Centre, co-ordinating disciplined study of its clinical caseload through its electronic patient record system and undertaking Phase II Clinical Trials under a Home Office license. They aim to translate research into solutions for veterinary and human medicine and use their expertise and veterinary patient caseload to undertake comparative research of both biomedical and veterinary significance.
== Clinical services ==
The RVC runs three animal hospitals and three first opinion practices, all based in London and Hertfordshire. The hospitals treat over 20,000 patients per year.
For small animals, the RVC runs the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital, a first-opinion hospital based at the RVC's Camden campus, and the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, an animal referral hospital which provides clinical services in a wide range of specialities.
The equine services include the Equine Practice which is a first opinion ambulatory service, serving Hertfordshire and other local areas and the Equine Referral Hospital which provides referral clinical services to equine practices and horse owners throughout the south of England.
The RVC operates a referral farm animal hospital at its Hawkshead Campus, which provides full hospitalisation, diagnostic and surgical facilities for individual farm animals. The college has a collaboration with the Dairy Development centre, the Welsh Regional Veterinary Centre (WRVC), which provides a farm health investigation service to vets and farmers in the South Wales region.
== Alumni ==
Mary Brancker (1914–2010). The first woman to become president of the British Veterinary Association, after whom Mary Brancker House was named.
Walter Plowright (1923-2010), whose work led directly to the worldwide eradication of the viral disease rinderpest in 2001.
Sir Gordon Shattock (1928-2010)
Dr Rory Cowlam (2010-2015)
Liz Bonnin, Science broadcaster
Clare Bryant, Professor of Veterinary Science
== See also ==
Armorial of UK universities
List of universities in the UK
== References ==
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