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PEER Veterinary Student Fellows Dive Into Full Summer Of Educational Activity

Veterinary student Kristen Watts teaches Caldwell High School students about safe handling of exotic pets. The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) has started off the summer of 2021 with a whirlwind of activity. The PEER Program serves as an […]

Tuberculosis is a Rising Concern in U.S. Cattle Herds

TB infection in a herd can be financially devastating, according to Dr. Keith Poulsen, Director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. “Not only does the disease take a toll on animal health and productivity, but it can endanger workers and limit animal sales by the farm,” Poulsen explained. “Herds confirmed […]

Budding Olympian Brittany Aveni Gives New Meaning to ‘Hurry Up and Wait’

Moving quickly is usually important to Brittany Aveni, so it’s out of character that she asked to delay her entrance into the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine by a year.  As an undergraduate at Duke University, Aveni has been a star sprinter on the track team, recruited from her home in Ohio on an […]

This L.A. Company Has a ‘Microbiome’ Test for Your Cat’s Teeth. Does It Work?

Jason Soukup, a clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Veterinary Medicine, said Basepaws’ test “could be too heavily relied upon, very easily misinterpreted and lead to unsupported recommendations for care.” The post This L.A. Company Has a ‘Microbiome’ Test for Your Cat’s Teeth. Does It Work? appeared first on School of Veterinary […]

Dana Zimmel appointed permanent dean at UF College of Veterinary Medicine

Dana N. Zimmel, D.V.M., has been named permanent dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, after having served in the post on an interim basis since December 2019. She becomes the college’s seventh permanent dean, and the first woman ever to hold the job. “Only months after her interim appointment, Dr. Zimmel […]

Cornell Wildlife Health Center collaborates with international team to study genetic diversity in tigers

Monday, June 7, 2021 – 10:42am Seventy percent of the world’s tigers live in India, and yet relatively little is known about their genetic diversity and evolutionary history. An interdisciplinary team of researchers, including the Cornell Wildlife Health Center’s Dr. Martin Gilbert, collaborated to assess the impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on tiger populations. […]