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how not to greet a dog poster

May 16, 2016

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Behaviorist Urges Awareness to Protect Children from Dog Bites

Understanding dog body language is an important way to avoid dog bites. Often, dogs use body language and vocalizations to express that they feel anxious, afraid or threatened. Dogs may wag their tails when...

Mar 4, 2016

NC State CVM, Duke Team Up Against Cancer

Cancer experts and drug developers increasingly believe they can create and speed successful treatments in dogs, with implications for certain types of human cancers...
Veterinarian examines eye on a black dog

Jan 3, 2016

New Research Study Focuses on Mysterious Eye Disease in Dogs

SARDS is an ocular disease that damages the rods and cones within the retina of an affected dog’s eyes. The retina degenerates and the result is complete blindness. Why this happens and how to prevent it are questions...
Dr. Matthew Breen works with students in his lab

Dec 21, 2015

Advances in Comparative Oncology

The journal Nature Medicine published a feature article on the comparative oncologist’s current activities on Dec. 8—exactly 10 years to the day from when the journal Nature published the paper documenting the detailed analysis of...
jar of peanut butter

Sep 28, 2015

Xylitol Toxicity in Dogs: The Peanut Butter Danger

While the dangers for dogs of xylitol-containing gum, candy, and cookies have been understood by veterinarians and owners, these are not items that are commonly fed to a dog. Several manufacturers, however, have recently begun producing peanut butter brands that contain xylitol.
Dr. Thierry Olivy and allergic dog at the Vet School. PHOTO BY ROGER WINSTEAD

Sep 17, 2015

CVM Author Updates Guidelines for Treating Canine Atopic Dermatitis

The updated guidelines are divided into three sections: managing acute flares of canine AD, treating chronic skins lesions of AD, and interventions to prevent...

Feb 27, 2015

A Frightened Greyhound Lost in Freezing Weather Mobilizes a Search by a Caring Community

John Yuschak was navigating an icy stretch of Chicken Bridge Road in rural Pittsboro, NC, the morning of Feb. 19 to return the rented movie “Gone Girl” that he and his wife Sherrie enjoyed the night before. He was accompanied by Dezi and Jemma, the couple’s two greyhounds who are always ready for a ride. With…

Jan 25, 2012

A New Knee for Cyrano: NC State Osseointegrated Surgery Provides Total Knee Replacement for a Cat

A cancer survivor named Cyrano will receive an osseointegrated total knee replacement. The pioneering feline will receive his new knee on Jan. 26 at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Cyrano is a 10-year-old tabby cat who was treated for bone cancer last year and is now in total remission. However, the disease…