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Faculty and Staff Why are coyotes in the Raleigh area? Tara Harrison provides insight. http://ow.ly/Ky3z50GMbZj The exotics team provides medical care for an abandoned bear cup. http://ow.ly/oYci50GKGhr Groundbreaking cancer treatment holds promise for Alvin the goat. http://ow.ly/llwW50GziQO In the Spotlight Together again: The class of 2020 returns for a belated in-person graduation ceremony. http://ow.ly/woLg50GKmVL Donors […]

When Dr. Monique Mayer (DVM) began studying the dog’s lymphatic system as part of her work as a cancer researcher, she relied on an unlikely assistant: her mother.

The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) program introduced 670 elementary students to the world of veterinary medicine at the Franklin ISD Elementary STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math) Night on Nov. 8. By taking advantage of the young students’ interest […]

To scientists’ surprise, more than 80 percent of Iowa’s wild and captive white-tailed deer population tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans) between late November 2020 and January of this year. “That’s why people started to look at deer,” says Tony Goldberg, an epidemiology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School […]

Monday, November 29, 2021 – 1:21pm AML WG_100x1.png Blood cells showing AML tumor present Losing a dog to cancer is always devastating, but losing one to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an especially heart-wrenching experience because it happens so fast. Dr. Kelly Hume, an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences and veterinary oncologist […]

Teresa DeFrancesco — Dr. D to those who know her — is a professor of cardiology and critical care at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. She’s been at the NC State Veterinary Hospital since 1992, when she started her cardiology residency. Cindy Clark and her husband Joe Hackley first met DeFrancesco 20 years […]

A look at some of the latest published studies from the CVM. Canine Mitral Valve Disease A comprehensive study of 134 dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) sheds new light on the condition’s features and clinical signs. The study reviewed cases of MMVD in Yorkshire terriers and miniature schnauzers seen between 2007 and 2016. […]

University of Saskatchewan (USask) PhD candidate Kayla Buhler has spent her academic career in the sky and on the ground of the Canadian Arctic, examining how infectious diseases are transmitted through the interactions of wildlife with their environment.

Three of Saskatoon’s hospital foundations have partnered to donate $230,000 in support of Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research at the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO).