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Apr 4, 2011

Terry Center Perspectives

The opening of the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center not only concludes 12 years of planning and building one of the nation’s most advanced veterinary medical facilities, it also ushers in a new era for the College of Veterinary Medicine community. Several members of the CVM community were selected to provide…

Apr 3, 2011

Pioneering Implant Surgery Aids Zeus and Prosthetic Limb Design

Zeus, a five-year-old Siberian husky with a missing foot, will get his first chance to run in the snow thanks to a customized osseointegrated implant and attached prosthetic limb made possible by an innovative collaboration between the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Engineering. Read the article in the News &…

Mar 26, 2011

Genes, Autoimmune Response May Cause Preeclampsia

WRAL-TV Report by Dr. Allen Mask Full video report. Researchers at Duke and North Carolina State universities think that previously unknown genes might cause a life-threatening condition forpregnant women and their unborn children. Preeclampsia occurs in about one of every 10 pregnancies and is responsible for 15 percent of preterm births. Melanie Moreschi noticed symptoms…

Mar 26, 2011

One Medicine Focus of CCMTR Investigations

By Jason deBruyn Triangle Business Journal The day when humans routinely use the same medicines as their pets might be approaching. Blazing the trail toward that end are researchers at North Carolina State University who focus their studies primarily on animals but are finding an ever-increasing amount of medical breakthroughs that might work for humans.…

Mar 26, 2011

CVM Faculty Members Helps Direct Farm Animal Health R&D Company

Dr. Simon Wheeler, an adjunct professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University and managing director with Novartis Venture Funds, has been appointed to the board of directors of Advanced Animal Diagnostics (AAD), a developer of technologies for the diagnosis of farm animal diseases. AAD recently closed an $11 million Series…

Mar 26, 2011

Students Recipients of AASV Scholarship Awards

Three NC State students representing the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine are recipients of scholarship awards from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV). The three are recognized for their leading presentations during the student research competition at the association’s annual March meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Kristy Kenny…

Mar 19, 2011

CCMTR Research Discovers Compound That May Inhibit Tumor Growth

Mar 15, 2011

About the Terry Center

  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 animals by surrounding a dedicated staff with advanced medical facilities and state of the art diagnostic and…

Mar 9, 2011

CVM Research Tracks Troublesome Feline Parasite

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

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…