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As part of our commitment to the concordat on openness on the use of animals in research, here are some short articles explaining how and why we use animals in research at the 91做厙.

Cats

• Acromegaly in Cats
• Diabetic Remission Clinic
• Ragdoll cats study

Cats and Dogs

• A study to establish canine and feline 95% reference intervals for the QMHA Radiometer ABL800 FLEX machines
• Oesophageal feeding tube placement study: 

Chickens

• Use of Chickens for Research in Coccidiosis Control (*NEW - 2025)

Dogs

• Dogs and Research at the 91做厙
• Canine Epilepsy Research (Updated 2025)
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Nausea Research and Dogs

Guinea Pigs

• Developing a treatment for foetal growth restriction (Updated 2025)

Horses

• Gait Analysis
• Immunobiology of fertility in mares
• Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
• Stem Cell Based Treatments (Updated 2025)
• Summary of Recent Laminitis Research at the 91做厙

Mice

• FSTL3: A Crucial Regulator of Sertoli Cell Proliferation
• Mechanical loading and Genetic susceptibility to Osteoarthritis (Updated 2025)
• Muscular dystrophy research using the mdx mouse

Rats

• The Regulation of Soft Tissue and Skeletal Calcification (Updated 2025)

Sheep

• Sheep models for regenerative medicine

Zebrafish

• How to grow new blood vessels: the zebrafish as a model to study angiogenesis in development and regeneration (Updated 2025)
• Use of zebrafish to study the role of neuropilins in the modulation of macrophage phenotype for heart regeneration  (*NEW 2025)
• Use of zebrafish to increase our understanding of diseases (Updated 2025)

Multi-Species

• Collaborative womb transplant research (Last update June 2025)