Pets estimated to save UK National Health Service up to £2.45 billion a year
6th December 2016: Pets account for millions of pounds worth of economic activity in the UK and may reduce National Health Service (NHS) costs by nearly two and a half billion pounds, according t...
4 ways to understand and monitor your pet’s normal weight
Pets have offered many of us much needed companionship and comfort over the past year, as we have had to grapple with the new reality of the coronavirus pandemic. Many pet owners have been spending mo...
Waltham-funded study to examine the impact of pet ownership on healthy human aging
Professor Erika Friedmann, Associate Dean of Research at the University of Maryland, together with her colleague, Barbara Resnick Professor in Gerontology and Drs Eleanor Simonsick and Stephanie Stude...
Cats CBD
Pet owners will be all too familiar with the stress many cats experience travelling in a carrier and being placed in an unfamiliar environment to meet a new person, such as veterinarian. Unfortunately...
How data science is helping us predict dogs’ chronic kidney disease risk
In a recent study, scientists and veterinary teams at the Waltham Petcare Science Institute, Antech and Banfield Pet Hospital, in partnership with Process Integration and Predictive Analytics (PIPA), ...
Pet nutrition and healthy weight
Our Institute’s scientists have been at the forefront of pet nutrition research for over 50 years. Through their collaborations, they have been focusing on finding the optimal bala...
Shining a light on pet dental health
Scientists often look to fellow experts, other professions and published work for inspiration, or more simply, stand on the shoulders of giants. This is exactly what ...
4 ways innovation is changing veterinary care as we know it
Digital technology has been transforming the veterinary profession over the past decade, and the coronavirus pandemic has only accelerated this transformation over the past year. But how many changes ...
