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In 2016, when the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s (SVM) Program for Shelter Medicine – in partnership with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory – identified that H7N2 avian influenza had infected cats in NewYork City shelters, the outcome looked bleak. With concerns that the disease could spread to humans or other animals, depopulation of animal […]

Photo by Laura McKenzie, Texas A&M AgriLife Texas A&M veterinarians and Texas A&M AgriLife educational development specialists are collaborating to deliver a new training program to educate mounted patrol units throughout the nation on all the skills needed to care for their equine partners. The course on AgriLife Learn will include an overview of equine […]

Scorpions are commonly found in Texas and much of the southwestern United States, meaning that both people and pets in these areas are at risk of being stung. While most scorpion stings aren’t dangerous for dogs and cats, it’s important for pet owners to be on the watch for the rare occasion that a serious […]

Veterinary medicine had always been such an innate part of Dr. Emma Hendrix’s life that she initially hesitated to make it her career. As a child, Hendrix was the youngest student in her mother’s ophthalmology lectures at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Hendrix and her older sister would accompany their mother, Dr. […]

CSU’s new Qalibra scanner is a high-end imaging tool that allows veterinarians to perform many standing, high resolution, 3D examinations of the head and lower limbs of horses without requiring general anesthesia. (Kellen Bakovich/CVMBS photo) The Johnson Family Equine Hospital at Colorado State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital recently installed a state-of-the-art Qalibra CT scanner, a […]

King holds Sharky while her father holds her newborn daughter. As a small animal veterinarian with experience in recognizing emergency cases, Dr. Brittany King knew to turn to the Texas A&M Small Animal Teaching Hospital (SATH) when her own dog, Sharky, developed a life-threatening complication from diabetes. Sharky, a 9-year-old Scottish terrier and schnauzer mix, […]

This post was written by University Communications intern, and NC State student, Erin Ferrare. With colder months moving in, changing water temperatures off the coast of North Carolina pose a threat to sea turtles who live off the coast of the Tar Heel state. Cold shock, also known as cold stun, is a condition that […]

Walking the pregame parking lots of Carter-Finley Stadium last Saturday, there was really only one topic of conversation on a sunny autumn morning, and it wasn’t the NC State-Wake Forest football game, the second most continuous rivalry in college football. It was Hurricane Helene. “Are your people OK?” “Did you have trouble getting out?” “When […]

The Hickman family was recently honored at the College’s Celebration of Generosity for their transformative gift, which includes funding for innovative research and the creation of an endowed chair in oncology.