Category: Member News

Monday, October 2, 2023 – 9:07am praveen-deptchair-newspic.jpg The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) selected Dr. Praveen Sethupathy ’03, professor of physiological genomics, as the new chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, effective Oct. 1. “I am very pleased to have Dr. Sethupathy join the college leadership team in this role,” says Lorin […]

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine community is celebrating the inclusion in the state budget of $70 million for expanding and renovating the college’s Large Animal Hospital to include a new Equine Veterinary Center to better serve horses and livestock. The budget also includes money to increase the number of students the college can accept […]

A Large Ground-finch (Geospiza magnirostris) on Daphne Major, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Photo: Erik Enbody. A landmark study on contemporary evolutionary change in natural populations released by an international team of researchers led by Texas A&M University professor Dr. Leif Andersson reveals that 45% of the variation in the highly heritable beak size of Darwin’s finches […]

Friday, September 29, 2023 – 11:01am The entrance to the Jaguar Rescue Center veterinary hospital. Every one of the over 900 animals that come to the Center annually passes through the hospital. Costa Rica makes up only 0.03% of the surface area of the earth but is home to an incredible 6% of the world’s […]

Mushroom Poisoning Has Unreported Consequence for Dog Robert J Warren September 29, 2023 Following a health scare last fall, it was presumed that Sadie, a 10-year-old black Labrador retriever, had eaten Amanita phalloides fungus growing in her family’s yard. More commonly referred to as death cap mushrooms, they are extremely poisonous, causing liver and kidney […]

The post Veterinary Vertex: Corporate vs. privately owned veterinary clinics appeared first on News from the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Dr. Deb Zoran Dr. Debra “Deb” Zoran, a professor and clinical faculty member in the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, has been appointed interim director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET).  “Dr. Zoran demonstrates the drive to succeed and the passion for […]

Puppies are so adorable that you may feel tempted to adopt two instead of just one. Even though having two puppies may seem like a good idea, raising them together can cause long-term behavioral problems. Harmony Diers, a veterinary technician at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, says that while these […]

Principle Investigator Dr. Enomoto Description NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine and the Translation Research in Pain (TRiP) team are looking for dogs who have osteoarthritis to participate in a new study. This is a randomized, double-blinded study looking to compare the efficacy of two FDA-approved medications. Testing Requirements Owners will be required to come […]

Why Are Killer Whales Harassing and Killing Porpoises Without Eating Them? Subtitle Scientists Investigate a Perplexing Behavior Trina J Wood September 28, 2023 Justin Cox, SeaDoc Society For decades, fish-eating killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have been observed harassing and even killing porpoises without consuming them — a perplexing behavior that has long intrigued […]