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Take A Trip On The Wild Side: Ethical Exotic Pet Ownership

The term “exotic pet” encompasses a broad range of animals, loosely meaning any pet that is not a dog, cat, or farm animal. Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon, a clinical associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and director of the Winnie Carter Wildlife Center, says that it is also important […]

Studying e-cigarettes’ risk to reproductive health

E-cigarette companies spent more than $9 billion in marketing last year to promote their product as a healthy alternative to conventional cigarettes for smokers, but University of Saskatchewan (USask) scientist Dr. Ali Honaramooz (DVM, PhD) is not convinced.

OVC Expert Contributes to Global Paper on Equine Asthma

An equine researcher at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) is furthering global knowledge about equine asthma. Dr. Dorothee Bienzle, in OVC’s Department of Pathobiology, has an established research program focused on better ways to diagnose and treat inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma in…

Pilot Study Finds Evidence of Bartonella Infection in Schizophrenia Patients

A pilot study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found evidence of Bartonella infection in the blood of people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. “Researchers have been looking at the connection between bacterial infection and neuropsychiatric disease for some time,” says Erin Lashnits, a former veterinary internist at […]

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 […]