Category: Member News

A potential new treatment for mast cell cancers reduces the number of mast cells by “mutating” the messenger RNA (mRNA) before it can deliver instructions for manufacturing the gene responsible for cell proliferation. The method, known as frameshifting, changes the pre-mRNA so that the mature mRNA is degraded and any protein produced from its instructions […]

A research team at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is developing a more cost-effective method to detect a type of salmonella bacteria that’s difficult to diagnose and even more difficult to eradicate from dairy cattle herds.

Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently named Dr. Rocky Bigbie of Guthrie, Oklahoma, a 2021 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient.

Jolynne Judge, MA, BA, LVT, speaks with the NAVTA Journal about her career and being a Licensed Veterinary Technician.

UC Davis Appoints New Dean of Veterinary Medicine (not verified) August 10, 2021 The University of California, Davis today (August 10) named Mark Stetter, dean and professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University, as the new dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM). He will officially step […]

Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team members worked alongside Texas A&M AgriLife Extension agents and UC Davis students to support animals displaced and injured during the 2020 California Wildfires. Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) director Dr. Wesley Bissett should have known it was going to be a unique year when the team’s first 2020 deployment […]

Dr. Mark Stetter became dean of the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2012. (William A. Cotton/CSU Photography) Dr. Mark Stetter, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has announced that he will leave Colorado State University on Oct. 1, 2021 to take on the role of […]

Alexis High — Lexi to her friends and family — has always had lofty goals.  By the time she was in high school, she was barrel racing horses and intent on becoming a large animal veterinarian working with cows and horses. Now, in addition to being part of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s […]

The funds for capital investment will support research ranging from drug delivery to disease detection technologies at the university Three Tufts scientists and their teams have received capital funding this month from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) to support research ranging from drug delivery to disease detection technologies. The grants were part of a […]

Dr. Douglas Kratt, immediate past president American Veterinary Medical Association talks about zoonosis (illness we can get from animals) when visiting state fairs or other events. And emergency response and your pets; Dr. Kratt offers tips on disaster preparation. And we discuss dogs who may get sick from mushrooms or algae blooms in ponds or streams. The post […]