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Sherrill Davison, an associate professor of avian medicine and pathology at Penn Vet discusses why 2022 has become the worst year for highly pathogenic avian influenza since 2015.

Thursday, March 24, 2022 – 9:43am Now seven years into her veterinary career, Glass has advice for those following in her footsteps. “It is imperative for recent graduates to find a couple of mentors who have been in the game for a while,” she says. Photo: Provided Aziza Glass, D.V.M. ’15, is a veterinarian of […]

“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 […]

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 – 12:19pm Alex Travis and Roy Cohen by Allison Usavage-BakerInstitute-smaller.jpg This news item will redirect to:  https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/baker-institute/b…