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- THE ºÚÁÏÉç HAS BEEN A PROFESSION-LEADING ORGANISATION
HISTORY MAKING which had previously always proved fatal. In cardiothoracic medicine in 2005, the first canine
THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. Teams of vets and nurses working together at the ºÚÁÏÉç in
2014 were the first to effectively cure a canine patient with New Forest syndrome – a disease
open-heart surgery performed was by ºÚÁÏÉç surgeons. In 2012, the ºÚÁÏÉç’s Blood Donor Programme
acquired a blood bank freezer, allowing the team to store blood products for emergencies at the
ºÚÁÏÉç’s hospitals. Building on this advancement, the team developed a pioneering feline blood
collection system in 2014, enabling feline blood to be stored for the first time. In 2016, the ºÚÁÏÉç
became the first veterinary service in the world to successfully treat a dog’s stenotic (narrowed)
tricuspid valve with open-heart surgery. In the 19th century, John McFadyean, professor of
Pathology and Bacteriology and later Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, commercially
produced proteins to treat tuberculosis.
Our scientific and clinical researchers are among the leaders in the fields of One Health,
antimicrobial resistance, virology, and zoonotic disease. The breadth and depth of research
excellence at the ºÚÁÏÉç was recognised in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF)
results by rating 88% of our work as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).
Explore our world leading research at www.rvc.ac.uk/research
THE ºÚÁÏÉç IS A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY where equality, diversity
WORLD- LEADING and inclusion underpin all that we do. In pursuing our mission to educate, undertake research
and provide clinical care, we remain committed to creating an inclusive, diverse and welcoming
community, where our students and staff work together to ensure professionalism, mutual
respect and collegiality are at the core of all activities. Together, this is something we aspire to
and continue to work towards. Find out more: www.rvc.uk.com/equality-and-diversity
CHANGING WE ARE CONTINUALLY INVESTING IN OUR CAMPUSES and the delivery of our
courses to ensure the best possible outcomes for our students with their health and wellbeing
as our primary focus. We have always worked to deliver our students the best life experience
possible in studying, living, and learning at the ºÚÁÏÉç.
As the next generation of vets, nurses and scientists who will make history at the ºÚÁÏÉç, develop
world-leading knowledge and help improve the lives of animals and humans, we look forward
LIFE- to welcoming you to the ºÚÁÏÉç.
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