University of Cambridge Vet School

Congratulations to @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social and his research team at the @camvetschool.bsky.social on their latest paper exploring the ‘hidden’ microbes in our gut.

Discover more about their fascinating findings on the University of Cambridge Research website 👇🏽
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

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Congrats to Prof Pietro Mastroeni from @camvetschool.bsky.social for new review article published in asm.org: "Multivalent vaccines for invasive Salmonella disease: need, rationale and immunological foundations."

👉🏽 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/iai.00118-25

#GlobalHealth #AntimicrobialResistance

A big congratulations🎉to Catherine Wilson, our Senior Clinical Training Scholar in Veterinary Pathology, on the publication of her final PhD paper in @nature.com working with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and from her time at the @liverpooluni.bsky.social 👇🏽

montage pictures of a dog having enzyme treatment

We’re delighted the pioneering work going on at the QVSH, is featured on the #UniversityofCambridge research website. Delivering injection treatment that’s helping dogs with serious spinal injuries.

Full story on the University of Cambridge website 👇🏽
lnkd.in/e9Rj9c8V

#TeamQVSH #IVDDResearch

Montage of photos from 1950s when the Vet School was being built

On this day in 1955, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Department of Veterinary Medicine building in Cambridge.

Read more here: www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/celebrating-70-years-cambridge-vet-school-building

#CambridgeVet70 #VetMed #BeACambridgeVet

🐾 Our Veterinary Hospital is working with the Wellcome Sanger Institute on a study into osteosarcoma, a bone cancer affecting many dogs.

If your dog is having an amputation for OSA, they may be eligible to take part.

More info 👉 www.hospital.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/new-res...

📩 oncology@vet.cam.ac.uk

Flyer promoting the QVSH General Practice in Cambridge

🐾 Exciting news

The QVSH General Practice is open to pet owners across Cambs. We’re proud to be a not-for-profit practice and hospital.

Register your pet - it's easy and you’ll be part of a community that helps shape the future of veterinary medicine.

👉 www.hospital.vet.cam.ac.uk/general-prac...

Photo shows fgTiO2 specifically targeting auto fluorescent, antigen-presenting cells of the Peyer's patch.

🔬 How does a common food additive interact with your immune system? New research from
@camvetschool.bsky.social
shows how food-grade titanium dioxide (fgTiO₂) builds up in gut immune cells and how it behaves.

👉🏼https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60248-9
#GutHealth #FoodAdditives

When a peregrine falcon chick was sadly found dead in Hertfordshire, our team from @camvetschool.bsky.social helped reveal a lodged bone in its throat. A sad story - but one now teaching future vets and students @camzoology.bsky.social

👉🏼https://bit.ly/3IalvNu

#VetMed #WildlifeForensics

Photo of guests outside the Cow Shed at the University farm

Honoured to welcome the Paraguayan Ambassador and guests to our #UniFarm on Friday. A great showcase of sustainable farming, tech innovation, and hands-on vet student learning 🐄💡
🔗 www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/honoure...

#SustainableFarming #VetMed #CambridgeUniversity #BeACambridgeVet

Do you know someone thinking about studying #VeterinaryMedicine? Why not tell them about this Open Day at the Cambridge Vet School on 29th August! @camvetschool.bsky.social 👇🏼

#BeACambridgeVet #CambridgeVet #6thForm #6thFormStudents

www.vet.cam.ac.uk/news/calling...

Thrilled to share that @clarebryant.bsky.social‬ our Professor of Innate Immunity, has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences!🎉

A brilliant recognition of her group’s work in advancing research in innate immunity. Huge congratulations!

#MedicalScience #Cambridge #InnateImmunity

We're delighted that researchers from the @camvetschool.bsky.social are contributing to this important new network, advancing understanding of the gut-immune-brain connection.🧠👇🏽

Common variants in the CPT1A gene are associated with cataracts in Northern breeds of domestic dog Primary hereditary cataract affects many purebred domestic dog breeds and is a major cause of visual impairment in dogs. Cataracts are common in Northern breeds such as the Siberian Husky, Alaskan Mal...

New research from the Canine Genetics Centre, here at the @camvetschool.bsky.social, in collab with Wisdom Panel, explores the genetic causes of hereditary #cataracts in dogs - one of the leading causes of blindness in over 100 breeds.🐾🧬 #CanineGenetics #VetResearch
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Great news Hayley! @thehjbrod.bsky.social and researchers at @camvetschool.bsky.social @julianparkhill.bsky.social

Exciting research, giving us a better understanding of how the Streptococcus equi evolves and adapts, shaping the way it infects horses and donkeys. 👇🏽

📢 Interested in AI in Medicine?
Join us TONIGHT for a free LIVE podcast: ‘AI in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’ for @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

📅 25 March – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, St Andrew's St, CB2 3AP
👉🏽 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/live-podca...

📢 Interested in AI in Medicine?
Join us for a LIVE podcast: ‘AI in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’ for the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

📅 25 March 2025 – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, St Andrew's St, Cambridge, CB2 3AP
🎫 The event is free
👉🏽 lnkd.in/eKBGAAKH

📢 This Saturday, 22nd March - The Vet School is taking part in the West Cambridge Open Day @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

We open the doors at 10am with hands-on activities and a talk at 1pm🐰

Fun for all the family no tickets needed - all welcome! 🐾

Read more 👇🏽
www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...

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Join us at the #CambridgeFestival for a live recording of The Animal Heartbeat podcast.

'Artificial Intelligence in Human and Veterinary Cardiology’

📅 25 March 2025 – 7.30pm
📍 Queen’s Lecture Theatre, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, CB2 3AP
🎫 Tickets: www.vet.cam.ac.uk/research/cam...

#Cardiology

📢 Calling our international veterinary community!

One of our 3rd year vet students is currently conducting a project on the global distribution of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (TVT).

Please fill out this short questionnaire: lnkd.in/egMWZWYq

Thank you!

The @camvetschool.bsky.social would like to congratulate Professor Jon Simons who was recently appointed as the new Head of the School of Biological Sciences!👇🏼

Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body against infections A new study has found that the composition of your gut microbiome helps predict how likely you are to succumb to potentially life-threatening infection with

Well done👏🏽 to @camvetschool.bsky.social researchers
@alexmsalmeida.bsky.social and Qi Yin for publishing their study that shows how your gut health through diet can combat infections. Check it out here 👇🏼

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

System to auto-detect new variants will inform better response to future infectious disease outbreaks Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans - including those causing

Well done to @julianparkhill.bsky.social and @noemielefrancq.bsky.social from @camvetschool.bsky.social working in collaboration with @geneticscam.bsky.social on new method to spot highly infectious variants of viruses and bacteria that spread in humans. 👇🏼

Read the full article: bit.ly/3Pp7onG

Every Tuesday, our research community gathers for 'Coffee and Cake'- a cherished tradition set-up to foster connections and celebrate the great research going on across our site.

Today we celebrated the 1st anniversary of these meet-ups!

Thank you for making it special. See you in the New Year! 🐾