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VOICE Lunch Talk: Experience of a Black DVM Margaret Wong February 29, 2024 During a lunch talk hosted by the UC Davis Chapter of Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment (VOICE) earlier this month, Gina Davis B.S. ’95, DVM ’97 shared her journey as an African American woman navigating the veterinary profession. She took […]

Scientists are recognizing the importance of considering personality in research — even when studying invertebrates.

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The only Black man to graduate in the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s Class of 2013, Dr. Quincy Hawley keenly understands that representation matters in veterinary medicine. “Having other professionals who look like you, it’s everything,” says Hawley, the former president of the North Carolina Association of Minority Veterinarians, or NCAMV. “You just feel that, […]

The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) deployed Wednesday to the Texas Panhandle in response to a fast-moving wildfire that quickly became the second-largest in Texas history.  The team’s mission includes providing veterinary care in support of 12 search and rescue dogs deployed with Texas A&M Texas Task Force 1 and to resident animals while […]

The moment this canine patient saw her care team, she got the zoomies and started play-nibbling on their fingers just like a puppy. Only she’s not quite a puppy – she’s over a year old and couldn’t do any of this before her jaw surgery. Her name is Delilah, but her Instagram fans know her […]

Synthesized from cholesterol in the liver, bile acids long have been known to play a role in human metabolism. A team led by Penn State researchers has uncovered the mechanism by which bacteria in the gut generate a wide variety of new bile acid species, the functions of which are not yet clear.  

(From left) Dr. Zhilong Yang and postdoctoral trainees Anil Pant, Lara Dsouza, Djamal Brahim Belhaouari, and Santiago Navarro Forero discuss one of their experiments. In 2020, the world was abuzz with the shocking news of the COVID-19 pandemic’s outbreak. In most people’s minds, large-scale pandemics were not a feature of the modern world but rather […]

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 – 3:38pm Spay-Day-2024-2-PC-Carol-Jennings-1280px.png Nine third-year veterinary students organized and directed the event, and 40 additional students were operational volunteers. All photos and video by Carol Jennings/CVM. Soft meows and gentle purrs were the soundtrack to the fifth annual Spay Day at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Feb. 17. Not […]

Reviewing Medication Safety and Effectiveness in Early Parkinson’s Disease Seppänen P, Forsberg MM, Tiihonen M, Laitinen H, Beal S, Dorman DC. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The condition can place a lot of strain on the body over time and can make some people more vulnerable to serious infections. Early management of the […]