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“It is important for us all to be proactive in this situation,” said Dr. Mary Thurber, a veterinarian and clinical instructor at the UW School of Veterinary Medicine who works in the Henry Vilas Zoo Animal Health Center. The post Henry Vilas Zoo Takes Major Precautions as Avian Flu Claims the Lives of Millions of […]

Thanks to the outpouring of generosity and support from our Veterinary Medicine community, NC State’s 2022 Day of Giving was a great success. In just 24 hours, College of Veterinary Medicine supporters gave more than $2.7 million to help us continue our groundbreaking research, compassionate clinical care and world-class education for future veterinarians and researchers. […]

Dr. Christopher Quick A five-year grant of more than $1.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will promote diversity in the field of neuroscience by supporting diverse, research-intensive communities at Texas A&M University. The grant will be used to create a Neuroscience Research Leadership Program modeled on the successful Aggie Research Program (ARP). […]

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If you ask a class of second-graders what they want to be when they grow up, many will tell you about their dreams of being a veterinarian. Rarely will one have a specialty picked out, but Dr. Ashley VanderBroek had specific goals in mind.

Darlene Konkle, the Wisconsin State Veterinarian, said the facility houses nearly 3 million birds, noting the outbreak was rapid in its onset and quickly spread among the laying hens. Staffers are monitoring bird populations in the surrounding premises, as the farm also housed two other flocks within 10 kilometers of the confirmed outbreak. The post […]

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Research led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Tokyo, indicated that other antivirals such as Paxlovid, remdesivir and molnupiravir were effective against the BA.2 variant. The post AstraZeneca Says COVID-19 Drug Neutralizes Omicron Variants appeared first on School of Veterinary Medicine.

Adel Talaat, a professor of microbiology in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, is using genetic sequencing data from a number of different avian influenza strains to develop the vaccine. The post UW-Madison Professor Developing Avian Flu Vaccine appeared first on School of Veterinary Medicine.