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Solving today’s greatest global health challenges takes sterling vision, extraordinary thinkers and sheer determination. It’s easy to find all of that at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine. The latest issue of The Oath focuses on our ever-growing global health program. Sid Thakur, director of global health at the CVM and NC State, talks […]

Dean Lairmore’s COVID-19 Update – January 25, 2021 Trina Wood January 25, 2021 Veterinary Medicine community: I would like to thank all of you for your hard work, patience, and dedication to fulfilling our mission.  January is rapidly coming to an end, and I wanted to bring you some important updates. Beginning this Wednesday, a […]

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a disease in cattle that accounts for 40 to 75 per cent of animal deaths in some beef cattle feedlots. While there are many causes of BRD, it’s often associated with infection by the bacterium Mannheimia haemolytica (M. haemolytica).  

Innovative neuroscience research at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) could reveal more about the causes of Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as a potential treatment. Drs. Bettina Kalisch and Tarek Saleh in OVC’s Department of Biomedical Sciences are studying regulatory mechanisms involved in gene expression. Cells can regulate their gene expression, and thereby […]

The Texas A&M Oncology Team received a second grant of $75,000 from the Petco Foundation. Dr. Heather Wilson-Robles and the Oncology Service at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), have received a second grant of $75,000 from the Petco Foundation that will […]

Melina Schuh, esteemed scientist and pioneer in chromosomal abnormalities in ovarian cells, will speak at the Virginia Tech Life Science Seminar, a universitywide seminar series funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, on Jan. 29.

Students in the University Libraries’ Applied Research in Immersive Experiences and Simulations (ARIES) program have successfully transitioned to all virtual work while learning new collaboration skills, time management practices, and resiliency along the way.

Boxers are prone to heart disease, but veterinary cardiologists at Cummings School are researching clues that may lead to improved diagnosis and treatment Suzanne Cunningham, a veterinary cardiologist and associate professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, was nine years old when she lost her first boxer dog suddenly to heart disease. The breed is […]

Tufts researchers are testing species from bats to seals to see if it’s being spread, and explain how the virus could establish a wildlife reservoir Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have found coronavirus infections in pet cats and dogs and in multiple zoo animals, including big cats and gorillas.

Following a successful year of building, prototyping and delivering services to select customers and partners, the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has launched the Omics and Precision Agriculture Laboratory (OPAL).