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First-Time Alpaca Ownership: Preparing Their New Home

Buying and raising alpacas can be alluring, yet prospective owners should make special living preparations that will keep these fleece animals comfortable when they reach their new home. Dr. Dusty Nagy, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, says owners should specifically consider shelters, grazing land, and coat […]

Approaching pets with behavior issues

Thursday, August 31, 2023 – 9:28am Kate-Anderson-PC-John-Enright-1280px.jpg “While I always had a wide range of interests, I realized I specifically wanted to do more to alleviate the suffering of animals with behavioral disorders and learn more about how to apply knowledge of animal behavior to all aspects of veterinary medicine.” — Kate Anderson, D.V.M. ’08, assistant clinical […]

NSERC funding includes over $900,000 for WCVM researchers

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers based at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) received over $900,000 in research funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants program.

Alumni Feature: Maggie Bodiya

As a trainer in the anesthesia clinical rotation, Maggie Bodiya (LVT, BS ’10) teaches both veterinary nursing students and DVM students. Her passion and commitment are evident by her nomination for Teacher of the Year by the Veterinary Nursing class of 2022 and her 2023 win of the Distinguished Veterinary Nursing Alumni Award.

Study’s Cystitis Remedy so Effective that NC State Ready to Offer Treatment to Cats

An NC State College of Veterinary Medicine study exploring whether low-dose radiation therapy could relieve the painful symptoms of Feline Idiopathic Cystitis has been so successful that clinicians are ready to start immediately offering the treatment to cats at the NC State Veterinary Hospital. The causes of Feline Idiopathic Cystitis are not well understood, though environmental stress […]