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• Investigating the epidemiology of canine heatstroke presenting to UK primary care veterinary practices

  Hot Dogs – investigating the epidemiology of canine heatstroke presenting to UK primary care veterinary practices

  The study will apply the VetCompass™ database to review the clinical records of over 900,000 dogs registered with UK primary-care veterinary practices for heatstroke events

• During the past decade, education campaigns from major animal welfare and veterinary organisations warning of the health consequences of these body shapes have not resulted in the desired reduction in popularity of these high-risk breeds, and indeed some breeds such as the French bulldog have paradoxically increased in numbers in the face of strong messaging.

  Understanding brachycephalic ownership

  It has become increasingly clear that understanding the motivations and desires of both current and prospective brachycephalic dog owners is key to devising more targeted human behaviour change interventions in the future. To date, RVC work in this area has uncovered a number of key findings.

• Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed.

  Disorders of Persian cats

  Almost two thirds of Persian cats suffer from at least one health condition according to the largest ever study of this breed. The research, which was conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, revealed that haircoat disorders, dental disease, overgrown nails and eye discharge are the most common conditions diagnosed in the Persian cat.

• Due to breeding trends 12.7% of British bulldogs suffer from ear infections, 8.8% from skin infections and 8.7% from obesity

  Disorders of bulldogs

  Ownership of the iconic British bulldog has doubled but the breed is particularly prone to ear infections, skin infections and obesity, according to the largest ever study of British bulldogs treated in first opinion veterinary practices.

• It has been shown that corrective airway surgery can subjectively and objectively improve the way that individual brachycephalic dogs breathe

  Outcome of corrective airway surgery

  It has been shown that corrective airway surgery can subjectively and objectively improve the way that individual brachycephalic dogs breathe.

• The below abstract was presented at the 2021 American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists' conference in Indianapolis. It is a 2-centre study, with cases from the RVC and eye clinic in Berlin.

  Primary glaucoma in the French Bulldog

  This study aimed to describe ocular, gonioscopic and histopathologic findings in a series of French Bulldogs with glaucoma. 

• Feline Diabetic Diet Research Trial : Reglucat trial

  

  The RVC Diabetic Remission Clinic is recruiting for a 1-year trial examining the ability of a new prescription diet to promote weight loss and diabetic remission in overweight cats with diabetes mellitus. The trial period will last for 1 year; cats …
• Hot Dogs – investigating the epidemiology of canine heatstroke presenting to UK primary care veterinary practices (Complete)

  

  The project, funded by Dogs Trust, aims to improve our understanding of the incidence, underlying causes and risk factors associated with heatstroke in dogs. Emily Hall and Anne Carter at Nottingham Trent University are working in collaboration with …
• Antimicrobial usage in farm animal veterinary practice in the UK: A mixed-methods approach (In Progress)

  

  The aims of this study are to estimate current antimicrobial usage in Farm Veterinary Practice and investigate the intrinsic factors and extrinsic factors associated with farm veterinarian decision-making when prescribing antimicrobials as well as …
• Diabetes mellitus and antibiotics – exploring the use of antibiotics as a risk factor for the disease (Complete)

  

  The project aims to report the incidence of canine diabetes mellitus cases diagnosed in primary care veterinary practices in the United Kingdom and to describe and explore systemic antibiotic usage prior to dogs developing diabetes mellitus.