The Royal Veterinary College says funding processes and collaboration must be improved to make canine health and welfare research more effective and directly beneficial to dogs. Read On…
Research led by the Royal Veterinary College, published June 11, showed six breeds — Maltese, Miniature Poodle, Cavapoo, German Shepherd, Yorkshire Terrier and Cockapoo — were significantly more likely to receive a diarrhea diagnosis, and dogs three years and under and those nine and older faced higher odds. Read On…
Researchers at the RVC used VetCompass data to quantify breed and demographic risk for haemangiosarcoma in UK dogs, identifying several breeds with substantially increased odds of diagnosis and underscoring diagnostic challenges in first‑opinion practice. Read On…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare unveiled a new Innate Health Assessment on 18 November designed to help identify dogs unsuited to breeding, targeting extreme conformation that leaves popular breeds such as French Bulldogs prone to serious health problems. Read On…