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A Mysterious Neurological Disease Is Afflicting Endangered Florida Panthers

A toxic substance is likely killing off the axons, says Ian Duncan, a neurologist at the University of Wisconsin who has collaborated with the FWC. He’s an expert on disorders affecting the myelin sheath, the fatty layer that protects nerve fibers in a mammal’s central nervous system. Initially it looked like FLM may involve deterioration of […]

Research on Coronavirus Variants at UW Lab Gets $60 Million Boost

The Friedrich Laboratory, led by UW School of Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. Thomas Friedrich, began shifting its work from HIV and the Zika virus to sequencing the genes of coronavirus samples in March 2020 just as the pandemic emerged in the state. The idea was to track the spread of COVID-19 and later to watch for the arrival of […]

Student honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Award for outstanding achievements

Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – 11:54am A doctor of veterinary medicine candidate from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine has garnered a prestigious award from the State University of New York (SUNY) thanks to her outstanding achievements. Lindsay Seewald, D.V.M. Class of 2021, is among a diverse group of students, representing Cornell’s four contract colleges, who […]

Grateful Couple Honors 6 at NC State Veterinary Hospital with Coats of Excellence

Emma Rae was a little dog with big, soulful eyes.  Her black-and-white photo looks out onto the waiting room of the NC State Veterinary Hospital oncology service along with other portraits of dogs and cats who have been patients. The display is entitled, “The Petco Foundation Portraits of Courage” Emma Rae’s big eyes only hint […]

Schleining Receives Campus-Wide Teaching Excellence Award

Dr. Jennifer Schleining Dr. Jennifer Schleining, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has been awarded a Texas A&M Provost Academic Professional Track Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for her outstanding skills as an educator.  Established in 2019, the award celebrates the best instructors at Texas A&M […]

First feeding for the future: Colostrum

Every calf represents a large investment. The first few hours of a calf’s life can determine whether that newborn thrives into adulthood. Feeding for a calf’s future health begins with colostrum, which contains the building blocks for long-term productivity.

Purdue professor tackles bovine respiratory disease with over $1 million in grant support

Bovine respiratory disease is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world. Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University, recently received multiple awards, totaling $1.4 million, from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support his groundbreaking work to produce a biosensor-based decision-making tool […]

Innovative Research May Help Solve Crimes by Unearthing Powerful New DNA Evidence

In the hands of a forensic scientist, even the tiniest bit of soil or dust can solve a crime. A project at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) may provide a powerful, new way to analyze forensic evidence, leading to even more accurate links to a suspect or crime scene. The first-of-its-kind research […]

Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Dianne McFarlane

Dr. Dianne McFarlane has spent the better part of 20 years researching the impact of aging in animals and age-related disease. A veterinarian, diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and professor and holder of the Ricks-Rapp Professorship in Musculoskeletal Research in the Department of Physiological Sciences at Oklahoma State University’s College of […]