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News and Updates, September 2015

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Feb 10, 2016

Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease

Dogs with MMVD frequently develop congestive heart failure after an asymptomatic period. There is significant interest in providing medical intervention during...

Feb 10, 2016

Chiari-like Malformations and Syringomyelia

There is evidence this disorder is a complex hereditary trait, but attempts to identify genetic causes have been hampered by assigning...

Feb 10, 2016

Mitral Valve Disease

Mitral valve degeneration is known to be an inherited disease, its particularly common in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels...
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Jan 26, 2016

News and Updates, January 2016

Highlights cover key events; faculty, staff, and student accomplishments; and other CVM news...
Dean Lunn Addresses Alumni

Jan 12, 2016

New Opportunities for the New Year

I would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year and hope that 2016 is a great one for all of you. In the College of Veterinary Medicine, there is much to be excited about as we look forward. We have made some great progress on several new strategic collaborations to strengthen our research…

Oct 29, 2015

A Placebo-Controlled, Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial of Polyethylene Glycol and Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate in Dogs with Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Thirteen different centers participated in the trial across the US, and submitted their data to our research group. The dogs recruited had suffered the most severe grade of spinal cord injury due to...

Oct 29, 2015

Comparison of the effect of potassium channel antagonists and placebo on pelvic limb and bladder function in chronically paraparetic dogs – a blinded study funded by Neurometrix Inc

This project evaluated the effect of potassium channel blockade on stepping ability in dogs that were unable to walk. The premise for this study is that following severe spinal cord injury, some anatomically intact but...
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Oct 28, 2015

From Farm to Fork: The CVM Invests in the Future of Agriculture

The NC State CVM is recognized as a leader in food animal veterinary education, research and industry engagement, and our faculty members address important food animal health issues on a regional and global...
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Oct 15, 2015

CVM Researcher Helps Discover New Human Species; Creates 3D Fossils for Classroom

Walker is helping describe and analyze some 1,500 specimens from what is called the most astonishing human fossil discovery of the past 50 years...

Sep 29, 2015

News and Updates, September 2015

NC State CVM’s Christopher Walker participant in discovery of new hominin species http://bit.ly/1NrhfEU   Cover feature of National Geographic magazine http://bit.ly/1FBLykp DVM Class of 2019 most diverse in the history of North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine http://bit.ly/1V5yw5S  NC State CVM’s Dr. Olivry literally “wrote the book” on canine atopic dermatitis in 2010, now…