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• RVC research team is one step closer to objective detection of horses with ataxia

  

  Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have developed a method of objective evaluation that can help differentiate horses with ataxia, a neurological disorder resulting in an uncoordinated or drunken gait, from those with other mobility issues.

   04 Oct 2017

• Four-thousand farms in Wales have been screened in bovine viral diarrhoea project

  

  A collaborative programme involving the RVC has been testing farms for the past six months in an effort to eradicate BVD. Of those tested, 27% have evidence of the BVD infection and some 50 have started persistent infected (PI) animal hunts on their farms.

   29 Mar 2018

• Researching rider seating styles and horse movement

  

  Equine research conducted in collaboration between researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden, and at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been published in the journal PLOS ONE by the Public Library of Science.

   06 Apr 2018

• Improved diagnosis of infectious causes of airway disease in racehorses

  Congratulations to Dr Simon Priestnall who has been awarded a grant by the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) for the project "Improved diagnosis of infectious causes of airway disease in racehorses" Inflammatory airway disease (IAD), part of the …

   27 Jul 2018

  Congratulations to Dr Simon Priestnall who has been awarded a grant by the Horserace Betting Levy …

• Latest publications from the VEEPH group

  

  Read on to find out more about some of the work we have published over the last couple of months...

   09 Jan 2019

  Read on to find out more about some of the work we have published over the last couple of months... …

• RVC Research ponies retire to Redwings Horse Sanctuary

  A herd of native breed ponies has been kept at the RVC for the last 20 years and it has contributed greatly to advancing our knowledge of the pathogenesis of endocrinopathic laminitis, a painful and debilitating disease of the equine foot associated …

   24 Jan 2019

  A herd of native breed ponies has been kept at the RVC for the last 20 years and it has contributed …

• New HBLB grant awarded to Prof Simon Priestnall and Dr Alejandro Suarez-Bonnet

  

  Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second commonest equine tumour, predominantly affecting genitalia and the eyes/periorbital tissues. These tumours typically have a guarded to poor prognosis, and a significant proportion are likely induced by …

   03 Jul 2019

  Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second commonest equine tumour, predominantly affecting …

• VetCompass-like system captures animal health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand

  

  Researchers have completed a 4-week pilot project designed to determine the feasibility of leveraging companion animal and equine health data from primary-care veterinary clinics in New Zealand. A prototype surveillance system, similar to that used …

   09 Jan 2017

• VetCompass at Veterinary Evidence Today 2016

  

  At the start of November, RCVS Knowledge hosted the second international evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) network conference, Veterinary Evidence Today 2016, in Edinburgh. The programme featured an array of informative EBVM-themed lectures …

   22 Nov 2016

• 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