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      • Latest News
          • Ophthalmologists help penguin from Edinburgh Zoo
          • Ewe nutrition impacts immunity of newborn lambs
          • Feline expert celebrated in New Year Honours
      • Events
          • 04/11/25 - Inaugural Lecture Showcase 2025
          • One Health Series 2025
              • 03/11/25 - Art Exhibition: Aesthetics of One Health
              • 03/11/25 - One Health in the Clinics: Reducing environmental impact
              • 04/11/25 - One Health Policy Practice and Plans
              • 05/11/25 - One Health in the Clinics: Antibiotic resistance and prescribing
              • 11/11/25 - The University’s Race Review – Lessons for a One Health Campus
              • 13/11/25 - Bench, Barn and Bedside: One Health Animal Bioscience for Animals and Humans
              • 14/11/25 - Keynote: Professor Tony Holohan
              • 23/10/25 - A One Health outlook on falsified and substandard medicines
              • 28/10/25 - Seminar: Feeding the future
              • 29/10/25 - Seminar and Showcase: Collaborating in animal health and welfare
          • One Health Series 2024
              • With the Sickle and Songs
              • Growing a one health campus
              • Lightning Lecture: Exploring the One Health risks and benefits of wild swimming
              • Drivers of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Uganda: Developing Resources for Future Research
              • One Health Society Panel Discussion: Petrified of the Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance?
              • Poster Session
              • Drylands resilience and food security - one health perspectives
              • Fleming Fund Fellowship Showcase
              • Lightning Lecture: Paradoxes in Contemporary Approaches to Health, and Researcher Dilemmas in One Health.
              • Lightning Lectures: One Health: A Walk On The Wild Side
              • Lightning Lectures: Calvin Schwabe’s One Health Veterinary Curriculum
              • Lightning Lectures: One Health Genomics Edinburgh
              • Lightning Lectures: Co-production and co-provision in One Health
              • Edinburgh Infectious Diseases Winter Lecture 2024
              • ELISA Workshop
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      • Archive
          • 2025 News
              • Genetic diversity critical for Scottish wildlife
              • Vets team up to help giraffe with unusual swelling
              • Class of 2025 celebrated at winter graduation
              • $14.9m award supports data-driven livestock development
              • Gender gap persists in veterinary profession, data shows
              • Puppy gut health shaped by lifestyle and genetics
              • Digital tools enable solutions on livestock emissions
              • AI tools show promise for veterinary diagnosis
              • Eye cancer insights could aid diagnosis and therapies
              • Director focuses on animal welfare as strategic priority
              • Cats with dementia share signs of human Alzheimer’s
              • Focus needed on antibiotic resistance in environment
              • Summer graduation celebrates class of 2025
              • Veterinary Schools Council appoints two vice-chairs
              • Coronavirus causes fatal disease outbreak in cats
              • Hospital welcomes record number of new residents
              • GPS collars track red deer for conservation
              • Expanding tube helps repair dog’s damaged throat