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PICTURE THIS. Today, #NCStateVetMed hosted its See You at CVM! event for undergraduates from Duke, UNC-CH, NC State, UNC-Pembroke, NC Central and NC A&T State University to help them picture themselves at @NCStateVetMed and explore possible pathways to veterinary school. The day for the 60 attendees included a panel discussion with current students, a curriculum overview and advice on putting together an application package. Thank you to our amazing professors, staff and students who gave their time today to encourage the next generation of healers!
SELECTIVES SPOTLIGHT: It’s “selective” time on our campus, when students get to choose fast-paced, intensely focused classes that last one to two weeks. This fall`s selective offerings include Psychomotor Skills, Equine Anesthesia, Advanced Ferret Medicine, Veterinary Illustration and Invertebrate Medicine. This week and next, we`re giving our community a look at these and other selective courses, which are just one way #NCStateVetMed goes above and beyond in training the next generation of healers.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! At #NCStateVetMed, our tree is up and decorated, thanks to everyone who came by our main lobby to place ornaments and to drink hot chocolate at our inclusive holiday tree decorating event. Let the December delights begin! 🎄
APVMA SYMPOSIUM: COMING MARCH 2024! #NCStateVetMed is proud to host the annual APVMA Symposium from March 8-10, 2024. To learn more about the event and how to register, go to @apvma2024 or click the link in our bio.
INNOVATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING: To expand the pipeline of veterinarians who train the healers of the future, #NCStateVetMed has created a Veterinary Academic Leaders Program that will help prepare medical residents for careers in academia. Congratulations to the inaugural class of fellows! #innovators #problemsolvers #lifechangers Read about the program at the link in our profile. @aavmcorg @avmavets
HAPPY (almost) THANKSGIVING! We love to include our furry family members in our celebrations - here`s how to do so:
❌ DON`T: Give pets fatty scraps like gravy, turkey or chicken skin, oily or greasy side dishes, or other rich foods. These can lead to severe digestive tract upset in our pets.
✅ DO: A small bite of most people food is not dangerous, but do your best to keep people food and pets as separate as possible.
❌ DON`T: Pets should never eat food or food containing the following popular Thanksgiving ingredients: bread dough, chocolate, raisins (or grapes), onion, garlic, walnuts, nutmeg, mushrooms, sage, raw or undercooked meat.
✅ DO: Make your pets tasty treats just for them! We`ve put together a couple recipes that are safe for our furry friends with vet-approved foods like pumpkin, peanut butter and tuna.
Looking for additional tips on how to introduce your pets to guests or travel with pets? Read more using the link in our bio.
A BEAR PREPARED: Earlier this fall, veterinarians and technicians from #NCStateVetMed visited @museumoflifeandscience to ready this nine-month-old American black bear cub to join the Museum`s black bear enclosure. Wildlife officials found the Museum`s newest resident abandoned by his mother this spring and determined he could not live independently in the wild. Our team performed a physical exam that included vaccinating and neutering the cub so he can safely join the other three bears in an enclosure that replicates their natural habitat.
We`re grateful for another opportunity to provide expertise through our longstanding partnership with the Museum and work together to educate the community about North Carolina`s only native bear species. Visit the Museum`s page to see Tiny Baby Bear in his new home!
TALKING TURKEY: With Thanksgiving around the corner, we`re highlighting a turkey-focused research project out of #NCStateVetMed that hopes to protect these fowl from a fatal re-emerging disease.
Clostridial dermatitis, or CD, causes severe skin lesions in turkeys and is often deadly. Controlling it has proven challenging as the bacteria behind the illness develop antimicrobial resistance in response to antibiotic overuse, and there is no known effective non-antibiotic method to prevent it.
Supported by a @usdagov grant, researchers at the CVM and @ncstatecals are teaming up to change that. They`re developing a probiotic oral vaccine for CD that can be easily given to large turkey populations and provide long-term immunity against the disease. Lead researcher Dr. Ravi Kulkarni says the team hopes the vaccine will also boost turkeys` gut health to prevent other major intestinal infections, too: "It`s a `two birds, one stone` approach," he says.
Read about this groundbreaking research at the link in our bio.
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