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• RVC Equine’s Referral Hospital and Practice both deemed ‘Outstanding’ in five awards in total

  

  This extraordinary achievement highlights the specialist skills and dedicated care provided by staff in both the hospital and the ambulatory practice

   16 Apr 2019

• Weight gain more than doubles the risk of laminitis in horses and ponies

  

  Horses and ponies that gain weight are more than twice as likely to develop laminitis than if they lose or maintain their weight, new research has found.

   27 Mar 2019

• Equine Residencies - Applications now open

  One Equine Surgery and one Equine Diagnostic Imaging Residency will be available in 2019 at the RVC

   28 Nov 2018

• Equine welfare set to be improved by new study into laminitis

  

  Equine welfare is set to be improved by a new PhD study into the chronic condition of laminitis, a painful and debilitating equine foot condition that often requires prolonged treatment, or even euthanasia in severe cases. Previous research has …

   22 Jan 2018

• Should we redefine equine lameness in the era of quantitative gait analysis?

  

  International team of researchers have strongly advised on the need to discriminate clearly between “asymmetry” and “lameness”

   05 Sep 2017

• Sensor technology allows experts to enhance understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

  

  Sensor technology is allowing experts from the RVC and Animal Health Trust to enhance their understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

   28 Jun 2017

• What role do horse blood donors play at the RVC?

  

  The RVC keeps four horse blood donors who perform a vital role donating blood and plasma each month

   14 Jun 2017

• New study highlights impact of elastic resistance band training for horses

  

  Use of these bands on horses shown to prevent injuries as well as overcome them

   26 May 2017

• RVC breakthrough reveals the molecular mechanisms that underlie a form of ‘tying up’ in horses

  

  Breakthrough at Royal Veterinary College as researchers reveal the molecular mechanisms that underlie a common genetic form of ‘tying up’ in horses

   03 Nov 2016

• RVC celebrates milestone with 500th stored feline blood donation

  

  This month, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) celebrated a milestone as the Blood Donor team collected its 500th stored feline blood donation. Donated by Malcolm, a nine-year-old rescued domestic shorthair cat, the day before World Blood Donor Day, this collection marked his ninth donation, which created a unit of stored feline packed red blood cells and a unit of stored feline fresh frozen plasma.

   04 Jul 2023

  This month, the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) celebrated a milestone as the Blood Donor team …