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Cow Collar Clues: Electronic Monitoring Helps Keep NC State Dairy Herd Hardy

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Dec 3, 2025

Annual CVM Research Forum Spotlights Scientific Contributions of Trainees

Research touches every corner of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, and making it easier for students and trainees to participate in life-changing projects with world-class faculty mentors is a major part of the mission. This week, the college put the contributions of more than 130 students and house officers from the past year…

Nov 26, 2025

‘She Was Just an Animal Nut,’ says Sister of Generous CVM Donor

Timmy was the first horse that Karen Caton remembers from her Colorado childhood, but Timmy was her father’s horse, and when Caton and her sister Virginia “Ginny” Caton Johnson asked for their own when the family bought some acreage, Dusty rode into their hearts. Eventually. “I think the horse was probably drugged when we went…
Dr. Ravi Kulkarni in white lab coat and blue gloves works in his lab.

Nov 20, 2025

NC State Avian Immunology Expert Replicates Turkey Vaccine Success in Chickens

In the United States this month, the poultry industry will sell 50% of a year’s worth of turkeys for Thanksgiving, and with North Carolina being the nation’s second-largest turkey producer, keeping the birds healthy is critical. The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine plays a vital role in safeguarding and improving poultry health for the…
a hand in a blue glove sets down a petri dish

Nov 17, 2025

Targeting Antimicrobial Resistance a Top Focus of NC State CVM

It’s US Antibiotic Awareness Week, and battling antimicrobial resistance is a top priority of many researchers at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine and clinicians at the NC State Veterinary Hospital. Our Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee works to develop policies and training to sustain the health and safety of our patients and employees as we…
Dr. Lydia Love in a collared dress shirt talks with a registered veterinary technician.

Nov 14, 2025

Lydia Love, First DVM Certified in Patient Safety, Takes on New NC State Hospital Role

Dr. Lydia Love, a clinical associate professor of anesthesiology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, has been appointed to the new position of director of patient safety at the NC State Veterinary Hospital after recently becoming the first veterinarian in the country to become a Certified Professional in Patient Safety.  The CPPS credential…
William "Joe" Hampton on deployment with the US Navy.

Nov 11, 2025

On Veterans Day, Saluting Our Students Who Served in Uniforms Before Scrubs

Between them, Olivia Di Ruzza and William “Joe” Hampton have been deployed to more than 10 countries, commanded scores of fellow military members and made innumerable critical decisions affecting their troops and seamen so a key anatomy exam last week barely tested the nerves of the first-year veterinary students. Di Ruzza, 26, recently completed four…
Dr. Chris Mariani in blue scrubs and purple gloves kneels behind a white dog and examines him.

Nov 5, 2025

NC State Neurologist Adapts Human Laser Therapy for Use in Dogs with Brain Cancer

A complicated, years-long project led by an NC State professor of veterinary neurology and neurosurgery and a former Duke University professor of neurosurgery has opened a pathway for more advanced brain cancer research and treatment for both humans and dogs.  For the first time, Dr. Christopher Mariani and his team successfully employed laser interstitial thermal…
A dog collar that says "DEAF DOG" rests on the picture of a white dog.

Oct 31, 2025

A Night to Reflect on Pets Lost to Cancer and a Community Found

Lymphoma took Beau, a 160-pound Bernese mountain dog, away from Olivia Wharton and her family in May, but Bubba, as they called him, was kind enough to leave the 5-year-old a stuffed teddy bear with his picture on it to snuggle in his stead at night. This week the bear accompanied Olivia as she and…

Oct 30, 2025

Top Tip for a Safe Halloween for Pets? Stash the Candy 

Cute costumes and candy caches are the cat’s meow for human ghouls on Halloween, but pet owners should be careful when trying to include animals in the fun.  Americans spent $700 million on pet Halloween costumes last year, and though dressing up the dog can be delightful, costumes should not impair a pet’s hearing, movement,…
A black and white cow wearing a teal electronic monitor stares at a camera behind a gate.

Oct 21, 2025

Cow Collar Clues: Electronic Monitoring Helps Keep NC State Dairy Herd Hardy

In the year that NC State’s new dairy facility has been cooling cows, providing state-of-the-art milking technology and giving veterinary students experience in best industry practices, the collars around the cows’ necks have been communicating with computers. When dairy manager Mike Veach gets the resulting report each morning, he knows Cow 708 has been lying…