development, validation and application of enhanced-welfare technology for wild small mammal research
    • German Shepherd Dogs in the UK: Demography and disorders
    • BBSRC LIDo iCASE PhD studentship
    • The impulsiveness of youth applies to cats also
    • Vets, doctors and pathologists collaborate on ferret mystery
    • RVC team publish work on oestrus suppression in the mare
    • Incontinence in bitches: huge breed predispositions shown in VetCompass study
    • RVC PhD student awarded first place for oral presentation at the ECVIM Congress
    • RVC & Bloomsbury Learning Environment Contribute to Sector-Wide Conversation on Technology in Education
    • RVC experts show homeopathy only appears to work because of perceptual errors
    • New Horse Trust Equine PhD studentship
    • PET-Risk: Transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria between pets and humans during different types of animal infection
    • Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach
    • Impact of Eimeria Infection on Chicken Organ-Specific Microbiota and Host Cell Responses
    • Mathematical Modelling of Novel Macrofilaricidal Drugs for River Blindness: from Patients to Populations
    • Hyperthyroidism and neutering; is there a link?
    • VetCompass™ reveals the secrets of the Border Terrier in England
    • Scientists uncover secret of mass mortality event in remote steppe grassland of Central Asia - Sudden death of 200,000 critically endangered saiga antelopes was caused by unusual environmental conditions
    • ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds
    • Evaluation of Biomarkers for assessing response to treatment and outcome in dogs with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia
    • Equine Pituitary Pars intermedia dysfunction: improving understanding of diagnostic testing
    • PhD student wins prize
    • PK/PD-informed clinical breakpoint determination for colistin in chicken to limit emergence of resistance and improve One Health antimicrobial sustainability
    • RVC paper featured on cover of Laboratory News
    • Man’s ‘Best Friend’ just got even better
    • Young Bioenergeticist Award
    • New Society for Reproduction and Fertility Return to Research Scholarship awarded to Dr Lisa Thurston
    • Hopes to improve practise after first systematic review of the effectiveness and safety of anti-epileptic drugs in cats
    • New London International Development Centre grant
    • New VetCompass™ Paper: Road Traffic Accidents in Dogs
    • 1st prize for PhD student
    • Genes and environment in type 1 diabetes : a multi-species approach
    • International Canine Health Postgraduate Student Inspiration award
    • Kennel Club Charitable Trust award to VetCompass™ to explore breed-specific health in dogs
    • Dog Breeding Reform Group, supported by the RVC, wins Ceva ‘Charitable Team of the Year’ Award
    • VetCompass rocks the joint in dogs
    • VetCompass™ Researchers update BSAVA Congress
    • Royal Veterinary College receives £5 million Government grant to drive research commercialisation
    • Royal Society Research Grant awarded to Dr Camilla Benfield, Lecturer in Virology
    • World first, RVC finds cognitive impairments in dogs with epilepsy
    • PhD student awarded the Walter and Dorothy Plowright Memorial Prize for young researchers
    • BSAVA 2018 Woodrow Award
    • PhD student awarded best poster prize at British Society for Parasitology spring meeting
    • BSAVA 2018 Blaine Award
    • French Bulldogs: VetCompass™ reveals top health problems
    • RVC researchers achieve 100% compliance with ResearchFish submission
    • VetCompass™ explores aging in males and females
    • New BBSRC Newton Fund grant awarded to Professor Liam Good
    • Dr Marthe Ludtmann awarded Royal Society Research Grant
    • New H2020 EU grant awarded to RVC
    • New Study Reveals 'challenge focused' veterinary graduates will experience higher job satisfaction
    • Short Term Fellowship awarded to Dr Gloria Scattolin
    • RVC breakthrough in the global effort to eradicate PPR virus
    • Improved diagnosis of infectious causes of airway disease in racehorses
    • Cadogan Trust award
    • IVVN Exchange Award
    • A study conducted by the Royal Veterinary College in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center demonstrates the potential of gene editing technology to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy
    • Journal of Comparative Pathology Educational Trust and Petplan Charitable Trust Joint Research Award
    • RVC retains its HR Excellence in Research Award
    • The Dechra Analgesia Prize
    • PhD Student wins prize for best oral presentation
    • MSc Student wins poster prize at AVTRW Conference in Nottingham
    • New GplusE video
    • An international collaborative network publishes new guidance handbook to enhance the evaluation of One Health
    • RVC wins openness award for ground-breaking research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
    • RVC partners with BG Research Ltd and The Pirbright Institute in an Innovate UK Award to develop a portable molecular diagnostic to combat goat plague
    • New BBSRC grant awarded: Aetiopathogenesis and genomic architecture of resistance to claw horn disruption lesions in dairy cattle
    • FibroScHot - Impact of increased praziquantel frequency on childhood fibrosis in persistent schistosomiasis morbidity hotspots
    • RVC Research ponies retire to Redwings Horse Sanctuary
    • Assessment and economic evaluation of small ruminant reproduction efficiency, challenges and mitigation strategies in Kajiado, Kenya study
    • A multi-stakeholder approach towards operationalising antibiotic stewardship in India's pluralistic rural health system
    • Understanding the socioeconomic impact of Foot and Mouth Disease control in Kenya: an RVC collaboration with The Pirbright Institute and the University of Nairobi
    • Dissecting the genetic architecture of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats
    • Improved Control of Bovine Brucellosis in Punjab
    • Hot Dogs – VetCompass study of heatstroke in dogs funded by Dogs Trust
    • London’s ‘Knowledge Quarter’ is one of the world’s best locations for science and innovation
    • RVC Professor included in list of Five Inspirational Women Shaping the Future of International Development
    • New MRC grant awarded to Dr Barbara Haesler
    • RVC PhD student co-authors research briefing for parliament
    • New Academy of Medical Sciences grant awarded to Dr Abbe Crawford
    • Evolution of Influenza A Viruses (IAV) in Swine
    • New Rosetrees grant awarded to Dr Helen Stolp
    • RVC hosts ‘Symposium on the Future of Veterinary Research’
    • RVC researcher part of emergency international response to disease outbreak in the Congo
    • Bloomsbury SET - new grant awarded
    • RVC wins awards at BSAVA Congress
    • RVC identifies links and similarities between Osteoarthritis in dogs and humans in Landmark Nature Review
    • RVC academic’s bovine TB test wins royal recognition
    • Scientists discover songbirds have an unusual chromosome
    • Postgraduate Research Day
    • RVC recognised for Leadership in Openness in Animal Research
    • Effective reversible stunning of poultry - new grant awarded to Dr Troy Gibson
    • European Horizon 2020 award
    • New HBLB grant awarded to Prof Simon Priestnall and Dr Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet
    • Research reveals dangers of replacement synthetic chemicals
    • Paper selected as "Editor Pick"
    • Modelling the transmission and disease dynamics of toxoplasmosis
    • Global Challenges Research Translational Award
    • Article recommended by F1000Prime
    • £20M investment for London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Partnership to further fund students
    • New Pet Plan Charitable Trust award
    • Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy study
    • The genetic basis of pathogen resistance and gut microbiome composition in chickens
    • PhD studentship funding awarded from the Barham Benevolent Foundation
    • Factors affecting bird distribution in loose housed laying systems
    • Angela Holder (early career researcher) awarded a grant to host a LIDO REP summer student
    • RVC Professor Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Animal Research
    • RVC joins prestigious network to preserve the UK’s reputation for world-leading research
    • New grant awarded by Houghton Trust
    • Initiatives to control and eliminate parasitic disease are reaching targets earlier than projected
    • PetPlan grant awarded to Dr Rosanne Jepson
    • Working towards the global eradication of Peste des petits ruminants: a modelling approach
    • New PetSavers grant awarded
    • Dr Sian-Marie Frosini recognised by ECCMID
    • New grant awarded by the Francis Crick institute to Dr Ellen Knuepfer
    • Dr Richard Meeson awarded the 2019 international "JoR Excellence in Translational Science Prize”
    • Vets working with Medics to find solutions for the COVID-19 crisis
    • LBIC client - MicrosensDx announces a portable coronavirus testing kit for research use that takes less than 25 minutes from taking a sample to test result
    • New MRC grant awarded
    • Bio-inspired sensor technology to be used to help rotorcraft drones to operate more safely in built up environments
    • RVC academic's paper amongst the top 10% most downloadable Microbial Biotechnology papers
    • RVC research into canine respiratory coronavirus could provide insights into current pandemic
    • RVC research finds potential in ground-breaking new dietary treatment for canine epilepsy
    • PhD studentship awarded to study the role of adiponectin in equine endocrinopathic laminitis
    • RVC study into canine epilepsy helps owners identify triggers and predict seizures before they happen
    • French Bulldogs predisposed to catastrophic elbow fractures, according to RVC research
    • Royal Veterinary College professor wins prestigious research award
    • The RVC calls for vets to participate in survey to help shape the future of epilepsy research
    • RVC professor contributes to vital research on potential treatment for COVID-19
    • PhD student's research featured on Pirbright website
    • RVC:KCL Collaborative LIDo Studentship investigates air pollution exposure and neonatal brain development
    • RVC researchers win grant for vital project on coronavirus infections in companion animals
    • HBLB grant awarded to investigate coordination dynamics in racehorse-rider dyads trotting over turf, synthetic and tarmac surfaces
    • RVC study into congenital intrahepatic shunt classifications to help improve care for dogs
    • New BBSRC LIDo studentship awarded
    • RVC lecturer awarded Physiological Society research grant to study tissue repair and regeneration
    • RVC Lecturer awarded BVA Animal Welfare Foundation research grant to study the COVID ‘Pandemic Puppy’ phenomenon in the UK
    • RVC researchers secure grant for collaborative project investigating racism and its impact on mental wellbeing in the veterinary profession
    • Two Bloomsbury SET grants awarded to Dr Mehroosh Tak
    • Bloomsbury SET grant awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell
    • Prospective observational study of the use of omeprazole and maropitant citrate in veterinary specialist care
    • New RVC research highlights the considerable behavioural and psychiatric effects of a mind-altering parasite
    • Veterinary and medical professionals call for a One Health approach to improve human pandemic infection control
    • Social science-led projects awarded £170,000 to combat infectious disease through a cross-disciplinary approach
    • New BBSRC LIDo iCase studentship awarded
    • Preliminary study to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease post acute kidney injury
    • Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship Awarded
    • RVC academic joins cross-institutional team in surveillance of new avian flu outbreak
    • Study reveals substantial negative impacts on owners’ lives when their dog develops epilepsy
    • RVC research finds memory-boosting effects of a dietary supplement for cognitively-impaired dogs with epilepsy
    • RVC advanced medical imaging centre set to strengthen Hertfordshire’s life sciences capability
    • Scientists collaborate to assess the impact of an infection with Mycobacterium bovis on different cow breeds
    • New study maps progress of UK-Africa collaboration in tackling antimicrobial resistance in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
    • RVC Researcher awarded a Winn Feline Foundation grant to study the genetics of phosphate control in cats with chronic kidney disease
    • RVC achieves strong results in Knowledge Exchange Framework
    • RVC study sets the agenda for the future of canine epilepsy research
    • Exploring the barriers and incentives towards effective surveillance for antimicrobial and anthelmintic usage (AMHU) in beef and sheep in Great Britain
    • A diagnostic to determine the route of infection of Toxoplasma gondii
    • Researchers at RVC explored the spatial and seasonal distribution and environmental risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs in GB
    • London-Liverpool alliance awarded £1.9 million to accelerate solutions to combat infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance
    • NC3R Skills and Knowledge Transfer Grant
    • New VetCompass PhD aims to find Causes rather than Associations
    • MedTech SuperConnector Award
    • New BBSRC funded LIDo studentship awarded
    • RVC receives MRC funding to generate zebrafish models of Batten Disease
    • Understanding the role of genetic background as a risk factor for laminitis in UK ponies
    • Elucidating the Mechanisms Underpinning Canine Achilles Tendon Degeneration and Calcification
    • The in-vivo effect of photoactivated chromophore for keratitis cross-linking (PACK-CXL) on bacterial growth in canine patients with infectious keratitis
    • Pioneering RVC research study reveals impacts of horse shoe and ground surfaces on horses and riders
    • RVC Professor invited speaker at the prestigious 2021 Schofield Lecture
    • RVC Researchers Awarded Funding from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to Study the Early Lives of Pandemic Puppies
    • New research reveals potential for earlier detection of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis
    • Innovate UK funding awarded for feasibility study on Visual Monitoring of Broiler Behaviour, Health and Welfare using Artificial Intelligent Image Machine Learning.
    • London-Liverpool research alliance announces new grants to further the fight against infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance
    • Royal Veterinary College amongst recipients of first-ever Turing Network Development Awards
    • New report finds domesticated animals are most frequent source of recurring human illness
    • Extreme temperatures amplifies the negative effects of tuberculosis
    • The RVC’s Professor Joanne Webster announced as new Director of London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research
    • Contacts and clusters in UK equids - understanding infectious disease risks
    • RVC to lead pioneering Parkinson’s research with grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation
    • Dr Debbie Guest wins the Petplan Charitable Trust Scientific Award 2022
    • The RVC demonstrates the strength and breadth of research with the 2021 REF results
    • RVC retains Leader in Openness status
    • Professor Dominic Wells awarded the President's Medal
    • World Tortoise and Turtle Day: Research from the Royal Veterinary College reveals risk factors to tortoises during brumation in UK
    • RVC study examines the effects of air pollution on brain cell health
    • RVC joins UK’s top scientists to combat increasing cases of bird flu
    • RVC wins research grant to investigate how viral diseases spread in salmon farms
    • Wildlife health considerations in conservation translocations
    • Excellent results for the RVC in second iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework
    • New RVC research identifies changing epidemiology of harmful foetal disease
    • The RVC’s London BioScience Innovation Centre expands provision to Tribeca development
    • Veterinary Nurse Mental Health and Wellbeing Grant
    • The RVC partners with the University of Oxford's Pandemic Sciences Institute to bolster research into infectious disease
    • Integrating genetics with functional genomics to dissect the aetiopathogenesis of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis
    • 10 years running: The RVC retains its HR Excellence in Research Award
    • RVC announced as member of the Turing University Network
    • RVC research drives the development of the world’s first dialysis machine for liver failure patients
    • COVID-19 travel restrictions came too late, shows study, as scientists call for coordinated pandemic preparedness efforts
    • World Organisation for Animal Health: New insights into disease control published by the RVC’s and APHA’s Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis and Modelling
    • The RVC maintains strong results in third iteration of the Knowledge Exchange Framework
    • Lecturer at the Royal Veterinary College wins international award for excellence in microbiology
    • Professor Jonathan Elliott of the RVC awarded Honorary Member of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
    • New study from the RVC explores malaria invasion to help develop life-saving vaccine
    • Media reactions of National Food Strategy overlooked need for greater government action for reform, say researchers
    • The RVC helps shape international agreement on what constitutes naturally healthy body shapes for dogs
    • RVC researchers help uncover potential breakthrough in treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s or Colitis)
    • New RVC research reveals different endothelial cell responses between humans and horses
    • RVC student wins international award for outstanding research into canine pain management
    • The RVC awarded funding for crucial research that could contribute to the reduction of methane emissions worldwide
    • The RVC upholds high scores for fourth year of Knowledge Exchange Framework
    • RVC to provide world-class training to more students thanks to government funding
    • RVC research identifies new model for wildlife health management
    • New research by the RVC finds promising treatment for sclerosteosis patients
    • RVC’s Professor Joanne Webster elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
    • Study shows veterinary sector continues to face persistent prevalence of racism
    • RVC’s Professor Jonathan Elliott appointed a panel member for Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029
    • The RVC furthers development and use of organ-on-a-chip technology through partnership with Emulate
    • RVC researcher awarded prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship
    • The RVC signs scientific collaboration agreement with Forcefield Therapeutics to assess novel treatments for heart disease
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      • RVC researchers at forefront of new zoonotic funding programme
      • Successful FAO Worskshop in livestock and human nutrition held in Dakar (Senegal)
      • Urban Zoonosis Meeting
      • Presentation of RVC work at the Nairobi FAO regional subgroup on livestock
      • RVC researcher awarded British Veterinary Association's Trevor Blackburn Award
      • RVC researchers invent oral vaccine platform to combat PCV2
      • RVC research tackles endemic cattle disease
      • Slavery carried parasites from West Africa to the Caribbean
      • All cows are not the same!
      • Countries Agree on Actions to Help Save Saiga Antelopes
      • Probabilistic risk assessment to inform surveillance and control of Hepatitis E
      • One Health Ecohealth 2016 Congress
      • How might translational vaccinology contribute to tackling some of the greatest global health challenges of modern times?
      • RVC Academic is runner up at International Bovine Research Awards
      • RVC professor joins Mongolian crisis mission
      • John Fishwick becomes BVA President
      • Pig Experts Meet at Royal Veterinary College
      • New research suggests genetic diversity is key to the sustainability of local chicken farming in Africa
      • Animal health experts call for Welsh Government to fund sheep scab programme
      • Population of critically-endangered Saiga antelope doubles in past three years
      • RVC receives translational research funding to help safeguard human and animal health
      • RVC wins GCRF award for its research into goat plague
      • New technologies can more effectively track freshwater snails and prevent tropical disease schistosomiasis
      • New research by the RVC calls for social science input into pandemic policy and response
      • New award-winning RVC research reveals the importance of a One Health approach if elimination of a major parasitic disease is to be achieved
      • RVC researchers lead vital study on global food systems
      • New research by the RVC identifies markers for key health and productivity traits in sub-Saharan African chicken populations
      • RVC academic leads study examining bacteria in chickens which leave thousands of people unwell every year
      • Researchers reveal disease mechanism of the bovine TB pathogen
      • UK scientists inform roadmap to eliminate disease of poverty (UKRI News)
      • New research paves the way for improved therapeutic methods for chronic inflammatory conditions in humans
      • Wildlife trade bans not the only option to reduce pandemic risk
      • New RVC-Sanger research examines the impact of mass drug administration on the genome of a major parasitic disease
      • New research reveals the complex multi-host-species and multi-parasite-species transmission dynamics of a major disease
      • RVC study finds needle reuse in piglets results in increased administering force
      • Leading the flock: The RVC launches new ‘Flockmaster’ Course to help sheep farmers increase their flock productivity and improve the health of their sheep
      • New RVC research reveals the extent of suboptimal vaccination practice in sheep and barriers to training for farmers
      • New Royal Veterinary College study finds low-cost thermal image devices could be as effective as expensive alternatives in detecting lameness in dairy cattle
      • Improving antimicrobial stewardship: RVC research reveals extent of systemic antimicrobial usage in UK equine practice
      • New programme announced to help eradicate Sheep Scab from the iconic national Welsh flock
      • The RVC seeks veterinary collaboration for UK dairy herd study
      • The RVC’s Professor Joanne Webster awarded Royal Society medal
      • RVC research selected as a top ten case study showcasing the real-life impact of UK international development research
      • RVC research supports new legislation on the eradication of BVD in Welsh cattle
      • RVC Researcher awarded Plowright Prize for substantial contributions to understanding and control of animal infectious disease
      • RVC joins new transdisciplinary network to address antimicrobial resistance
      • RVC awarded international grants to advance research into cattle vaccines
      • RVC awarded international grant to further research into equitable and sustainable livestock and food systems
      • New One Health textbook empowers learners to take integrated approach to address health challenges
      • New RVC research reveals extent and progression of bovine respiratory disease in UK dairy calves
      • New research from the RVC highlights pandemic risks posed by evolving swine flu viruses in Europe
      • New research aids development of vaccine to protect livestock from dangerous parasite
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      • Can Autophagy help in the fight against diseases?
      • New breakthrough in creation of feline stem cells could help develop treatments for heart disease in cats and humans
      • New more accurate technique discovered for understanding joint behaviour in world’s most common musculoskeletal condition
      • How curved are your bones? RVC study finds smart bones curve to protect against fracture
      • Skeletal regeneration expert joins RVC to investigate osteoarthritis gene therapy
      • RVC clinician selected for leading female researcher development programme
      • New research by the RVC could hold the key to treatments for tendon disease and other musculoskeletal disorders
      • RVC researcher presents poster on a potentially exciting new treatment for skeletal disorders
      • Research into Parkinson’s disease to be pioneered by the Royal Veterinary College and UCL with $7 million grant
      • New research by the RVC could hold key to new treatments for Cancer and Neurodegeneration
      • RVC academic receives grant for vital research exploring the risk of fracture among Thoroughbreds
      • New research from the RVC explores the genetic adaptions and evolution of livestock and wild animals in response to extreme climates
      • Researchers develop combined cellular and molecular treatment to help improve recovery after spinal cord injury
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      • New Thoroughbred genetic fracture risk scoring system developed by the RVC discovers collagen is contributing factor
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    • Antibiotic usage on dairy farms in GB: improving data capture and exploring drivers
    • Evaluating the surveillance system for Antimicrobial Use (AMU) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the United Kingdom from a One Health perspective
    • Molecular analysis of the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in food-producing animals and humans in Southeast Nigeria
    • Interactions between species: Implications for disease transmission
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    • Field approaches to identifying tuberculosis in badger populations
    • Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Meerkats of the Kalahari
    • Improving animal health surveillance through better engagement between farmers, vets and government
    • UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub
    • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) One Health Poultry Hub
    • Contacts and Clusters: Modelling and mitigating infectious disease risks in UK competition and leisure horses
    • Saiga Mass Mortality: ongoing research on causes of mortality in saiga antelope in Kazakhstan and Mongolia
    • Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Programme
    • Understanding drivers, incentives and economic impact of foot-and-mouth disease control in Kenya
    • Utilising the ‘Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES)’ outputs to better understand the dynamics and control of Streptococcus equi transmission
    • Sustainable Beef & Sheep Food Systems
    • Control of brucellosis in dairy herds in Rwanda
    • Foodborne diseases and public health governance: Comparing food safety, consumer preferences and governance in the supply of meat to urban markets.
    • Responding to the challenge of MERS-CoV: Development and testing of interventions to reduce risk among Bedouin populations in southern Jordan
    • Earlier Onset Urinary Incontinence in the Bitch and its Association with Neutering
    • VetCompass eClinical Trials (VETs) – Generating Interventional Evidence from Observational Data
    • Improved Stewardship to Protect Veterinary Antimicrobial Usage in UK Cats and Dogs
    • Canine leptospirosis: improving diagnostics and understanding epidemiology in UK dogs
    • Do lop-eared rabbits have more dental and aural disease than erect-eared rabbits?
    • Hot Dogs - investigating the epidemiology and recognition of heat-related illness in dogs presenting to UK veterinary practices.
    • Genetic and non-genetic factors in Campylobacter levels in poultry
    • The Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) programme
    • Identifying Economic and Financial Drivers of Industrial Livestock Production - the Case of the Global Chicken Industry
    • SERVAL (SuRveillance EVALuation framework)
    • CoEval-AMR: Convergence in Evaluation Frameworks for Integrated surveillance of Antimicrobial use (AMU) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
    • Evaluation of the implementation of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • The Network for the Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) / the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH)
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    • Retraining and rehoming former UK racehorses
  • LOCATE: Locomotion, hunting and habitat utilisation among large African carnivores and their prey
  • Development of rapid diagnostics to detect mycobacterial infections
  • High aerodynamic lift from the tail reduces drag in gliding raptors
  • Bird wings act as a suspension system that rejects gusts
  • DAWNDINOS: Testing the locomotor superiority hypothesis for early dinosaurs
  • Temporal dynamic resistance of skin and gastrointestinal bacteria in canine pyoderma
  • Feline Chronic Kidney Disease Research
  • Understanding the causes and progression of Parkinson's disease
  • Quality of veterinary oral formulations of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) member countries
  • Functional genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
  • Machine learning algorithms for predicting drug resistance against tuberculosis in people
  • Researching Laminitis Risks for Horses and Ponies
  • AIRSCAN
  • Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems – Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world
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  • Comparing the Movement of Crocodiles, Alligators and Caiman
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
  • Biomechanical Research Revealing Elephants Move Like 4x4 Vehicles
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  • Cellular mechanisms of impaired neurodevelopment following early life exposure to air pollution
  • Optimising response to oral yeast-based vaccines against coccidiosis in chickens
  • How Mosquitos Avoid Obstacles in the Dark
  • Using pluripotent stem cells to improve tendon regeneration in horses
  • Understanding the genetic basis of catastrophic bone fracture in Thoroughbred horses using stem cells.
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  • Epilepsy in companion animals
  • CornealCellVision: Derivation of corneal keratocytes from canine induced pluripotent stem cells to develop disease models and novel treatments for corneal disease
  • Efficacy testing of novel immersion and oral vaccines for Aeromonas hydrophila in Tilapia and Vietnamese catfish
  • RESET: Reducing Epileptic Seizures and improving Emotional state with behavioural Therapies
  • Feline Diabetic Diet Research Trial : Reglucat study
  • RVC Immunoregistry Research into Canine Autoimmune Diseases
  • Assessing and Improving Animal Welfare
  • Surveillance and genetic analysis of circulating avian influenza viruses in key active sites
  • Researching heart disease in dogs - HAMLET and EPIC
  • Action project on Alternatives to Veterinary Antimicrobials (AVANT)
  • The UK Canine Diabetes Register and Archive
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  • Bioelectronics
  • Novel nanotechnology for research, bioprocessing and antimicrobial therapy in human and animal health (Tecrea)
  • Online canine-health information sourcing by UK canine caregivers: threat or opportunity for animal welfare? (The DogWeb Survey)
  • The in-vivo effect of photoactivated chromophore for keratitis cross-linking (PACK-CXL) on bacterial growth in canine patients with infectious keratitis
  • Development of welfare assessment protocols and technology
  • Ethics of animal use and management
  • Fundamental understanding of welfare
  • A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Investigating Canine Diffuse Large B cell Lymphoma
  • Breeding for better broiler welfare: balancing sustainability, economic and consumer preferences
  • Collaborative research involving the wider veterinary profession to assess passive transfer status of UK dairy herds
  • Back movement in the horse: what is normal in relation to age, breed and use?
  • PK/PD informed clinical breakpoint determination for colistin in chicken to limit emergence of resistance and improve One Health antimicrobial sustainability
  • Optimized dosing regimens for the combinations of sulphonamides and trimethoprim in veterinary medicine (SulTAn)
  • Investigation of clinical predictors of equine umbilical cord torsion and abortion
  • SanSkills: Empowering San women in Botswana through equipment and training for wildlife conservation
  • Objective assessment of the quality of life of equines with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction
  • Development of a poultry vaccine platform based on transgenic coccidia parasites and evaluation of immunoprotection against necrotic enteritis
  • Prospective evaluation of palliative and adjuvant toceranib phosphate therapy in dogs diagnosed with metastatic or recurrent insulinomas
  • Identification of novel druggable targets in canine insulinoma through single-cell transcriptomic analysis
  • RVC Cancer Biobank
  • AMFORA: Applying a One Health systems approach to formulate strategies for mitigating risk to human health of AMR in Aquaculture
  • Equine Safety and Welfare in British Horseracing
  • A solution right under our nose? Exploring health implications and public demand for brachycephalic ‘designer’ outcrosses
  • ‘Nursing Matters’ – an investigation of mental health in the veterinary nursing profession
  • Comparative analysis of Von Willebrand Factor (VWF) storage and function: Horse spheres and human cigars
  • Integrating genetics with functional genomics to dissect the aetiopathogenesis of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis
  • The epidemiology and genetics of congenital musculoskeletal disorders in neonatal Thoroughbreds
  • Erythrocyte invasion in malaria: molecular mechanism to precision therapeutics
  • The impacts of vision-loss on dog and owner Quality of Life
  • A Framing Analysis of Media Reactions to The UK's National Food Strategy
  • Protecting Pigs From Enzootic Pneumonia: Rational Design Of Safe Attenuated Vaccines (EPEDC)
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  • Improving the welfare of translocated individuals: European mink as a case study
  • Empirical assessment of welfare in wild American mink and Eurasian otters: the effects of intra- and inter-specific population density
  • Implications of mare life history and mare-foal attachment for mare welfare at weaning - a pilot study
  • Genomic epidemiological determination of routes of pathogenic virus transmission between farmed salmon
  • Investigating facial and limb abnormalities in European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)
  • Comparative endothelial cell function
  • Interaction of methanogens with the immune system
  • Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network
  • Predicting injury risk and post-injury outcomes in Jump racehorses in Great Britain
  • Support Hub for Anatomy Research in Education (SHARE)
  • The role of Neuropilins in the modulation of macrophage phenotype during zebrafish heart regeneration
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  • Elucidating the Role of Wildlife in the Transmission of Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever)
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  • Avian Origins and Mammalian Echoes: Serological Surveillance of Influenza A in African Wildlife
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  • Get brushing: Dental disease tops the list of most common problems in UK dogs, according to new study by the RVC
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  • VetCompass osteosarcoma research appears in this month's Northern Ireland Veterinary Today
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  • Ten VetCompass studies to be presented at BSAVA 2021
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  • New research unveils the extent of painful eye condition in dogs, and the breeds at most risk
  • Has Covid-19 continued to impact people’s decision-making when it comes to buying puppies?
  • New RVC study reveals consequences of 2020 pandemic restrictions on puppies
  • RVC Vet Students do VetCompass proud at BSAVA Congress 2022
  • New RVC research helps owners better understand the remaining life expectancy of dogs
  • New research shows Pugs have high health risks and can no longer be considered a ‘typical dog’ from a health perspective
  • Peke-a-poo: Boom in designer dogs creates the perfect storm for animal welfare issues
  • Owners urged to ‘stop and think’ before buying as English bulldogs are twice as likely to have a health problem
  • Largest study reveals most common disorders and lifespan of pet hamsters in the UK
  • Beauty isn’t even skin deep: New study from the RVC finds that flat-faced dogs are at the highest risk of skin fold dermatitis
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  • New research finds Rottweilers at greatest risk of cranial cruciate ligament rupture
  • New research explores diagnoses associated with ionised hypercalcaemia in cats and the prevalence of concurrent urolithiasis
  • The cat’s out the bag: the most common diseases in pet cats revealed
  • RVC research finds cat breeds at highest risk of kidney stones
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