by Richard Mellanby | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Professor Richard Mellanby became a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh this week. The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland’s National Academy and contributes to the social, cultural and economic wellbeing of Scotland through the advancement of learning...
by Richard Mellanby | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
VitDAL have published a recent paper this week investigating the role of vitamin D status on clinical outcomes in dogs undergoing elective surgical treatment of a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament. The research found that most dogs with a ruptured cruciate ligament...
by Richard Mellanby | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
VitDAL published a new paper this week which explored the genetic and host factors which influenced vitamin D status in a well studied cohort of Kenyan calves as part of the IDEAL study. Working with epidemiologists in Roslin and the International Livestock Research...
by Richard Mellanby | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Vitamin D status is often low in ill patients but it remains poorly understood if this is a cause or consequence of the illness. To explore this issue further, colleagues in VitDAL teamed up with the orthopaedic service at HfSA to measure inflammatory biomarkers and...
by Richard Mellanby | Sep 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
The VitDAL team, along with other colleagues from the world leading QMRI mass spectrometry facility, recently published an overview of vitamin D metabolism in veterinary species. The review provided a contemporary and state-of-the-art review of vitamin D metabolite...
by Richard Mellanby | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
A recent case report from VitDAL has highlighted the challenges of understanding the pathophysiology of hypercalcaemia in all canine cases. The case summary describes a dog diagnosed with lymphoma had a normal PTH, PTHrp and vitamin D metabolites. The report...
by Richard Mellanby | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
VitDAL have recently published a study which examined the relationship between vitamin D and anaemia in hospitalised cats. Many studies have examined the relationship between 25(OH)D concentrations and red blood cell concentrations in human patients but this...
by Richard Mellanby | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the VitDAL’s most recent study which was published this week, the team explored whether the vitamin D status of a cohort changed during the seasons. In humans, it is well known that peak vitamin D status occurs in late summer with a nadir at the end of winter...
by Richard Mellanby | Apr 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The work of VitDAL was recognised this month by BSAVA which awarded the Blaine Award to Richard Mellanby. The Blaine Award is made in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of small animal science in its widest context by a qualified...
by Richard Mellanby | Mar 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The VitDAL was able to help colleagues at Edinburgh Zoo recently who highlighted to us that several of the anteaters and armadillos were developing hypercalcaemia. Working collaboratively together, the team were able to diagnose marked hypervitaminosis D in a Giant...
