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RVC join forces with BBC for Cat Watch 2014
The RVC Structure and Motion Lab team have joined up with the BBC and presenter Liz Bonnin for Cat Watch 2014 on BBC2 Horizon, October 7th, 8th and 9th. See our scientists revealing how town cats, village cats and farm cats spend their days and … -
Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach
Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust for "Life, death and immortality of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells: a genomic approach". Canine diabetes mellitus affects around 1 in 300 …Professor Brian Catchpole and Dr Lucy Davison have been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust …
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Man’s ‘Best Friend’ just got even better
Dogs have long been called Man’s Best Friend, providing both companionship and work to their human owners. But a revolutionary new research platform called VetCompass™ Programme at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is now harnessing the power of …Dogs have long been called Man’s Best Friend, providing both companionship and work to their human …
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Novel VetCompass™ research takes the concept of Man's "Best Friend" to a new level
Man's "Best Friend" just got even better Dogs have long been called Man’s Best Friend, providing both companionship and work to their human owners. But VetCompass™ is now harnessing the power of Big Data Analyses from anonymised veterinary … -
Bloomsbury SET - new grant awarded
The Bloomsbury SET is a partnership between RVC, LSHTM, SOAS and LSE, who received a grant from Research England to support a range of activities to address the challenges of ‘pathogen emergence’ in Europe and LMIC through the Connecting …The Bloomsbury SET is a partnership between RVC, LSHTM, SOAS and LSE, who received a grant from …
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One giant leap for VetCompass™
New research, based on the VetCompass™ programme at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), uses machine learning to detect false-positive disease references in veterinary clinical notes. Clinicians often include references to diseases in clinical … -
RVC Pet Epilepsy Tracker App
Official launch of the RVC Pet Epilepsy Tracker App at 21st Century Management of Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy event -
Excessive exercise responsible for three-quarters of heatstroke cases in dogs, study shows
The most common cause of potentially-fatal heatstroke in dogs is being exercised by their owners, the largest study of its kind has found. A team at Nottingham Trent University and the Royal Veterinary College found that exertion or exercise – … -
VetCompass study reveals new insights on seizures and epilepsy in cats
Neurological disorders are supposedly a leading cause of death in cats but, until now, there has been little information on how commonly cats are affected by seizure disorders or epilepsy. The latest VetCompass study shines new light on these … -
Preliminary study to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease post acute kidney injury
Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, has been awarded a grant by Petplan Charitable Trust, to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for the development of chronic kidney …Dr Laura Cole, Staff Clinician in Emergency and Critical care at the Queen Mother Hospital for …