Building DVM Skills One Conversation at a Time

students practice client communications in simulated appointments

Feb 26, 2018

Building DVM Skills One Conversation at a Time

An innovative, thorough approach to instilling communication values that apply to the wide range of situations veterinarians face every day...

Kady Gjessing speaks at scholarship dinner

Feb 25, 2018

2018 Scholarship Dinner: Fighting for Education

This past year 220 CVM students had been awarded $728,000 in academic scholarships, with more than $350,000 of that coming from private donors...

Feb 21, 2018

Companion Animals May Hold the Key to Human Pain Relief

A new study notes that naturally occurring canine and feline osteoarthritis is strikingly similar to human osteoarthritis, including its appearance in radiographs and how it leads to...

Karen MacFadden Hinkley, class of 1986. Photo by John Joyner/NC State Veterinary Medicine

Feb 19, 2018

Alumna Finds a Different Path Forward

Karen MacFadden Hinkley had long had a passion for both veterinary medicine or human medicine. She didn’t want to choose just one, and in the end, she found a job that didn’t make her. A 1986 graduate of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, Hinkley is a medical science liaison for global pharmaceutical company…

Feb 19, 2018

Foster, Lascelles Awarded Pharmacology Research Grants

Two NC State College of Veterinary Medicine researchers are the only recipients of pharmacology research grants from the American Veterinary Medical Foundation and the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Foundation. Derek Foster, assistant professor of ruminant health and production, received the Veterinary Pharmacology Research Grant for his work exploring the best antibiotic treatment process for cows with…

Feb 19, 2018

NC State Faculty Leads in Fulbright Scholars

NC State again ranks among the top universities producing Fulbright Scholars — faculty members selected to travel abroad to teach or conduct research for up to a year through the nation’s flagship educational exchange program. The university previously made the list of top-producing institutions two years ago.

Feb 19, 2018

Pankratz Awarded Best Resident Paper by Feline Medicine Journal

Katherine Pankratz, a clinical behavioral medicine resident at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Resident Best Paper Award from the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery for her research into reducing stress and fear in confined cats. Pankratz’s research took a look at the effectiveness and safety of the drug gabapentin…

Feb 13, 2018

10 Amazing Animal Heart Facts

They can be as big as a piano or too small to see without a microscope. They may beat as much as 1,000 — or as little as six — times a minute. They are animal hearts and they’re extraordinary. Yes, the human heart is pretty astonishing, too. The thing has its electrical impulse, so…

Feb 12, 2018

Predictors of response to potassium channel blockade in chronically paralyzed dogs.

Predictors of response to potassium channel blockade in chronically paralyzed dogs. In a previous clinical trial, we showed that chronically paralyzed dogs have better stepping scores when treated with 4-aminopyridine, a drug that blocks potassium channels. However, we also reported that the response to this drug varied widely between individuals and the current study tried…

Feb 12, 2018

The Effect of Post-Operative Rehabilitation on Recovery from Acute Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniations

Recovery from spinal cord injury relies in part on the plasticity of the central nervous system. Plasticity is the ability of uninjured parts of the nervous system to take over the functions of parts that have been injured. This process can be enhanced by rehabilitation but the impact of rehabilitation programs in dogs recovering from…

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