Keep up to date with the latest news from the PetSavers research community.

Chair of BSAVA PetSavers embarks on 42km Thames Challenge to raise vital research funds

17 April 2025

Rosie Godfrey, Chair of the BSAVA PetSavers Management Committee is taking on the Thames Challenge, walking 42 kilometres from Hampton Court Palace to the Millennium Bridge on Saturday 26th April to raise money for BSAVA PetSavers.

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Reusable versus disposable drapes

14 April 2025

Hannah James explains how BSAVA PetSavers funding is helping to determine if the use of reusable drapes affects post-operative wound complication rates in routine surgeries.

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Research into small animal skin disease

12 March 2025

BSAVA PetSavers, and its previous manifestation the Clinical Studies Trust Fund, is celebrating 50 years of providing funding for veterinary clinical research across a wide range of topics, including dermatological conditions.

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BSAVA PetSavers opens grant call for new joint-funded Clinical Research Projects

3 March 2025

BSAVA PetSavers has opened applications for new jointly funded Clinical Research Project grants offering up to £10,000 following separate partnerships with BSAVA affiliate groups the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society, Small Animal Medicine Society, and the British Veterinary Neurology Society.

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A One Health perspective on pet parasiticides

13 February 2025

With funding support from a BSAVA PetSavers Clinical Research Project grant, Rosemary Perkins is investigating imidacloprid emissions from collar-treated dogs to assess the significance of this pollution pathway.

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Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD)

14 January 2025

Professor Melanie Hezzell of the University of Bristol received BSAVA PetSavers funding and that of the Veterinary Cardiovascular Society to undertake a longitudinal study of canine myxomatous mitral valve disease entitled ‘Do measurements of circulating fibrosis markers change with disease progression in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease?’

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