Category: Member News

Tyler Fuller, IID Major, was recently accepted into the Primary Care Scholars’ Program at the PSU Hershey College of Medicine. Although the program is virtual this year, He will be virtually shadowing various physicians, growing his understanding of diverse practice environments, & gaining insight into the life of a medical student. The 3 week program […]

Four employees at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have been selected to receive the 2021 Award for Excellence, the highest honor given to non-faculty, recognizing exceptional service during the past challenging year. Twenty-two CVM and NC State Veterinary Hospital nominees were submitted for consideration by their colleagues. Award winners will receive eight hours […]

Monday, April 26, 2021 – 3:10pm _DSC4167-edited.JPG Dr. Nicole Buote, assistant professor of small animal surgery (right), and her colleagues on the small animal soft-tissue surgery service share the same passion for innovation and providing clients excellent care. Photo: Cornell Vet/Carol Jennings The small animal soft tissue surgery service at the Cornell University Hospital for […]

The Henry Vilas Zoo says it is talking to a vet pharmaceutical company in hopes of immunizing its animals against coronavirus. Mary Thurber, a zoo veterinarian, said the animals that have been most vulnerable to the virus include big cats, primates and otters. While zoo officials say none of its animals have gotten COVID-19, they […]

If your cat does get infected following exposure to human COVID-19, is serious illness a given? No, said Keith Poulsen, director of the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, in Madison. “Clinical disease with COVID for domesticated pets is very uncommon,” Poulsen said. “We don’t test all of our animals, but we have collaborated in […]

Dr. Kathryn Wulster (in booth) oversees patient imaging at the EQUIMAGINE robotics-controlled system. Timothy Manzi was the son of horse people. His father raced horses for a living, and his mother also worked with horses. “It was a little like second nature to me,” he says. But it wasn’t until college that Manzi realized his path […]

The 2021 CAWS Virtual Symposium, set for May 19-20, will focus on understanding how the pandemic has influenced perceptions about the human-animal bond. “One Welfare: What has COVID-19 taught us about balancing human and animal interests?” will also explore the effects of the pandemic on animal welfare, human health and well-being.

Preserving endangered species, curing male infertility, making milk that prevents disease, supplying hospitals with transplantation tissue — all of these accomplishments can be linked to spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) and to important research that’s being carried out at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM).

When a wood bison cow gives birth at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence later this year, her offspring will be the first bison calf produced with sex-sorted sperm — a significant development in the revitalization of the threatened species.

A genetic condition known as 22q.11.2 deletion syndrome is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. A Penn Vet-led team found that a leaky blood-brain barrier, allowing inappropriate immune involvement in the central nervous system, may contribute to this or perhaps other neuropsychiatric conditions. Like a stern bodyguard for the central nervous sytem, the blood-brain […]