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• 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 – …

   17 Aug 2020

• Bloomsbury SET grant awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell

  

  Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter Holloway (RVC) and Professor Abdel Hakim Al Husban (Yarmouk University, Jordan) has been awarded a grant by The Bloomsbury SET to work on the project ‘ …

   16 Sep 2020

  Dr Jackie Cardwell, in collaboration with Dr Kerry Brown (LSHTM), Dr Mehroosh Tak (RVC), Dr Peter …

• Social science-led projects awarded £170,000 to combat infectious disease through a cross-disciplinary approach

  

  The RVC and its partners in The Bloomsbury SET programme will bring new perspectives to global human and animal health challenges

   14 Oct 2020

  The Bloomsbury SET – a £5-million translational research programme led by The Royal Veterinary …

• Scientists collaborate to assess the impact of an infection with Mycobacterium bovis on different cow breeds

  Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia,), the Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (Guadalajara Jalisco, México), Public Health England ( …

   16 Dec 2020

  Scientists from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y …

• RVC study reveals extent of dog obesity crisis in the UK

  

  Study from the RVC reveals scale of the overweight epidemic in dogs in the UK, with 1 in 14 dogs recorded by their vets as overweight each year

   23 Mar 2021

• New RVC study into euthanasia of dogs aims to help veterinary professionals and owners better prepare for that toughest decision

  

  The discoveries in this new study can support veterinarians and owners to better prepare for and come to terms with such difficult decisions

   04 May 2021

• NC3R Skills and Knowledge Transfer Grant

  

  Dr Virginia Marugan-Hernandez has been awarded an NC3Rs Skills and Knowledge Transfer award to transfer her in vitro screening method to test new interventions for coccidiosis, to SALUVET-innova, an SME spun-out of the Complutense University of …

   14 Jul 2021

  Dr Virginia Marugan-Hernandez has been awarded an NC3Rs Skills and Knowledge Transfer award to …

• New RVC research gets to the root of dental disease in dogs

  

  Dental disease is one of the most common health problems experienced by dogs but often remains unrecognised by owners as a major welfare issue. The latest research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) reveals just how common dental disease is in …

   10 Aug 2021

• New research reveals potential for earlier detection of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

  

  New research reveals potential for earlier detection of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

   20 Dec 2021

  Research, led by the RVC, marks an important milestone in detection of molecular changes that mark …

• New RVC research helps owners better understand the remaining life expectancy of dogs

  

  New research from the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) VetCompass programme now enables owners to predict the remaining life expectancy of their dog from different ages, with results broken down by breed and gender to make these as useful as possible for owners of many breeds in the UK. The findings also identify breeds with the greatest and lowest life expectancies of the 18 breeds in the study, highlighting wide differences in life expectancy amongst popular breeds.

   28 Apr 2022