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Researchers unveiled a new mechanism by which Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria responsible for typhoid fever, promotes its ability to cause disease.

The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Expanding Horizons Program gave me the incredible opportunity to spend the summer between my first and second years of veterinary school in Madagascar. 

A research publication on swine reproduction led by Texas A&M University professor Dr. Gregory Johnson has been selected as the 2024 Top Research Article by the journal Biology of Reproduction, the official publication of the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR). Johnson, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) […]

The summer heat has crept in — and with it the critters that have owners and pets alike itching. Fleas, in particular, have a tendency to make themselves at home in your carpet, bedding, and, worst of all, your pet’s fur, inflicting constant irritation and posing potential health risks to their hosts. Dr. Lori Teller, […]

A sweetener commonly found in chewing gum can replace toxic additives in hydrogels used to diagnose and treat a variety of medical conditions. The natural sweetener D-sorbitol was used to improve conductive hydrogels for electronic implants, which are used to diagnose and treat a variety of diseases. Image courtesy of Texas A&M Engineering Imagine treating […]

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When Dr. Ken Mould (DVM’75) picked up the phone on a fall day in 2024, he didn’t expect to hear someone from the Governor General’s office on the other end of the line.

The new AVF awards support interdisciplinary research on protecting food supplies, the climate, sustainable energy production and human and planetary health.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have proposed a rollback of a decades-old interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly narrow the scope of legal protections for threatened wildlife.

Laura Goodman was close to finalizing a prototype of a new test that can detect any tick-borne disease. Unlike some current tests, it could provide results even before symptoms occur – and even for unknown diseases.