Category: Member News

Guidelines to Lower Intake of Added Sugar are Necessary and Justified Trina Wood July 14, 2022 Dr. Kimber Stanhope Comment article in Nature Reviews Cardiology by Kimber Stanhope, research nutritional biologist, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine The lowering of dietary recommendations for the consumption of free or added sugar from 25% to 10% of […]

Stomach ulcers are often associated with stress, but they can also be caused by a variety of factors, including diet and medications. For horses, Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is a common condition that is often diagnosed without its true cause ever being known. Between 50-90% of horses will experience this condition at some point […]

Cats Injured in Wildfires at Risk of Deadly Blood Clots Subtitle Discovery Could Change the Way Veterinarians Treat Wildfire-Injured Cats Trina Wood July 14, 2022 Trina Wood Quick Summary Cats who suffered smoke inhalation at risk of forming blood clots Follows a previous study showing wildfire-injured cats had high incidence of heart problems Those cats […]

As the demand for specialized training in veterinary dentistry and oral surgery continues to increase, the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine is ramping up its program, adding a second dentistry and oral surgery professor last month and starting its first residency training program in the field this week. Lenin Villamizar-Martinez, assistant professor of Dentistry […]

Participatory master plan and schematics developed for Sunnyside, Houston, TX, USA. Texas A&M Superfund Research Center investigators have developed a novel green infrastructure plan to reduce stormwater runoff in Houston’s Sunnyside community by uniquely combining the results of three separate landscape performance tools. Green infrastructure (GI) is a network of interconnected green spaces that reduce […]

Researchers’ aim of developing the world’s first bison genome biobank at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) received a critical boost on July 14 with Genome Canada’s funding announcement of $5.1 million for the Bison Integrated Genomics (BIG) project.

COVID-19 Antibodies From Eggs Trina Wood July 13, 2022 Andy Fell, UC Davis News Birds produce a form of antibody, IgY, found in eggs. UC Davis researchers have shown that quantities of IgY antibody specific for the COVID-19 virus spike protein can be produced from eggs by immunizing hens. (Getty Images) Researchers at the University […]

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 – 10:12am Corinna_smaller.png “It is so rewarding to work in the public health field in the community that you live. While the work is not always easy, it is motivating to see progress.” –Dr. Corinna Noel, assistant professor of practice, Department of Public and Ecosystem Health. Photo: Provided The Cornell University […]

The Enrichment Summer Program, a summer research opportunity for undergraduate students, provides three weeks of veterinary experience to undergraduate students across the country. This year’s participants share their dreams and discoveries.

Sixteen faculty members from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) have been listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world, according to Stanford University’s list of the most cited scientists. Dr. Stephen Safe, distinguished professor of toxicology in the CVMBS Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (VTPP), was […]