Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have published a study which found that observing livestock during unloading rather than later in holding pens identified more welfare problems, offering veterinary surgeons a simple change to ante-mortem inspection…

RVC researchers have published research on the prevalence and management of orf on UK sheep farms which they say will give vets an opportunity to improve prevention and disease control by opening discussions on treatment protocols and prevention strategies…

Scientists at the Royal Veterinary College, contributing to a programme to tackle some of the most harmful and widespread endemic diseases that commonly affect farmed animals in the UK, have developed a severity estimation calculator for post-weaning…

Guillaume Fournié and Dr Javier Guitian from the Royal Veterinary College - working with colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College - have developed a model to understand how live bird markets act …

New research published in Epidemiology and Infection (Cambridge University Press) reveals that direct contact between badgers and cattle is rare, suggesting that it may be rare for bovine tuberculosis (TB) to be passed on through the two species…

A new study¹ published in Animal Welfare suggests that communication between veterinary surgeons and farmers about post-disbudding analgesia needs to be improved.

The study, which examined cattle farmers’ and veterinary surgeons' opinions of pain-induced…

Dr Ben Swift from Royal Veterinary College and Dr Cath Rees from Nottingham University have been off to Buckingham Palace to collect the Royal Dairy Innovation Award for a bovine tuberculosis test they developed together.

The test, which enables the…

A new study, led by the Royal Veterinary College, has determined that low-cost thermal imaging devices show minimal difference in effectiveness of detecting lameness in dairy cattle when compared to more expensive devices.

The researchers say the effectiveness…

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have been awarded £566,149 by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to continue their studies into Enzootic pneumonia…

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College are asking vets to take part in a survey to gather the views of people working in the UK ruminant sector on how to tackle the challenge of demonstrating responsible antibiotic stewardship.

The survey is part…