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PET HEAT SAFETY. North Carolina is experiencing a major heatwave this week with temperatures reaching over 100 degrees.
Our #NCStateVetMed experts have been sharing their top safety tips for helping your pets through the heatwave with multiple outlets — and we’re sharing those with you, too:
Dr. Mariea Ross-Estrada, assistant clinical professor of small animal primary care, says:
💧 Provide access to fresh, clean water. Water evaporates more quickly in the heat, so you likely need to refill cat and dog water bowls more often. 🦮 Walk your dog before 9 a.m. or after sunset. If the pavement is too hot for your bare feet, it’s too hot for your dog’s paw pads. 🚨 Heat stroke signs and symptoms include: gums and tongue going from pink to red, difficulty breathing, raspy breath tone, excessive panting, racing heart, excessive drooling, staggering or collapsing.
➡️ See all of Dr. Ross-Estrada’s tips: go.ncsu.edu/vet-heat-safety
Dr. Alex Lynch, associate professor of emergency and critical care, says:
❌ Never leave your pet alone in a parked car, no matter the circumstance. Leave them home or take them with you. 🌊 Always monitor your pets in bodies of water and be sure to take fresh water, so they don’t drink sea or lake water.
➡️ See all of Dr. Lynch’s tips: go.ncsu.edu/vet-heat-tips
Dr. Sarah Musulin, director of emergency services, speaks on situations that require veterinary ER or immediate veterinary action and what to do:
🏥 If you’re unsure about whether to take your animal to a veterinary ER, you can call, and they may be able to provide advice over the phone or help assess whether you need to take in your pet or not.
➡️ See all of Dr. Musulin’s tips: go.ncsu.edu/vet-er-tips
You can also find all of these links in our bio....
Rising third-year #NCStateVetMed student Aniya Brown is having the summer experience of her dreams learning about wildlife medicine with @Live4NowSA in South Africa! Her first week included everything from learning about elephant conservation to spotting and tracking wildlife in their natural habitats.
Read her first full dispatch, sent from over 8,300 miles away using the link in our bio....
More than 60 #NCStateVetMed alumni, house officers, students and friends gathered last night for our reception at the 2025 @the_acvim Forum in Louisville. We loved connecting with everyone, and it was a special treat to meet a future veterinarian in the making!
Couldn`t make it? We`ll be at the @avmavets Convention on July 18 in Washington, D.C. All alumni, house officers, students and friends of the college are welcome.
Learn more about the upcoming event and RSVP using the link in our bio....
SPARKING CURIOSITY. This past week, current #NCStateVetMed students and staff and the Gateway Technology Center at @ncwesleyan in Rocky Mount got a head start on shaping the next generation of veterinarians with the annual Gateway Camp!
The program aims to expose middle schoolers from across Eastern North Carolina to different aspects of the veterinary profession through fun, hands-on activities and information sessions at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital, the @museumoflifeandscience in Durham and the Gateway Technology Center.
For camp counselor and rising second-year #NCStateVetMed student Sydney MacDonald, this week was extra special. Gateway Camp was where she fell in love with veterinary medicine when she was in middle school.
"As a counselor, I loved getting to know each student and help guide them in their journey to veterinary school," MacDonald said.
"I remember sitting in their exact seats, over a decade ago, with a curious mind filled with dreams. This week I realized I am not only living little Sydney’s dreams, but also showing young people that dreams can become a reality." 🐾...
From the Field: Meet Katie! 🐂 She is a member of the #NCStateVetMed Class of 2027, a Food Animal scholar and a Raleigh, North Carolina, native. This summer, she is spending eight weeks at Prairie View Vet Clinic in South Dakota. Read more about her busy first week working with beef cattle and her mentor, Dr. April Schilder by clicking the 🔗 in our bio....
BOVINE BOOT CAMP. Lauren Buslinger, an RVT and preclinical laboratory instructor at #NCStateVetMed, had the idea to offer @capefearcc students a chance to experience top-tier training and hands-on learning with large animals at NC State’s 80-acre working farm. The problem-solving partnership exposes future registered veterinary technicians to under-filled roles in food animal medicine and solidifies NC State’s position as a leader in veterinary education. Read more at the link in our profile. #innovators #problemsolvers #lifechangers #RVT #registeredveterinarytechnicians...
We’ve got a sweet surprise to share with you…in May, we welcomed five new puppies into our #NCStateVetMed red wolf pack! 🐺🐾
ICYMI, @ncstate plays an important role in the nationwide effort to save the red wolf from extinction. Learn a little more:
Red wolves were headed for extinction in the 1970s when the @usfws captured 14 and created a captive breeding and release program. About 250 red wolves currently are under human care at about 50 partner facilities including the @museumoflifeandscience in Durham and the @nczoo.
Fewer than 20 red wolves live in the wild, all inside the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge on the coast of North Carolina. With its world-class veterinary clinicians and facilities just hours away, #NCStateVetMed is vital to the federal Red Wolf Recovery Program. Our @carnivoreconservationcrew members — about 50 NC State veterinary students — volunteer to be a part of teams that feed, water and care for the wolves each day.
“We have been involved in the Red Wolf Recovery Program since 2001, and we are just ecstatic over the births of these pups,” says Dr. Tara Harrison, associate professor of zoo and exotic animal medicine. “We’re not only making a difference today, we’re making a difference in the future.”
Find out more using the 🔗 in @ncstatevetmed’s bio....
SURPRISING FINDINGS. #NCStateVetMed veterinary scientists Yogesh Saini and Ishita Choudhary thought that a chemotherapy drug that blocks a receptor called EGFR would reduce inflammation and thick mucus in a cystic fibrosis model. Surprisingly, it does the opposite. “Giving an EGFR inhibitor to CF patients is not a common thing,” Choudhary says. But if someone has a disease like CF, where the lungs are already inflamed and full of mucus, “one needs to be really cautious.” Find more about the study at the link in our profile. #innovators #lifechangers #problemsolvers #CF #cysticfibrosis...
The College of Veterinary Medicine is home to a multi-talented group of students from a wide variety of backgrounds. No matter who you are or where you’re coming from, there’s a place for you on our campus. Fostering community and belonging is critical to our university’s mission. Within the college, we have a dedicated Office of Community and Culture that organizes events and initiatives to enhance the sense of belonging in the veterinary profession and the cultural competence of our students.
We believe varied perspectives and experiences are what make this college strong. We also believe in building our community as a team, so your input and ideas will be valued, and every part of you will be embraced.
“We’re wildly supportive of one another. We also have a lot of fun together. We can find a reason to celebrate almost anything.”
We focus on supporting the whole student, mind and body, so you’ll have access to holistic resources that reach well beyond your coursework.
Whether you’re expanding your mind, mapping out your future, making new connections or teaming up with staff ready to help you face any challenge, you’ll find ample ways to better yourself and thrive here.
