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- Should the kennel cough vaccine be given during COVID-19?
- Can cats transfer COVID-19 to other animals, and is there a risk of zoonosis
- What's the difference between FCoV and COVID-19?
- What can we clean a patient with, and will this kill COVID-19?
- Does ultraviolet light actually kill COVID-19?
- Will good weather affect infection rates of COVID-19?
- When should we test an animal for COVID-19?
- How do Face Coverings work?
- What evidence supports use of face coverings?
- How and when to wear a face covering
- Do ferrets and other mustelids pose a zoonotic risk for COVID-19?
- Mink and COVID-19: The Denmark mutation
- What advice should we give owners of ferrets during COVID-19?
- How can we offer a cat friendly environment during COVID-19?
- How should we handle a ferret in the practice or rescue environment?
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Highlights of the collections
Our Heritage collections contain many valuable and interesting items. Discover more about them by following the links below.
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| The catalogue of the RCVS Museum Collection (26652) |
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In December 1891 Edward Reuben Edwards was employed to catalogue the RCVS Museum Collections. The catalogue reveals a number of interesting items including an 'entire preparation of a green monkey' and the 'trachea of the first giraffe ever brought to England'.| Blundeville, Thomas (1566-?1605) The fower chiefyst offices belonging to horsemanshippe, that is to saye, the office of the Breeder, of the Rider, of the Keper, and of the Ferrer. London : Wylliam Seres (14031-101) |
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In our Historical Collection is a copy of Thomas Blundeville’s The fower chiefyst offices belonging to horsemanshippe which is considered to be the first significant English book on the management and treatment of horses.| Huth, F.H. (1887) Works on horses and equitation: a biographical record of hippology. London: Bernard Quaritch (19113-1001) |
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Frederick Henry Huth (1844-1918) assembled, with the assistance of Bernard Quaritch a dealer in rare books, what was at that time one of the largest collections of horse books. In the process of doing this the two men agreed that a bibliography of books about horses was needed and that this should include a subject, as well as a general index. Click on the photo below to view an enlarged version.| Outside the RCVS Council Chamber in Belgravia House is a hangs a striking portrait of John Archibald Watt Dollar, FRCVS FRSE. (1866-1947) |
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Dollar served on RCVS Council from 1894-1909 and as President in 1904-05, during which time he gave to Council the badge and chain that are part of the Presidential regalia he is pictured wearing.| The manuscripts of Edmund Nicholas Gabriel (1800-64) |
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The most important of the manuscripts is a collection of, almost verbatim, notes taken by Gabriel, whilst he was a student at the London Veterinary College. The loose leaf notes are of seventy seven lectures given by Professor Edward Coleman between 1821-22 and cover a variety of topics relating to the horse.| Illustrations by John Roalfe Cox MRCS FRCVS (?-1903) |
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John Roalfe Cox graduated from London Veterinary School in 1849 after which he studied human medicine becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Eventually Cox set up a practice near Grosvenor Square which rapidly expanded until by 1870 it was one of the largest, and most lucrative in London.