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New master’s program between the CVM and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Public Health offers global health focus for veterinary students. https://goo.gl/UJNyGu WRAL interviews Ph.D. student Tyler Allen about his cancer research and Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition. https://goo.gl/RZ3p6K Team of first-year CVM students take home first place in

April 22, 2018

NC State Clinicians Testing New Treatment for Severe Bleeding

To be eligible for the trial, dogs must arrive at the veterinary hospital within 24 hours after experiencing bleeding from a severe injury or rupture of tumors in the abdominal cavity...

April 18, 2018

Bearded Dragon Offers Insight Into
Cancer Treatment

Sometimes reading the articles on the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine website pays off in unexpected ways. That’s what happened to the Weiher-Getty family of Durham, the owners of an especially laid-back 6-year-old bearded dragon named Citrus, also affectionately known as “Ditty.” Five years ago, 9-year-old Deanna Weiher-Getty was involved in an informal pet share

April 10, 2018

Courageous Guinea Pig Fights Cancer

There’s no question who the alpha is in Neil Horman’s family. It’s Muffin, the family’s 5-year-old guinea pig who shares a pen with her adoptive sister, Bunny, and keeps her in line. Muffin also manages to let her humans know what she wants and where she wants it. When she reached a certain age, she

April 2, 2018

A New Treatment Approach for Jenna

Jenna is a friendly 9-year-old mixed breed dog who helps her owner, Paul Rosenberg, run a small business, in Chapel Hill. Every day, she’s with Rosenberg in their shop, playing a key role in maintaining good customer relations — through tail wags and enthusiasm. After more than eight years on the job, though, Jenna began

March 28, 2018

Open House 2018 Highlights

At this year’s event, visitors were able to do and see a bit of everything, from milking a cow and observing a live surgery, to learning about our groundbreaking...

March 27, 2018

News and updates, March 2018

Highlights cover key events; faculty, staff, and student accomplishments; and other CVM news...

March 26, 2018

Electromagnetic Field Therapy For Dogs With Spinal Injuries

Spinal surgery can involve a painful recovery process – whether you’re a human or a dog. But what if a noninvasive treatment utilizing a pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) could improve pain, reduce inflammation and possibly aid motor recovery? A recent small clinical trial at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine set out to see whether

March 23, 2018

Grad Student’s Groundbreaking Equine Research Garners Funding

NC State College of Veterinary Medicine graduate student Jessica Gilbertie is the winner of the 2018 Elaine and Bertram Klein Career Development Award from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. The award provides a one-year salary supplement of $15,000 for promising equine medicine researchers. Gilbertie, cited for her study of platelet lysate therapy for infectious arthritis,

March 20, 2018

7 Things Not to Miss at the 2018 CVM Open House

At the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine’s annual Open House, you’re never far from something you’ll never forget. For this year’s event (9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 24; rain or shine) the public can get up close with palm-sized chicks and big Percheron horses, see a live surgery and a simulated calf birth — and

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