Category: Member News

Numerous Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday at Stillwater.

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UF to open new veterinary hospital at Ocala’s World Equestrian Center An architect’s rendering of the new UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center. (Photo courtesy of World Equestrian Center.) In an effort to support the owners of equine athletes and other animals visiting Ocala’s new world-class World Equestrian Center, the University of Florida College […]

Heartworms is a term many pet owners hear but few really understand. When left untreated, these infections, transmitted through mosquito bites, can slowly spread to the heart or lungs, damaging vital organs and eventually leading to death.  Fortunately, preventative medications can allow owners to fight back. Dr. Ashley Saunders, a veterinary cardiologist and professor at […]

PEER student fellows The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) program recently partnered with Aggie STEM Camp to create the week-long summer camp “Advancing Into STEM with Veterinary Medicine.” This camp, held during the week of June 21 to 25, allowed high school […]

Thursday, September 9, 2021 – 9:22am Jagne cropped2.JPG Jarra Jagne, D.V.M. ’90, has more than 25 years of experience working in poultry pathology, health and production management. Photo: provided Jarra Jagne, D.V.M. ’90, senior extension associate at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, received the Excellence in Mentorship Award from the American Association of Avian Pathologists […]

Kathryn Meurs, senior associate dean for research and graduate studies, has been named the interim dean of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. Meurs officially begins her term as interim dean on Jan. 18, 2022.  NC State University Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden announced the appointment Wednesday. A national search for the […]

Dr. Melissa Perreault, in the Ontario Veterinary College’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, is one of two University of Guelph professors names to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists . Dr. Perreault and Dr. Asim Biswas, School of Environmental Sciences, will join eight other U of G faculty members […]

Koret Shelter Medicine Program Launches Behavior, Training, and Enrichment Bootcamp for Animal Shelters Rob Warren September 07, 2021 Mandy Newkirk The Koret Shelter Medicine Program, a UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine program that works to improve the welfare of homeless animals and reduce euthanasia in animal shelters, is turning its attention to behavior and […]

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 – 3:20pm Black-footed ferret.jpg Despite conservation efforts, only around 370 black-footed ferrets remain in the wild. Photo: Pixabay By testing easier-to-study coyotes, researchers from the Cornell Wildlife Health Lab at the College of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe, have identified a range of lethal diseases threatening […]