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Mar 8, 2011

Cardiology Service Conducts Feline Study

Owners who have cats that have or are suspected of having untreated asymptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—a disease that affects the muscle of the heart—are invited to participate in clinical trial offered by the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Conducted by the Cardiology Service in the CVM Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the trial…

Mar 8, 2011

Treating Equine Colic Without Inhibiting Healing

  The following article appears in volume 11.1 of the Animal News, a publication of the Morris Animal Foundation.        

Mar 5, 2011

Sarah E. Tilley (Student) and Kabel M. Robbins (Resident)

At the 2011 AVMA/AAAP/PSA meeting in St. Louis, rising third year NCSU CVM veterinary student, Sarah E. Tilley, received the A.S. “Rosy” Rosenwald Student Poster Award for her poster entitled Investigation of Enteritis and Elevated Mortality in Young Guinea Fowl, with co-authors K. M. Robbins, J. M. Day, and H. J. Barnes. Kabel M. Robbins, NCSU CVM…

Mar 4, 2011

CVM Ranks Third in Nation for Internship, Residency Match Program

The North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine ranks third in the nation in the percentage of DVM graduates accepted for internships or residencies through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (VIRMP). Sponsored by the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians, the VIRMP follows principles established by the Physicians National Intern and Resident Matching…

Mar 1, 2011

CVM Nutrition Expert on What to Look for in Pet Food

WRAL report by Debra Morgan (For video and additional information links click here. ) Raleigh, N.C. — Some pet owners worry the food they feed their dogs will make them sick. Many end up calling the nutrition lab at the North Carolina State University’s Veterinary School. “There’s a lot of misperceptions out there,” N.C. State…

Mar 1, 2011

Dr. Robbins Recipient of Reed Rumsey Award for Avian Medicine

Dr. Kabel Robbins, a resident in the Department of Population, Health and Pathobiology in NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is a recipient of the Reed Rumsey Student Award for the Advancement of Avian Medicine. The national honor is presented annually by the American Association of Avian Pathologists to recognize leading research by veterinary…

Feb 28, 2011

CCMTR Research Finds Compound that May Inhibit Tumors

In an interesting bit of scientific serendipity, researchers at North Carolina State University’s Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research have found that a chemical compound useful for studying the origins of intestinal birth defects may also inhibit the growth and spread of cancerous tumors. During the screening of chemical compounds created by NC State…

Feb 24, 2011

Dr. Monteiro-Riviere Recipient of Distinguished Women Scholars Award

Dr. Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, professor of investigative dermatology and toxicology with the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics at NC State University, is the recipient of the inaugural Purdue University Distinguished Women Scholars Award. The award, which includes a $2,000 honorarium, honors “alumnae who earned a Purdue doctorate and have made significant scholarly contributions to…

Feb 22, 2011

VTH Clinical Studies Explore Novel Treatments for Canine Osteosarcoma

Clinical investigations underway at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine are evaluating novel treatment approaches for their effectiveness in treating canine osteosarcoma, a type of aggressive bone cancer that is often devastating for dogs. Canine osteosarcoma (OSA), which accounts for 80% of all malignant bone tumors in dogs, commonly affects the limbs of…

Feb 21, 2011

Transforming Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University

    The 110,000-square-foot Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medicine Center at NC State University.   Philanthropist Randall B. Terry, Jr. had a vision of a spacious and welcoming veterinary medical center that would be a national model of excellence. The goal was to ensure compassionate and leading-edge specialty health care for companion…