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Category: Member News

Novel Veterinary Procedure Helps Pave Way for World’s First Spina Bifida Clinical Trial in Humans

Novel Veterinary Procedure Helps Pave Way for World’s First Spina Bifida Clinical Trial in Humans Rob Warren March 18, 2021 Arthur and Sirius were born with spina bifida and were helped with a groundbreaking procedure at UC Davis. Thanks to a university-wide collaboration between veterinarians, physicians, researchers, and biomedical engineers, a groundbreaking clinical trial has […]

Birds Of A Feather Flock Together: Social Behaviors Of Birds, Part 2

While the bond between an animal and their human is important, considering the relationships between pets—in both interspecies and same species interactions—also is an important part of making sure your home is a happy and healthy environment. Some bird species, including parrots, chickens, canaries, and pigeons, are very flock oriented and are often adopted and […]

VA Funds UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Cancer Study in Dogs

A new study at the University Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine is combining canines, cancer and the military. “In this study, we’re trying to turn the immune system back on again specifically, against a patients cancer,” Prof. David Vail, Barbara A. Suran Chair in Comparative Oncology for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine said. […]

Thirteen Veterinary Students Receive Zoetis Scholarships

Thirteen Veterinary Students Receive Zoetis Scholarships Rob Warren March 18, 2021 DVM students receive an equine lecture at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Thirteen DVM students from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine have been selected as recipients of the 2021 Zoetis Veterinary Student Scholars Award. Applications were submitted by more than […]

NC State Lab Animal Medicine Students Earn Top Residencies

Four members of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine class of 2021 have received prestigious residences in laboratory animal medicine, showcasing the college’s continued impact within a vital veterinary field. The DVM students, who will begin their residencies after graduation in May, are: Janelle Avelino (Yale University), Kristen Bagley (Emory University), Aleaya Bowie (Vanderbilt […]

The Pandemic: One Year, One NC State CVM

It has been a year of loss, but not a year that is lost. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted, uprooted and devastated. But as we mark a year since the pandemic’s beginning, there is also light. Businesses and schools are beginning to open. Vaccines are being distributed more quickly. Spirits are lifting — slowly, but […]

Tool can provide swine producers with early diagnosis of often-fatal ‘Strep zoo’

A team led by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has developed a diagnostic test that can identify virulent forms of the swine bacterial pathogen Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus — often referred to as "Strep zoo" — which can cause severe illness and death in pigs, other animals and rarely people.

Endangered Przewalski’s Horses Join Texas A&M Wildlife Center

Dash and Tegus The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Winnie Carter Wildlife Center (WCWC) is the new home for two Przewalski’s horses (P horses), a critically endangered species from Mongolia that is considered to be the last truly wild horse in existence. At the WCWC, the P horses will help […]