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Animal Behaviour and Welfare Walks and Talks event a success!
This September the RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics group ran the annual Walks and Talks event. This is a 2-day postgraduate conference meeting for early stage researchers around the UK. It was attended by 14 from 5 universities, and …This September the RVC Animal Welfare Science and Ethics group ran the annual Walks and …
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Young Bioenergeticist Award
Congratulations to Dr Marthe Ludtmann who has received the Young Bioenergeticist Award from the Biophysical Society at the annual meeting in San Francisco. Marthe received this award in recognition of her work over the last 5 years in the field of …Congratulations to Dr Marthe Ludtmann who has received the Young Bioenergeticist Award from the …
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Ancient bus-sized crocodile had extra vertebra to assist movement, new study shows
An ancient caiman that weighed as much as an Asian elephant (3 tonnes) and almost was as long as a bus (8 metres) had unique specialisations to help it move, a new study shows. The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor John Hutchinson joined … -
RVC researchers at forefront of new zoonotic funding programme
Researchers from the RVC are leading projects to tackle brucellosis in cattle in West and Central Africa, study influenza in poultry faming in Bangladesh and investigate the epidemiology and evolution of novel zoonotic hybrid schistosomiasis in Senegal and NigerThe RVC has been awarded more than £5 million as part of a multimillion pound research programme to …
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New EU Horizon 2020 grant for an European Training Network on Bone Pain awarded
An EU Horizon 2020 grant of £398,289 has been awarded to a consortium, involving Dr Chantal Chenu, for an European Training Network on Bone Pain BonePain is the first European platform to promote frontline research, innovation and education on bone …An EU Horizon 2020 grant of £398,289 has been awarded to a consortium, involving Dr Chantal Chenu, …
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Humane Slaughter Association Grants and Awards
Please click here to view the recent HSA (Humane Slaughter Association) Grants and awards page. RVC's Georgina Limon-Vega was awarded the Dorothy Sidley Memorial Scholarship in 2008, and here she talks about her work on welfare before and during …Please click here to view the recent HSA (Humane Slaughter Association) Grants and awards page. …
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£1.2M Wellcome Trust Fellowship funds research into fundamental challenges of using muscles to power locomotion with legs
Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why small children and birds don’t run like adults or ostriches? A new conceptual framework being developed at The Royal Veterinary College is approaching …Have you ever wondered why you can’t walk and run as fast or efficiently as you can cycle? Or why …
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Research shows why vets are often missing the cause of feline diabetes
1 in 4 cases of diabetes mellitus in domestic cats are caused by excess secretion of pituitary growth hormoneRoyal Veterinary College research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, reveals that 1 in 4 cases of …
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Award-winning article - Longevity and mortality of cats
We are delighted to announce that ‘Longevity and mortality of cats attending primary veterinary practices in England’ has been recognised as a top-performing article by Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, with a total of 15 citations in 2016. … -
Award-winning article - Longevity and mortality of cats
We are delighted to announce that ‘Longevity and mortality of cats attending primary veterinary practices in England’ has been recognised as a top-performing article by Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, with a total of 15 citations in 2016. …We are delighted to announce that ‘Longevity and mortality of cats attending primary veterinary …