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Dec 7, 2011

CVM Joins FDA Investigation of Salmonella in dogs, cats

Researchers at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have joined forces with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study the prevalence of Salmonella infections in pet dogs and cats. Dr. Siddhartha Thakur, assistant professor in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology and a member of the Center for Comparative Medicine…

Dec 6, 2011

NC State CVM Only University Offering Autologous Canine Bone Marrow Transplants

By Jessica Tremayne North Carolina State University is the only university in the country to offer autologous bone marrow transplants (BMT) for dogs with lymphoma—one of the most common canine cancers. Dr. Steven Suter, VMD, MS, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVIM (Oncology), an assistant professor of oncology at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has…

Oct 28, 2011

Dr. Thrall Recipient of ACVR Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Don Thrall, professor of radiology in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the American College of Veterinary Radiology Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to receiving the prestigious honor at the 2011 ACVR annual meeting, Dr. Thrall gave the invited keynote…

Oct 24, 2011

CCMTR Begins Collaboration With Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine

A new partnership between North Carolina State University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will make regenerative medical treatments more quickly available to both human and animal patients. NC State’s Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest’s Baptist Medical Center are pooling resources in order…

Oct 24, 2011

Dr. Harms Recipient of Stange Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement

Dr. Craig Harms, associate professor of aquatic, wildlife, and zoological medicine at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the Stange Award for Meritorious Service presented by Iowa State University “for outstanding professional achievements in education, government, industry, practice, or other professional endeavors in veterinary medicine.”   A graduate of ISU,…

Oct 24, 2011

CVM Turtle Rescue Team to the Rescue

Van Gogh lay on his side, propped up between two slabs of foam and covered by a plastic sheet with a hole in it large enough for Kahlina Frey to stitch up his right eye. He had been under anesthesia for about an hour and a Doppler machine beat out a steady pulse that sounded…

Oct 15, 2011

CVM Researchers Receive AKC Canine Health Foundation Grants

Researchers at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine have been awarded four grants totaling $347,893 from the AKC Canine Health Foundation (CHF) as part of the organization’s 2012 funding year. The AKC CHF-funded NC State CVM research projects are: Grant 1557: High-Resolution Cytogenetic Analysis of Histiocytic Malignancies and Development of a Targeted Assay…

Oct 10, 2011

CVM Students Initiate One Health Intellectual Exchange Group

  One Health: the concept that the health of the environment, wild and domestic animals, and people are linked. A group of students in the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) had an idea back in 2008. They wanted to create a forum to meet with medical and public health peers from Duke…

Oct 7, 2011

Research Reveals Chromosomal ‘Breakpoints’ Linked to Canine Cancer

North Carolina State University researchers have uncovered evidence that evolutionary “breakpoints” on canine chromosomes are also associated with canine cancer. Mapping these “fragile” regions in dogs may also have implications for the discovery and treatment of human cancers. When new species evolve, they leave genetic evidence behind in the form of “breakpoint regions.” These regions…

Oct 3, 2011

CVM Faculty Member Recipient of International Equine Research Award

Anthony Blikslager, professor of equine surgery at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the prestigious, peer-nominated Merial Applied Equine Research Award for his work in equine pain management. The international award annually recognizes "outstanding research conducted in a specific field of applied equine science in the past five years”…