Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
The School teaches postgraduate and undergraduate degree programmes, the latter providing the necessary training for a future career as a veterinary surgeon, and undertakes research across a range of veterinary-related fields.Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies is part of The College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. Visit the School web site at www.vet.ed.ac.uk.
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Dangerous delay 2: The cost of inaction
(Jameel Observatory, Oxfam, Save the Children, 2022-05-18)In 2011, Somalia experienced a devastating famine that killed over a quarter of a million people. Afterwards, leaders in the region made a commitment to end drought emergencies by 2022. The international community sought ... -
Characterisation of skeletal development and the use of anabolic agents in murine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(The University of Edinburgh, 2020-08-04)Short stature and osteoporosis are common in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and its pathophsyiology may include an abnormality of the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor 1 (GH/IGF-1) axis, which is further ... -
Equine colic and postoperative ileus: a global study of the veterinary care continuum and proposals for enhanced clinical management strategies
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What do we know about livestock diseases in Ethiopia? A birds-eye view of recent evidence
(2022-04-04)The systematic evidence map allows users to quickly take stock of evidence on livestock disease prevalence and mortality. The map reveals the distribution and quantity of available evidence, and highlights areas for ... -
ML - Notes from Virtual Grantee Impact Webinar, Nov 30, 2021
(SEBI-Livestock, 2021-12-17)Meeting notes from an interactive webinar held for BMGF livestock grantees that work with SEBI-Livestock on monitoring impact. -
Optimising genomic breeding of farmed salmon
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-25)The relatively recent domestication of aquaculture species, such as Atlantic salmon, produces both significant challenges and substantial opportunities for the use of genomic tools in animal breeding which could improve ... -
Genetic analysis of SMOC1 and SMOC2 in eye and limb development
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-18)Secreted modular calcium-binding proteins (SMOCs) are extracellular glycoproteins of the secreted protein, acidic, and rich in cysteine-related modular calcium-binding protein (SPARC) family and include two paralogues ... -
Clyde Street 1833-1841: The veterinary teaching and learning environment
(Veterinary History Society, 2020)The teaching environment of the veterinary school in Clyde Street, Edinburgh, in the 1830s, comprised many different components for each of the students who attended. It is obviously not possible to describe them all, but ... -
Knowledge and attitudes of veterinarians with regard to pain and welfare in cats: an educational intervention
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-17)Freedom from pain is a key component of animal welfare, and treatment depends on its effective recognition. Since veterinarians play an important role in alleviating animal pain, they must be equipped with the knowledge ... -
Breeding strategies for integrating new and orphan crops in production systems
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-17)In recent decades, plant breeding has shifted toward catering for intensive monocropping based on a few staple crops. This shift has led to a reduction in biodiversity, environmentally-unsustainable agricultural practices, ... -
Apical-out chicken enteroids with leukocyte component as a model to study host-pathogen interactions
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-07)Over the last 20 years global poultry production has tripled with approximately 107 million tonnes of chicken meat and 1.3 trillion eggs now produced every year (FAOSTAT, 2019). Of particular concern for all types of poultry ... -
The 1853 portrait of William Dick and the undelivered letters
(Veterinary History Society, 2021)Readers of this journal will oft have been made aware of the curious links between serendipity and our increased awareness of veterinary history. We briefly present here yet another example. -
A wee blether with Mary Dick
(Veterinary History Society, 2019-02)The following article has been adapted from the one first published in the March 2018 edition of iScot magazine (pp20-29). The authors have edited it by adding one additional figure, and by supplying endnotes and references. -
A wee blether with Mary Dick
(2018-03)Article published in the iScot magazine about Mary Dick - the sister of the founder of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. -
Optimising beef systems: economic and environmental trade-offs
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-07)Current environmental rhetoric has highlighted the importance of seeking livestock production systems that reconcile competing objectives, especially environmental impacts. Profit margins in cattle systems are small and ... -
Unraveling the effect of sex on human genetic architecture
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-01)Sex is arguably the most important differentiating characteristic in most mammalian species, separating populations into different groups, with varying behaviors, morphologies, and physiologies based on their complement ... -
Chronic wasting disease in Europe: characterisation of genetic susceptibility and strain diversity
(The University of Edinburgh, 2022-03-01)Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that causes a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disorder in cervid species including deer, elk, reindeer and moose. CWD has become widespread in North America in both ... -
Effects of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on porcine muscle development
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in humans. Preferential allocation of available resources to vital tissues in the IUGR foetus occurs at the expense of ... -
Identification of on-farm recorded data for the prediction of disease in dairy cattle
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Identification of cows at increased disease risk during the transition period is necessary to reduce the negative economic impact of disease and to improve animal welfare. Although timely identification of at-risk cows ... -
Dynamic modelling to explore persistence of disease in endemic settings using foot and mouth disease as an exemplar
(The University of Edinburgh, 2021-12-08)Foot and mouth disease (FMD) costs over $20bn annually in large part due to control costs and production losses. Endemic regions such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are particularly badly affected. Pastoral livestock keepers ...
