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Dr. Kate Hopper Wins Prestigious Emergency/Critical Care Award Rob Warren June 06, 2023 Dr. Kate Hopper (right) trains a student on examining a cat in the Emergency Room at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Kate Hopper, BVSc, MVS, PhD, DACVECC, was recently awarded the 2023 Zaslow Distinguished Service Award from the Veterinary Emergency […]

Jake from State Farm and April Plemons Texas A&M veterinarians recently treated a dog with the largest salivary gland tumor ever seen at the Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH). The dog, named “Jake from State Farm,” was brought in by a rescue organization but has since been adopted into a loving home. Although Jake had […]

Tuesday, June 6, 2023 – 9:39am Bat-news-pic1.jpg The key, the authors say, is not to fear, chase away or cull bats – which may be counterproductive, because dispersing the animals only increases the odds of zoonotic spillover. On the contrary, allowing bats to survive and thrive by letting them exist undisturbed in their habitats can pay other […]

The X-ray of Vinny the chestnut horse’s head was shadowy, inconclusive about whether an infected tooth might be causing his chronic sinus drainage from one nostril. Antibiotics had stopped the drainage for a while, but it returned in the same nostril, indicating Vinny had an infection of some sort and not a virus, says Cathy […]

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Monday, June 5, 2023 – 11:38am Smith-speech-hooding.jpg The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has created its first internal teaching award, the CVM Dr. Alexander de Lahunta Teaching award, named in recognition of de Lahunta’s inspiring devotion to teaching; Mary Smith ’69, D.V.M. ’72, professor of ambulatory and production medicine in the Department of […]

Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently hosted 30 Oklahoma 4-H students for a Vet Science Short Course. The course, which was hosted in collaboration with OSU Extension, provided students the opportunity to gain insight about veterinary school from current vet students and learn about career opportunities from current veterinarians.

Congratulations to the Class of 2023! Trina Wood June 02, 2023 Trina Wood Congratulations to the Class of 2023 who received their degrees from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in its 73rd Commencement Ceremony held at the Mondavi Center on May 26th. Among those graduating were 144 DVM students, 23 residents and 15 students […]

College names 2023 Distinguished Award winners From left to right are the UF College of Veterinary Medicine’s 2023 Distinguished Award winners: Dr. Amy Alexander, Dr. Luisito Pablo, Dr. Kristin Kirkby-Shaw, Dr. Julia Wuerz and Dr. Larry Garcia. Veterinarians in private practice and academia, with areas of focus ranging from primary care and small animal surgery […]