UofG School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine

Are you attending this year's Royal Highland Show?

Come and visit our stand in a new location on the 7th Avenue. Meet with our vets and find out what it's like to study veterinary medicine at our stunning Garscube campus in Glasgow.

This is a great opportunity to join the amazing team at Glasgow Equine Hospital and Practice, University of Glasgow.

✨We're hiring✨

With two of our current interns nearing the end of their contracts we are on the lookout for two Junior Assistant Clinicians (interns) to join the team.

One is rotating post where you will move between services giving a well rounded experience. https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/junior-assistant-clinician-in-equine-clinical-services-rotating-5912773?source=gla.ac.uk

The second is a surgery intern position suited to someone who has already done a rotating internship and is looking to gain more experience in advanced lameness examinations, imaging and surgical care. https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/junior-assistant-clinician-in-equine-clinical-services-surgery-5912780?source=gla.ac.uk

We have a varied caseload, a wide range of diagnostic equipment and support from specialists and residents in medicine, surgery, and reproduction.

Informal enquiries to- [email protected]

The Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow telephone lines are down this morning. Please use the number in original post.

Research news!
A new research project led by the School of Infection & Immunity Dr Rebecca McHugh and SBOHVM's Dr Rheinallt Jones has been awarded £22,000 in funding from the Hannah Dairy Foundation.

The project will address neonatal calf diarrhoea (calf scour), which is the most common disease affecting young dairy calves in the UK, and a major concern for animal welfare and farm productivity.

The work will explore harnessing naturally beneficial gut bacteria to prevent disease and investigate the role of Streptomyces bacteria in the calf gut, tracking microbiome development from birth through weaning.

By understanding how these beneficial bacteria colonise and function, the research aims to inform the development of practical probiotic strategies to enhance calf health, resilience, and long-term productivity.

👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infectionimmunity/newsevents/headline_1265943_en.html

Research news!
A new study led by Dr Weiwenhui Liang and SBOHVM's Professor Shaun Killen reveals that fish that display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group.

Read more 👉https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1265951_en.html

Read the full study 👉https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2071/20260384/481774/Intraspecific-behavioural-and-environmental

Huge congratulations to Prof. Katie Hampson, winner of the 2026 Plowright Prize.

We’re delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Plowright Prize 🎉

The University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences Professor Katie Hampson was awarded the £100,000 prize for her extraordinary research into dog-mediated rabies and how this has influenced efforts to eliminate human deaths from the infectious disease.

Read more about Katie’s work and her plans for the prize money at the link in the comments.

UofG School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine

We were saddened to hear the news this week that Lyall Petrie died on Tuesday 5 May 2026. Dr Lyall Petrie graduated from what was the University of Glasgow Veterinary School in 1969. He was appointed lecturer in Large Animal Medicine in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, in 1973. He completed a PhD in 1980 on "Factors affecting neonatal calf survival and subsequent growth rate", before joining the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan in 1985. Dr Petrie's research interests included neonatal calf diarrhoea and bovine lameness and problems of the bovine hoof. In addition, Lyall was a very good endurance athlete, competed in many long distance events and had very respectable marathon time of around 2h 30 mins. Our thoughts and condolences are with Lyall’s family and friends.

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we share the news that Professor Norman Wright died this morning, Sunday 3 May 2026, in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

A proud Glasgow graduate of 1962, Norman spent a year in practice in Kilmarnock, before returning to the University to join the Department of Veterinary Pathology. He carried out seminal work in viral pathogenesis and glomerulonephritis in the dog. In 1975, at just 36 years old, he was appointed Professor of Anatomy and later served with great distinction as Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine from 1991- 1999.

Norman’s legacy will endure through the many careers he shaped and the countless lives he touched. His passing leaves a profound void - the world is a much duller place without him.

Details of funeral arrangements will be shared in due course.

Huge congratulations to Sam Fontaine on receiving the RCVS Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award. We are proud to have Sam as our Foundation Phase Co-Course Lead and for everything she has done, and continues to do, for veterinary nursing. Well done Sam! 👏