Category: Member News

The risks of raw diets have become even more pronounced in recent months due to the ongoing spread of the H5N1 bird flu.

The Chewy Veterinary Leaders Cohort is a program that combines financial assistance, mentorship opportunities, and professional development to second year veterinary students to help underrepresented veterinary students begin to thrive as a future leader in their field.

Taking the lead in combating animal cruelty in Florida, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, with support from the State Attorney’s offices of R.J. Larizza, Brian Kramer, and Melissa Nelson, has established the North Florida Animal Cruelty Task Force. This task force includes Volusia, Flagler, St. Johns, Putnam, Baker, Bradford, Union, Levy, Gilchrist, […]

Deep in the heart of Texas, two universities have formed a partnership benefitting not only students but also a very special group of American black bears. Belle and Indy climb on fallen logs inside the Bill & Eva Williams Bear Habitat in the heart of Baylor’s Waco campus. Photo courtesy of Baylor University Texas A&M […]

Studying Veterinary Educators Response to Student Emotions in Their Classrooms Davis R, Kedrowicz A, Moffett J, Zaneb H, Armitage-Chan E. A recent study including the Department of Clinical Sciences’ Dr. April Kedrowicz explored how veterinary educators experience and respond to students’ positive and negative emotions, which can affect the learning environment. It can be difficult […]

The award is bestowed annually by the Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine (AVEPM), celebrates a lifetime of exemplary contributions to veterinary epidemiology and preventive medicine.

Supported by the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) and USDA, the goal of the Tick Blitz is to identify and track the expansion of different tick species throughout the state due to climate change and urbanization.

The Patricia M. Lowrie Diversity Leadership Scholarship recipient is selected from the Merck Animal Health Diversity Leadership Scholarship winners. This year, it was awarded to Sergio Acuna, a student at Cornell University.

Dr. Ivan Rusyn Dr. Ivan Rusyn, a University Professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (VMBS) Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology (VTPP), has received the 2025 Philippe Shubik Distinguished Scientist Award from The Toxicology Forum.   The Toxicology Forum was created to bring together scientists from the many sectors […]

By Sarah Carey Researchers at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and the UF Health Cancer Center have identified a crucial link between a gene mutation and immune system signaling in canine hemangiosarcoma, a discovery that could lead to better treatments for both dogs and humans with similar cancers. Dr. Donghee Lee and […]