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CVMBS Faculty, Staff Complete Workplace Mediation Course

Thirty-eight faculty and staff members from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) and College of Medicine completed the CVMBS’ 40-hour Conflict Management & Leadership Course this spring. The course trains participants in workplace mediation, an informal but structured process in which an independent third party helps people in a disagreement […]

Genetic Analysis Identifies Novel Mutation in Standardbred Horse

Genetic Analysis Identifies Novel Mutation in Standardbred Horse Rob Warren June 01, 2022 Standardbred filly with its mother. Photo credit: Wai Eyre Farm, New Zealand The field of genetics has enabled the prediction of susceptibility to heritable diseases and map the genome of many species. Now, modern genetics and the birth of a unique foal […]

4 Ways to Help Producers Prevent ‘Milk Fever’ and Minimize Cow Culling

Garrett Oetzel, University of Wisconsin professor and dairy veterinarian, reports that SCH is associated with an increased risk for metritis, post-partum fever, post-fresh BHBA (beta-hydroxybutyrate acid) and longer median days open, 124 versus 109 days. The post 4 Ways to Help Producers Prevent ‘Milk Fever’ and Minimize Cow Culling appeared first on School of Veterinary […]

UW Study: Latest COVID-19 Strain May Not Be More Pathogenic

The researchers led by UW’s Yoshihiro Kawaoka pointed out that the earlier study used a virus with spike proteins from both BA.1 and BA.2 viruses, with Kawaoka adding, “when we used authentic virus, we found that BA.2 is not more pathogenic.” The post UW Study: Latest COVID-19 Strain May Not Be More Pathogenic appeared first […]

Snow-Covered Tires Help Invasive Mosquitoes Survive Cold Winters

In a new study published this month in Environmental Entomology, Katie Susong, Lyric Bartholomay, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison tested if insulated car tire microhabitats could increase survival of Aedes albopictus in the northern Midwest of the U.S. and if snow cover further increased survival by providing additional insulation. The post Snow-Covered Tires Help Invasive Mosquitoes […]

NC State Veterinary Medicine News and Updates, May 2022

In the Spotlight CVM Class of 2022 Celebrates Hard-Earned Oath & Hooding Moment When members of the Class of 2022 showed up for the first day of classes, little did they know that a global pandemic would turn their path to a degree in veterinary medicine upside down.  Having endured COVID testing, distance learning, social […]

Memorial service set for Dr. Nicholas Booth, former dean

Dr. Nicholas Booth, 98, passed away on March 28, 2022. He began teaching at Colorado State (then called Colorado A&M) in 1947, and was dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from 1966 to 1971. Dr. Nicholas Booth monitors a pig’s vital signs in the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital, circa 1949. (Photo […]