Research

The Small Animal Teaching Hospital carries out ethically approved research in addition to its clinical work.

With the key aim of benefitting patients and improving animal welfare, data is collected from cases as they are investigated and treated in the clinic. This data is sometimes numerical or descriptive, such as clinical information extracted from the patient files (e.g. weight, body condition or heart rate). Data is also sometimes collected from analysis of surplus materials collected for diagnostic purposes, for example, the further analysis of blood samples. All clinical research is subject to ethical review and informed owner consent.

The hospital also works closely with the research institutions within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences to further our understanding of health and disease. The hospital staff play an important role in supervising both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, to improve animal welfare. Some projects also have a direct impact on human health and welfare, for example, providing information on comparative conditions in humans, such as osteoarthritis.

General Research Project Participant Information

General research project participation

We invite owners and their pets to take part in pet-focused research to help improve treatment outcomes. Find out how you can help.

Ethical Review

Ethical review

Read about our ethical review process which ensures our research projects minimise the risk of harm.

Cases Required

Cases required

Find out about the types of cases and patients we require to help with our research.

Publications

Publications

Explore the latest publications from our staff at the Hospital.

Ongoing Projects

Ongoing projects

Read about our current projects which are using or storing surplus tissue from clinical investigations.