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  Portosystemic Shunt Case Study

  Billy, a four-month-old Jack Russell terrier, presented to his referring vets with a history of intermittent vomiting and diarrhoea, occasional hindlimb ataxia, and head bobbing. An abnormal bile acid stimulation test raised the suspicion of a …
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  New State-of-the-Art Technology for the RVC Microbiology Laboratory: Time to focus on bacteria again

  Rapidly spreading viruses, such as those responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic or the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, have dominated the headlines on infectious threats in recent decades. However, bacteria, and multidrug-resistant strains in particular, remain amongst the most important challenges to human and animal health.

• Academics from the RVC publish ground-breaking new book dedicated to welfare improvement in flat-faced companion animals

  

  Dr Rowena Packer and Dr Dan O’Neill, both leading researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), have published the first ever book condensing global knowledge of brachycephaly (having a flat-faced conformation) in companion animals.

   29 Sep 2021

  Dr Rowena Packer and Dr Dan O’Neill, both leading researchers at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), …

• World’s first study by RVC investigates blood pressure and kidney disease in domestic cats

  

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has conducted the world’s first genome wide association study (GWAS) specifically evaluating renal function and blood pressure traits in domestic cats. Studying a large population of cats, the findings pave the way …

   28 Feb 2022

  The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has conducted the world’s first genome wide association study ( …

• The RVC’s Professor Roger Smith elected Junior VP of BEVA

  

  The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor Roger Smith, Professor of Equine Orthopaedics, has been elected Junior Vice President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA), after being elected to the Council three times - in 1997, 2000 …

   18 Mar 2022

• Two RVC specialists announced as winners of prestigious BSAVA awards

  

  The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor Ross Bond, Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, and Dr Rosanne Jepson, Associate Professor of Small Animal Internal Medicine have been announced as the winners of two British Small Animal Veterinary …

   25 Mar 2022

  The Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor Ross Bond, Professor of Veterinary Dermatology, and …

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  Immune-mediated Haemolytic Anaemia Case

  Erica Tinson, Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Buddy, a six-year-old Labrador was presented to RVC Small Animal Referrals in early January for investigation of severe anaemia. He was diagnosed with immune-mediated haemolytic …
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  Using Flow Cytometry for Companion Animal Cancer Research

  Dirk Werling, Professor of Molecular Immunology Over the last two years, RVC’s research facilities have been revamped to stay at the cutting edge of changes in veterinary medicine. One of these changes is the greater impact of basic research and …

• The RVC awarded funding to better understand early-life influences on performance and financial viability of Thoroughbred breeding

  

  The RVC awarded funding to better understand early-life influences on performance and financial viability of Thoroughbred breeding

   11 Aug 2022

• New research from the RVC identifies insights into the cause of the 2021 outbreak of a serious feline condition

  

  Two new studies from the RVC have examined the 2021 outbreak of feline pancytopenia – a rare condition that causes serious illness, and in some cases fatalities, in cats. Due to the rapid increase of cases at the time, the outbreak caused concern …

   10 Jan 2023

  Two new studies from the RVC have examined the 2021 outbreak of feline pancytopenia – a rare …