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• Animal Welfare and Human-Animal Interactions

  Exploring how we can change public perception and desire for high-risk brachycephalic breeds, while understanding how we can refine their body shape to reduce their risk of disease is of high priority to improving canine welfare in the UK and beyond.
• While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

  Investigating healthy conformational limits

  While demand for brachycephalic dogs remains high, understanding whether the body shape of brachycephalic breeds can be refined to reduce the risk of conformation-related disease is of priority. RVC research in this area worked to identify conformational risk factors for common disorders, and define ‘healthy conformational limits’, thresholds beyond which the risk of disease becomes unacceptably high.

• 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

• Dermatology

  The Dermatology Service at the RVC treats a wide range of skin and ear problems in dogs of all breeds referred to RVC Small Animal Referrals.

• Emergency and Critical Care

  The Emergency and Critical Care service at the RVC manages both emergency referrals and patients requiring critical care in our intensive care unit. We see many brachycephalic dogs. The reasons for presentation of a brachycephalic breed to the …

• Ethics

  The ethical issues surrounding brachycephalic breeds are numerous, and conflicting interests exist within and between stakeholder groups. Breeders, owners and vets alike have a moral responsibility to safeguard the health and welfare of sentient animals to the best of their ability.

• Neurology

  Small brachycephalic dog breeds, such as the pug and French bulldog, are prone to develop specific neurological conditions and spinal disorders in particular.

• Ophthalmology

  Brachycephalic breeds currently represent about 25% of all canine patients seen at the Ophthalmology Service at the RVC

• Orthopaedics

  The currently high proportion of dogs that are brachycephalic suggests that issues around the health and population explosion associated with these breeds should be considered as a major welfare issue for dogs at a population level.

• Supporters and collaborators

  The RVC is playing a leading role in the Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG). Both Dr Dan O'Neill and also Research Fellow Dr Rowena Packer are highly active in the UK’s Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG) where they share RVC activities with a …