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• MRes - Developing treatments for Batten disease, a childhood neurodegenerative disease

  Lead RVC Supervisor: Dr Claire Russell, Dr Valentina Marchica  Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences   Background, aims and objectives: The zebrafish is a prominent model to study inherited diseases. Mutations in CLN3 cause approximately …

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• James Bee Student Choice Awards

  Prize scheme to recognise RVC staff who excel in providing an excellent student learning experience

• Latest message from the President & Principal

  Latest message to students, staff, applicants and clients of the RVC's hospitals

• Disability, learning difference & long-term health conditions

  Advice about support available for students with disabilities, learning differences, neurodivergent conditions, mental health difficulties and chronic or long term health difficulties can be provided by the RVC Disability Team

• RVC Scholarships for Undergraduates

  The RVC is delighted to offer scholarships and bursaries to students aimed at supporting those who might otherwise struggle to afford to study at the RVC

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• New NERC grant: Saiga antelope mortality in Kazakhstan 2015: emergency investigation of disease outbreak to improve knowledge of drivers

  

  Professor Richard Kock has received a grant from Natural Environment Research Council for the following study: "Saiga antelope mortality in Kazakhstan 2015: emergency investigation of disease outbreak to improve knowledge of drivers" Between 10th …

   29 Jul 2015

  Professor Richard Kock has received a grant from Natural Environment Research Council for the …

• RVC collaborates to reveal health issues in different dog breeds

  

  A Royal Veterinary College (RVC) veterinary researcher has been involved in an exciting collaboration to create a single resource, in an easy-to-read book format, that identifies the health issues that each dog and cat breed is predisposed to. Until now, owners have struggled to find information about the diseases their breeds are prone to because this information was often scattered across thousands of scholarly articles in academic journals. Now, following exhaustive research that examined thousands of peer-reviewed publications on dog and cat health, three veterinary surgeon researchers have finally collated all this information into a single book source for owners, vets, breeders and students.

   18 Apr 2018

• Welfare crisis looms for flat faced dog breeds commonly used in advertising

  

  Organisations with an interest in dog welfare have penned an open letter asking companies to stop using ‘flat faced’ (brachycephalic) dogs to sell products. The Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG), made up of the veterinary profession, national animal welfare organisations, scientists, and dog breed clubs are calling for companies to stop using flat faced dog breeds, such as Pugs, Bulldogs and French Bulldogs, to endorse and sell products. Soaring demand for these breeds, fuelled by their prominence in advertising and marketing campaigns, is creating a health and welfare crisis.

   15 Dec 2017
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  Cardiac surgery breakthrough – A world first at the RVC

  Open heart surgery to treat a stenotic tricuspid valve has been carried out at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC). It is the first reported case of such a procedure being successfully performed on a dog.

• Vets working with Medics to find solutions for the COVID-19 crisis

  

  Members of the One Health Poultry Hub, including two experts from the RVC, are helping to guide the world's recovery from this latest zoonotic disease crisis.

   22 Mar 2020

  The latest blog post from Fiona Tomley, The Director of the One Health Poultry Hub explains how …