Department of Veterinary Medicine

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Our students are passionate about excellence in veterinary medicine but they are also looking for a broader education and the opportunity to learn from inspirational teachers, internationally recognised researchers, and the finest minds of previous generations.

The Queen's Veterinary School Hospital

The Queen's Veterinary School Hospital is a teaching and a referral hospital whose aims are to provide a comprehensive and demonstrably excellent clinical service across a range of species and disciplines for clients, undergraduate and postgraduate students and the veterinary profession in general.

Junior researcher awarded £1.5 million fellowship to explore the role of the human microbiome in health and disease

Dr Alexandre Almeida, Principal Investigator at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, has been awarded a £1.5 million fellowship by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to explore the beneficial role and antimicrobial potential of novel human gut bacteria.

Pregnancy diagnosis in reef manta rays

PhD student, Niv Froman, is featured in the first episode of the new BBC series Our Changing Planet - ( Why Are Manta Rays So Important? | Our Changing Planet | BBC Earth ). Niv along with his PhD supervisor Dr Gareth Pearce and ultrasound experts Dr Marie-Aude Genain from the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital and Ray Rochester from Yorkshire Reefs , is using the world’s first contactless underwater ultrasound scanner to identify pregnancies and study the reproduction of free swimming manta rays in the Maldives. Niv’s...

Congratulations to the students from the Cambridge Equine Veterinary Society (CEVS)

Well done to the students from the Cambridge Equine Veterinary Society (CEVS) for their inspiring work with the Clinical Skills team in support of their peers. In recognition of their hard work and commitment the CEVS committee have won an Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Award from the University of Cambridge . CEVS were a huge source of support to their peers during a very difficult pandemic year.

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The advancement of knowledge through research is the core ethos of the Department of Veterinary Medicine

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EIDS team now based at the Vet School

EIDS oversees projects relating to collation, aggregation and dissemination of equine infectious disease surveillance data nationally and internationally. EIDS are a new team at Cambridge Vet School, working with the international equine industry and UK government, producing disease updates including daily global alerts.

Bronze Award for Department

The Department of Veterinary Medicine renewed its Athena Swan Bronze Award in 2020, having received its first award in September 2013. Please read more for more information on our application.