Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies publications: Recent submissions
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Liver ferritin in the protein deficient rat
(The University of Edinburgh, 1976)A method for the isolation in high yield of the iron storage protein ferritin has been developed which has reduced to a minimum the chance of discriminating against either low iron or high iron ferritin. The procedure ... -
Functional characterisation of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 glycoprotein 150
(The University of Edinburgh, 2000)Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) is a B cell tropic pathogen of small rodents which shares genetic and pathobiological similarities with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV). ... -
Studies on ovine polioencephalomalacia
(The University of Edinburgh, 1975)Polioencephalomalacia (PE), also known as Cerebro- cortical Necrosis, is a neurological disease of several ruminant species including sheep and cattle, which is diagnosed on the basis of characteristic brain lesions. Prior ... -
Study of feeble bio-electric currents by means of thermionic valve amplification
(The University of Edinburgh, 1930)(1). A method is described by which it is possible to study feeble action currents. -
Studies on the feeding and social behaviour of domestic horses
(The University of Edinburgh, 1979)In this study some aspects of the behaviour of domestic horses which had previously received little attention were investigated. -
Aspects of bone quality in the broiler chicken
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Contributions to the development and morphology of the mammalian hind-brain
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Food preparation behaviour of babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)
(European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, 2017-04-30)Food preparation behaviour of sand-contaminated food articles by two zoo-based Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis) was observed and recorded as video imaging data at Bali Zoo, Indonesia during an observation period ... -
Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Nusaweleh (Seram utara, Maluku, Indonesia)
(Edinburgh : Alastair A. Macdonald, 2015)This is a published list of words of the Nusaweleh people on Seram, Maluku, Indonesia. The list comprises five parts: 1) Title page and front pages, 2) Words of the Nusaweleh people with Indonesian and then English ... -
Walter Kaudern's geographical distribution of Babirusa, 1920
(IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups for Wild Pigs (WPSG), Peccaries (PSG), and Hippos (HSG)., 2017-01)This extract (pp. 5361) of a typed manuscript held at Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum (GNM Arkivnr 608) has been translated from German into English; editorial insertions to the text have been indicated by square ... -
Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) on Buru island
(2016-10-01)The first description of Babirusa on the [Indonesian] island of Buru may be found in a letter written in 1584 by Fr. Bernardino Ferrari describing the wildlife on Buru. In his own words: ‘È l’isola del Burro molto fertile ... -
Early Chinese awareness of the 'horned' pig (genus Babyrousa)
(IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups for Wild Pigs (WPSG), Peccaries (PSG), and Hippos (HSG)., 2017-01)The adult male Babirusa (Babyrousa spp.) is recognised as a very unusual wild pig (Macdonald 2008). It is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and some neighbouring islands. The extent of its range has been ... -
First observations on Moluccan Babirusa (Babyrousa babirussa). A translation from a recently rediscovered 1770 book that describes the Babirusa on Buru Island
(IUCN/SSC Specialist Groups for Wild Pigs (WPSG), Peccaries (PSG), and Hippos (HSG), 2016-10-01)Surprisingly little is known about the Moluccan Babirusa Babyrousa babirussa despite the fact that this animal was first described by Europeans in 1582 (Macdonald et al., 2016). Most of the research on the biology of the ... -
A blue plaque in Edinburgh to commemorate John Barlow
(2016)On the 14 September 2015 a blue plaque was unveiled at 1 Pilrig Street, Edinburgh in honour of John Barlow, who was Assistant professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh (as William Dick's ... -
The War Memorial and Roll-of-Honour of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
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The Royal (Dick) Veterinary college contingent of the Officers Training Corps (OTC)
(Veterinary History Society, 2015)The involvement of educational institutes in voluntary military units of the British Army has a history that dates back to the early 19th Century when a corps of Rifle Volunteers was formed by Cambridge undergraduates ... -
Memorial to a gentleman and scholar : O. Charnock Bradley
(2015)Professor Orlando Charnock Bradley, MD, DSc, ChB, FRSE, FRCVS (1871- 1937) was the Principal of the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (as it was then known) from 12 June 1911 until his death on 21 November 1937. -
Archival material relating to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies sought
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Dr. John Barclay's teaching of Comparative Anatomy
(The Veterinary History Society, 2014)It has been clear from the various reviews made of the early years of the veterinary school in Edinburgh that one of the seminal events in its founding and development was the introduction, in May 1815, of William Dick ...
