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Jul 11, 2008

IAMS Sponsors Nutrition Internship

The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is the recipient of a grant from IAMS® Brand Pet Food to create a nutrition-focused small animal internship that will help interns explore how proper nutrition can promote health, fight disease, and support patient management in the CVM Veterinary Teaching Hospital. IAMS, a brand of P&G Pet Care, a…

Jul 5, 2008

H. John Barnes (Faculty)

The 12th Edition of Diseases of Poultry (Blackwell Publishing) was debuted at the July 2008 AAAP meeting, and is dedicated to Dr. H. John Barnes, for his service and contributions as Associate Editor of Diseaese of Poultry for the 8th thru 11th editions (1984 – 2003).

Jul 1, 2008

Novartis Aids CVM Research

The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at North Carolina State University is the recipient of a $625,000 gift from Novartis Animal Health US, Inc., to help support the Clinical Trials Program administered by the CVM Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research. Presented over a five-year period, the Novartis gift will fund a clinical trials…

Jun 8, 2008

Cassidy

[attribution] Steve Posovsky [/attribution] Cassidy was found aimlessly wandering the streets in the Bronx, New York some three years ago. He was picked up and taken to a local animal shelter where he was examined and found to be in sad shape. Not only was he missing his right hind leg, he was virtually hairless and…

Jun 6, 2008

Dr. Dunning on Human-Animal Bond

  Dr. Dianne Dunning is the director of the Animal Welfare, Ethics, and Public Policy Program at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. [section_subtitle]What is the human-animal bond and why is it of interest?[/section_subtitle] The AVMA defines the human-animal bond as “a mutually beneficial and dynamic relationship between people and other animals…

May 21, 2008

Dr. Thakur Recipient of USDA Grant

Dr. Siddhartha Thakur, assistant professor of swine health and reproduction in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, has received a three-year, $592,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the occurrence of Salmonella in pigs that haven’t been given anti-microbial drugs either for treatment or growth promotion. Dr. Thakur, a member…

Apr 18, 2008

CCMTR Research Leads to Important HIV Finding

In a surprising finding, researchers in the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR) at the College of Veterinary Medicine have discovered that HIV can cause portions of the body’s innate immune system, when stimulated, to actually increase the virus’ replication. The finding could lead to a change in therapeutic strategies for HIV patients.…

Apr 15, 2008

Dr. Breen Published in Journal of Chromosome Research

Cancer researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota have found that humans and dogs share more than friendship and companionship – they also share the same genetic basis for certain types of cancer. Furthermore, the researchers say that because of the way the genomes have evolved, getting cancer may be inevitable…

Mar 31, 2008

Medical Pioneer Cassidy Receives Final Prosthetic Limb

Cassidy is a medical pioneer standing — and walking — on all four legs thanks to an osseointegration orthopedic surgery procedure that may one day benefit humans who lose limbs through combat, accidents, or disease. Within minutes of being fitted with his customed designed prosthetic limb and foot, the once three-legged German shepherd mix was…

Mar 5, 2008

Don Reynolds (Intern 1981-82)

Don Reynolds (NCSU CVM Avian Medicine Intern 1981-82) named new Dean of ACV at UPEI. The University of Prince Edward Island has appointed Donald L. Reynolds (DVM, PhD, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists) to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine for the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Reynolds’ six-year term…