PetSavers reports and interviews
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Intestinal fibrosis in feline chronic inflammatory enteropathy 
Dr Aarti Kathrani and Professor Simon Priestnall at the RVC received PetSavers funding for a Master’s Degree by Research investigating feline chronic inflammatory enteropathy. Here, student Yuvani Bandara describes her research and explains what this opportunity has meant to her.
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Feline infectious peritonitis 
Professor Danièlle Gunn-Moore received BSAVA PetSavers’ funding for a master’s degree by research project entitled Acute phase protein and microRNA signatures for the diagnosis and prognosis of feline infectious peritonitis. Student Rachael Hammond tells us more.
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Joint fluid biomarker search to further canine quality of life 
Sebastian Griffin provides some insight into the BSAVA PetSavers funded research entitled Evaluation of synovial cytokine concentrations in dogs with degenerative joint disease, immune-mediated polyarthritis and septic arthritis.
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Simplifying total intravenous anaesthesia in dogs 
Sean Langton discusses the PetSavers funded MADTCI® Project.
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Feline inflammatory bowel disease research 
Dr Silke Salavati, small animal internal medicine specialist, and Holly Grenville, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies undergraduate 5th year veterinary student, report on their BSAVA PetSavers-funded research which was carried out as a student research project: Feasibility of using a point-of-care analyser for faecal calprotectin (fCAL) to diagnose and differentiate intestinal disease in cats.
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Trauma-induced coagulopathy in dogs 
Rachael Birkbeck and collaborators Dan Chan, Duana McBride and Stefano Cortellini from the Department of Clinical Science and Services, Royal Veterinary College were awarded PetSavers’ funding in 2017 to study trauma-induced coagulopathy in dogs.
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SARS-CoV-2 in UK domestic cats: Evidence of declining seroprevalence and weaker neutralizing antibody responses against Omicron 
Professor Margaret Hosie and PhD student Grace Tyson at the University of Glasgow received funding for a Student Research Project exploring the seroprevalence of SARSCoV-2 in UK domestic cats. Student Chloé Montreuil-Spencer carried out this project in the summer of 2022 and describes her work here.
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Investigating the reporting of adverse drug reactions using electronic healthcare records 
Heather Davies from the University of Liverpool received PetSavers funding for the student research project Exploring recording of adverse drug reaction reporting in veterinary free-text clinical narratives. Student Emily Blackwell, whose presentation of her work at BSAVA Congress 2022 won her the PetSavers Clinical Abstract Award, describes the study.
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Investigating biomarkers of meniscal injury in canine stifle joint synovial fluid 
In 2020, Professor Mandy Peffers, together with Professor Eithne Comerford and Dr Marie Phelan, from the University of Liverpool, received BSAVA PetSavers funding for a master’s degree by research project entitled Determining predictive metabolomic biomarkers for meniscal injuries in dogs with cranial-cruciate ligament rupture using stifle joint synovial fluid. Student Christine Pye describes the study and its findings.
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Canine intervertebral disc disease: how much do we really know? 
In 2019, Paul Freeman received a BSAVA PetSavers grant of £13,000 (including £5,000 donated by The Debs Foundation) for a project entitled Recovery of ambulation in medically-managed non-ambulatory Dachshund dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc herniation at the University of Cambridge Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital with Sam Khan.
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BOAS research 
University of Cambridge vet student Sze Lynn Yuen, reports on her research project entitled Effect of pterygoid bone medialization on nasopharyngeal narrowing and surgical outcome in dogs with brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome.
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Exploring vaccination uptake trends in UK companion animals 
Professor Gina Pinchbeck, at the University of Liverpool, received partial funding from BSAVA PetSavers for a PhD entitled A mixed methods approach to quantifying and characterising vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy in UK companion animals. PhD student Shona Bloodworth describes the background to, and initial findings of, the study.
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Meet the researcher 
Professor Clare Rusbridge of Wear Referrals and the University of Surrey has been a recipient of many PetSavers grants. Her most recent was for the undergraduate project Cytological and MRI evaluation of the soft palate and tonsils in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with Chiari-like malformation.
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Preoperative microbial load considerations 
Rebecca Verhoven BSc (Hons) RVN, and lecturer Kat Hart, report on their PetSavers-funded research undertaken while Rebecca was a student vet nurse – Cotton wool versus non-woven gauze swabs: comparatively, which is more efficacious for minimizing the preoperative microbial load on the ovariohysterectomy surgical site in bitches?
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Acute canine polyradiculoneuritis 
Angie Rupp received BSAVA PetSavers funding in 2014 to investigate serological markers (and potential geographic differences for their sero-prevalence) for acute canine polyradiculoneuritis at the University of Glasgow. Here she describes her project.
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Chronic GI upsets in cats – environmental and behavioural risk factors 
Dr Emily Blackwell and Dr Aarti Kathrani were awarded funding from BSAVA PetSavers for a Master’s Degree by Research to investigate the environmental and behavioural risk factors of chronic gastrointestinal upsets in cats, using data collected from the longitudinal prospective cohort study The Bristol Cats Study at Bristol Vet School. Anna Garvey describes her experience as a Master’s student.
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Investigating biomarkers of feline chronic kidney disease progression 
Jack Lawson, a lecturer in small animal internal medicine at the Royal Veterinary College, discusses his PetSavers funded research: Urinary extracellular vesicles as a source of biomarkers in feline chronic kidney disease and hypertension.
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Meet the researcher 
Dr Sophie Binks has received BSAVA PetSavers funding for a project entitled ‘Improving recognition, diagnosis and treatment of cats with seizures due to autoantibodies of the central nervous system, a treatable cause of feline seizures and status epilepticus’.
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Perioperative use of acupuncture in dogs 
Hanna Machin and Chiara Adami provide a report on their BSAVA PetSavers funded investigation into the analgesic effect of dry needle acupuncture on dogs undergoing surgical treatment of type I intervertebral disc extrusions.
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Meet the researcher 
Dr Penny Watson has been the recipient of several BSAVA PetSavers grants for undergraduate student projects and clinical research projects. Her most recent funds a Master’s student in a project entitled An investigation of novel immunohistochemical markers and serum auto-antibodies in cats with chronic biliary tract disease.
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