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“Case of the Month” – April 2025

If your dog, cat, exotic pet, or backyard chicken has an emergency or needs urgent care, the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is open 24/7, ready to diagnose and treat everything from broken toenails to life-threatening illness and trauma. No appointment is necessary, but you can call the hospital ahead of time and talk to the […]

Alex Butler and Dolly Having grown up in a small town, fourth-year veterinary student Alexandria Butler knows the importance of building a strong community where everyone feels connected and welcomed. During her time at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), Butler has taken advantage of every opportunity that has come […]

Evaluating the Benefits of Green Tea Extract on Growth, Intestinal Health and Immune Response in Broiler Chickens Ogundare TE, Kulkarni RR, Omaliko PC, Iwuozo OC, Enenya IG, Orimaye OE, Suberu SA, Jeje O, Fasina YO. Necrotic enteritis is a disease in poultry caused by the bacteria Clostridium perfringens. The disease causes diarrhea, intestinal ulceration and […]

By Bill Levesque Anuket, a 341-pound, 10.5-foot-long Nile crocodile from the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, ate a shoe in 2020. Actually, he mulishly ate it a few times, perhaps annoyed at regurgitating the unexpected bounty. Sarah Carey in the lobby of the Veterinary Academic Building. (Photo by Cat Wofford) A University of Florida […]

Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine students were recently gifted a 3D-printed horse skeleton. Faculty contacted Shannon Austin, director of Edmon Low Creative Studios, to create the model.

Reducing medical waste is one of the biggest challenges for eco-conscious hospitals.  Many personal protective equipment, or PPE, items are single-use by design to reduce the risk of disease transmission, meaning pounds of plastic get thrown away every day. But what PPE alternatives could be safe and environmentally friendly at the same time?  Pondering solutions […]

Whether it be endowed chairs, grants, summer research scholars, new spaces, equipment, or clinical trials, philanthropy is paving the way for major breakthroughs in animal and human health.

To ensure that graduates can follow their career dreams while also helping to address the growing veterinary health disparities, we are minimizing their financial burden upon graduation.

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) alumni are there to meet that need. Many CVM-trained veterinarians hold influential roles in Lexington’s equine industry and are shaping the standard of care in the region.