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Sally, a 9-year-old chihuahua, came to the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital after continuous vomiting, diarrhea and an acute distended abdomen.

Comparison of a fast-graying horse (left) and slow-graying horse (right). Scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and Uppsala University in Sweden now understand why some gray horses turn completely white as they age, while others remain an eye-catching “dappled” gray color.  As published in the journal Nature Communications, […]

The College of Veterinary Medicine and NY FarmNet, in partnership with Rural Minds, has launched a free online course, “Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in Rural America,” designed to give learners practical support strategies and resources to navigate mental health challenges in rural communities.

First discovered in March, 14 states in the U.S. have confirmed high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in livestock, and the research center has led the testing of these animals by tripling its capacity.  

Purina and UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Announce 5-Year Collaboration to Advance Urinary Tract Health in Pets Subtitle Nestlé Purina PetCare to grant G.V. Ling Urinary Stone Laboratory up to $200,000 per year Rob Warren September 17, 2024 Purina and UC Davis How pets eat and live matters to their health. The new UC […]

After an international search, Carmen R. Smith ’17, DVM ’21, has been selected as the inaugural Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health Free-Ranging Wildlife Pathology Fellow. Dr. Smith will focus on unraveling the causes and conditions responsible for unexplained wildlife mortality events, as well as, quite importantly, on building sustainable capacity for wildlife […]

Dr. Sarguru Subash A close ‘cousin’ of the dangerous E. coli bacteria may provide the key to new treatments for UTIs, thanks to help from cutting-edge biomedical research. Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the College of Engineering are collaborating on a project that uses harmless strains […]

Dr. Jazz Stephens gets animated when talking about her various research studies involving pigs — but don’t call her the “pig lady.” What really excites Stephens, a third-year comparative pathology resident at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is the opportunity to understand how the porcine immune system functions and how those findings may […]

Researchers at Cornell are developing a mouse model – called UMos, short for unilateral mosaic – that are designed to have only one side of their body affected by diseases, offering a transformative way to do research on bilateral or pairs of organs, like the lungs for example.

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