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Apr 25, 2018

What the Nose Knows

A team of researchers at NC State put the olfactory prowess of dogs to a new test – whether dogs can reliably detect certain forms of cancer...

Apr 24, 2018

Four Receive CVM Awards for Excellence

The honorees are laboratory supervisors Anne Crews and Sandra Horton, executive assistant Eva Cook and Dane Johnston, director of continuing education, outreach and alumni affairs...

Apr 24, 2018

News and updates, April 2018

Faculty and Staff Ed Breitschwerdt receives the Melanie S. Steele Distinguished Professorship in Medicine. https://goo.gl/hmispK Natasha Olby discusses a clinical trial on how electromagnetic field therapy may help dogs recovering from spinal surgery. https://goo.gl/mS9w7e Casey Theriot is the corresponding author of a study that finds antibiotic use creates a “banquet” for Clostridium difficile. https://goo.gl/4i4AVd Research…

Apr 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...

Apr 22, 2018

April 2018 CVM Research Roundup

A look at some of the newest published studies coming out of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.

Apr 22, 2018

Stringer Receives Fellowship for Global Health Research Project

Andrew Stringer has been a pivotal part of CVM’s commitment to fighting AMR and strengthening global health since arriving at the college in 2015...

Apr 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…

Apr 16, 2018

Committed to Improving Horse Health

“This is the place that fosters the clinician-scientist best of all the places across the country,” says Johanna Elfenbein, assistant professor of equine medicine...

Apr 11, 2018

The Future of Medicine

Ke Cheng's research may hold the key to repairing damaged cardiac tissue...

Apr 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…