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Alexandra Cordova Alexandra Cordova, a Ph.D. student in the Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT) program, has been awarded a prestigious K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP). As one of 14 award recipients, Cordova received $10,000 to fund her research with Los […]

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Dog Coat Patterns Have Ancient Origins Trina Wood August 12, 2021 Trina Wood Jiff the collie represents “shaded yellow,” one of five coat color patterns in domestic dogs identified by Danika Bannasch at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and collaborators in the U.S. and Switzerland. The genes for these coat types originated about […]

“The bottom line is, this can happen — it can be true that vaccinated people can spread the virus. But we do not yet know what their relative role in overall community spread is,” says co-author Thomas Friedrich, a virologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The post How Do Vaccinated People Spread Delta? What the […]

Dr. Gabriela Vigo-Trauco holding a scarlet macaw chick. Photo by Rodrigo León. An overwhelmingly successful chick fostering experiment conducted by the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) The Macaw Society will greatly improve the number of scarlet macaw chicks that survive and fledge (fly away) from their nests each year. Dr. […]

Thursday, August 12, 2021 – 9:55am Since graduating from Cornell, Sheila Allen ’76, D.V.M. ’81, has shown unwavering commitment to the veterinary profession. To honor this dedication and formally recognize her contributions to the field, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Alumni Association has awarded Allen the college’s highest alumni honor: The Daniel […]

Kier Way knew he wanted to be a veterinarian when he was 5 years old, but rarely saw Black veterinarians as he grew up.  “Sometimes I would get discouraged and nearly have a change of heart,” says Way. ‘Sometimes you feel like you’re alone.” Way, a member of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s […]

Strong Impulse (Jack), a seven-month-old homebred Quarter Horse colt, was presented to the MSU Equine Surgery Service in September 2020 for laparoscopic (minimally invasive) cryptorchidectomy (removal of a non-descended testicle).

Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently named Dr. Donnie Gardner of Huddleston, Virginia, a 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient.

Dr. Jessica Pritchard, a clinical assistant professor of small animal internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, described Pancake’s case while presenting the session “Updated Strategies for Monitoring Diabetes and Troubleshooting Your Difficult Diabetics” at AVMA Virtual Convention 2021 in July. The post Helping Diabetic Pets Live Happily Ever After appeared first on School of […]