Royal Veterinary College, Full Time Masters Degrees in Veterinary Sciences

Changing environmental, social and agricultural conditions are a threat to animal and human health and welfare. Many infectious diseases can pass between animals and humans, while food production, human diet and community stability are harmed by diseases that infect livestock and wildlife. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Charlotte Burn  and  Dr Troy Gibson Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences  In this full- or part-time MRes, you will aim to help identify the handling methods that are best for pet and laboratory rat welfare. Read more

Supervisors:   Prof Chantal Chenu  (Royal Veterinary College) and  Prof Shafaq Sikandar  (QMUL)  Department: … Read more

Supervisors:  Dr Collette Taylor ,  Prof Dave Brodbelt ,  Dr Dan O’Neill  and  Dr Sandra Guillen   Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences and Clinical Science and Services  Background :  Mast cell tumours (MCT) are a common cancer in dogs (Shoop et al., 2015). Read more

Supervisors:  Dr.  María Díez León  and Dr Amanda Guthrie DVM (Zoological Society of London, ZSL)  Department:  Pathobiology… Read more

Supervisors:  Professors  John R. Read more

Supervisors:  Professor  John R. Hutchinson  and  Dr. Chris Richards Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences Broiler (meat) chickens are a major food source globally. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Rob Noad  and Professor  Dirk Werling   Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences  Enzootic pneumonia is one of the most common respiratory diseases in pigs. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Debbie Guest  and  Dr Esther Palomino Lago  Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences  Fractures caused by bone overloading (as opposed to a direct trauma) often occur in racing Thoroughbreds and are the most common reason for a horse to be euthanised on the racecourse. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr  Nicola Blackie  and Ms  Sophie Mahendran    Department:  Pathobiology and Population Sciences  Calf disbudding is a common management procedure conducted for the health and safety of both other animals and farm staff when handling cattle. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Helen Stolp ,  Dr Dong Xia  and  Prof Caroline Wheeler-Jones   Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences   Vascular dysfunction is recognized as contributing to the etiology of neurological, and particularly neurodegenerative, disorders. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr Claire Thornton  and  Dr Helen Stolp Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences   Babies experiencing asphyxia during birth are at risk of significant long-term disabilities such as cerebral palsy and epilepsy. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr Elisa Vasilopoulou  and  Dr Matthew Gage Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences   Macrophages are specialised white blood cells that have multiple functions ranging from fighting infections to aiding tissue repair following injury. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Elizabeth Finding  and  Prof Caroline Wheeler-Jones  Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences     Critically ill horses and neonatal foals are predisposed to coagulopathies. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Claire Russell  and Dr Valentina Marchica  Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences   The zebrafish is a prominent model to study inherited diseases. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr  Abir Mukherjee  and Dr  Ali Fouladi  Nashta  Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences The testicular function of spermatogenesis requires circulating hormone action as well as local regulators and a permissive niche provided by Sertoli cells. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Patrick Lewis  and Ms Susanne Herbst  Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences  GTPases are the intracellular light switches of the enzyme world, acting as key regulators of signal transduction and the flow of information within the cytoplasm. Read more

Supervisors:   Dr Andrea Gaede  and D r Timothy West  Department:  Comparative Biomedical Sciences   What are the temperature sensitivities of force, velocity, and power in single pectoralis fibres from zebra finch ( T. Read more

In a world where global transport links allow rapid movement of people and animals, disease can spread more quickly than before and is harder to control than ever. Read more

Over the past 30 years, interventions, for reasons of health, welfare and the conservation of free-living wild animals, have been undertaken with increasing frequency. Read more

Wild animal health has become increasingly popular among non-veterinarians with a first degree in zoology and biology. Read more

The Royal Veterinary College produces outstanding graduates who go on to work in some of the world’s leading scientific research institutes, as well as within industry and government. Read more

The Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Clinical Studies at the RVC provides the career-building opportunity for students studying outside the UK to undertake training in the RVC’s comprehensive clinical educational programme, including at the RVC’s leading hospitals. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr.  Androniki Psifidi,   Prof. David Connolly ,  Prof. Virginia Luis Fuentes , Dr. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr.  Androniki Psifidi  (RVC),  Prof. Georgios Banos  (University of Edinburgh) and Dr. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr.  Androniki Psifidi , Prof.  Damer Blake  and Dr. Ankit Hinsu Department:  Clinical Science and Services  Chickens play a pivotal role in global food security as a primary source of meat and eggs. Read more

Supervisors:  Dr.  Androniki Psifidi  (RVC),   Dr Emily Clark  (University of Edinburgh),  Professor Joanne Conington  (Scotland’s Rural College) and  Dr Elizabeth Attree  (RVC)  Department:  Clinical Science and Services  Gastrointestinal (GI) parasitism is a global problem for grazing ruminants. Read more