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• Pups asked to sign up for study to boost pet health

  

  THOUSANDS of Labrador retriever owners in the UK are being asked to help find out how a dog's life style affects its health.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 20 Jul 2010
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• Mother's junk food diet linked to liver disease in offspring

  

  A study carried out at the RVC, London suggests that pregnancy and lactation are not the time to overindulge on fatty, salty and sugary foods as this may cause long-term liver damage to the offspring.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 07 Mar 2010
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• Edinburgh vet students gain firsthand experience with exotic animals

  

  A rise in the number of exotic animals being kept as pets has led to the creation of the UK's first specialist training facility for veterinary students.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 11 Dec 2009
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• Royal (Dick) vet school expert fears for future of worm control in sheep

  

  Dr Neil Sargison, a senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, has warned that the problem of anthelmintic resistance "may be the single most important constraint to economically sustainable lamb production…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 11 Nov 2009
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• Yale university researchers fine tune use of human genome to correct diagnosis

  

  Yale University researchers have reported making a clinical diagnosis for the first time using comprehensive DNA sequencing of all the protein-coding genes in the human genome. The information changed the course of treatment of a baby boy thousands of mil…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 21 Oct 2009
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• RVC lecturer wins Times Higher Education innovative teacher award for ‘haptic cow'

  

  At a glittering ceremony held in the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, on 15 October, and hosted by celebrity Clive Anderson, Sarah Baillie, of the RVC heard that she had won the Times Higher Education ‘Most Innovative Teacher' award for her inven…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 17 Oct 2009
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