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Dr. Thakur Recipient of USDA Grant

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Oct 6, 2008

Participants Needed for Promising Feline Lymphoma Clinical Trial

Clinical researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine are stepping up efforts to recruit participants for an ongoing clinical study involving a new treatment for feline lymphoma. Lymphoma is the most common malignancy reported in cats, accounting for one-third of all feline tumors. Cats have the highest incidence for lymphoma of any species and each…

Oct 4, 2008

VTH Standards Impress AAHA

NC State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the College of Veterinary Medicine has a four-year accreditation by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) following an extensive on-site evaluation of hospital programs and practices. The 2008 evaluation involved a detailed examination of 19 areas—diagnostic imaging, anesthesia, emergency and critical care, surgery, patient care, dentistry, pain management,…

Sep 8, 2008

Lucy

[attribution] Coley James [/attribution] The first time Lucy and I went to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) at the College of Veterinary Medicine, we felt so warmly welcomed as if we were visiting good friends. Little did we know that we really were meeting people who would become as dear to us as our hometown…

Aug 1, 2008

Background on Groundbreaking Orthopedic Surgery

Cassidy, a three-legged German shepherd mix owned by Steve and Susan Posovsky, has become a medical pioneer after being fitted with a prosthetic limb that was created through a process that could one day benefit humans who lose limbs through accidents or disease. Cassidy’s care team involved Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, associate professor of orthopedics in…

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…