Category: Member News

Stacey Ma, a DVM student in the Evans Lab at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, was accepted into the Morris Animal Foundation’s prestigious Veterinary Student Scholar program this past summer. Ma, who has been part of the Baker community October of 2023, joined 22 other students from across the globe in this year’s cohort. 

A new study, published Jan. 23 in the Journal of Bacteriology, elucidates how Legionella – as well as Coxiella burnetii (C. burnetii), which causes Q fever – persist in the environment and in the body, identifying a key enzyme that could be used as a target for treatment.

My project focused on understanding the possible transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, a bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, from the raw milk consumed by these Fulanis in the communities.

Dr. Yatta Boakari and Dr. Sophia Marchio. Photo by Jason Nitsch ’14, VMBS Marketing & Communications Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) are studying how a disease called pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID) — also known as equine Cushing’s disease — can affect reproduction in mares. Horses with […]

The UC Davis veterinary hospital has opened the Meadowview Foundation Dentistry and Oral Surgery Center (video tour) as the new home of its Dentistry and Oral Surgery Service (DOSS). The new suite is nearly 150% larger than the service’s previous space, allows faculty, residents, and staff to maximize their expertise and interest, and makes patient […]

Dr. Zhilong Yang and postdoctoral trainees Anil Pant, Lara Dsouza, Djamal Brahim Belhaouari, and Santiago Navarro Forero discuss one of their experiments. Photo by Jason Nitsch ’14, VMBS Marketing & Communications Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the University of Minnesota have received a $3.8 million grant from […]

As the seasons change, so do horses’ coats to help them stay warm in winter and cool in summer. But, occasionally, horses can be late to shed their thick winter coats.  While this isn’t always a problem, it can be a symptom of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing’s disease. Drs. […]

Dr. Ashley Boyle gives isolation tips for horses with strangles.

Researchers tested five species of commonly hunted waterfowl in the northeast Atlantic Flyway and, in every sample, found contaminants that could impact the health of the birds, as well as the hunters and others who consume them.

Winter is prime time for respiratory bugs, and this cold and flu season carries new concerns for people and their pets over an emerging pathogen: H5N1 avian influenza, also called bird flu. This specific strain of bird flu, first detected in 2020 as it spread from wild birds to poultry, has received increased attention over […]